【今日主题】
And this morning I'd like to talk about a sentence pattern to you. It is : S insist that S should do. In this sentence pattern, "insist" means "demand that something happens or that somebody agrees to do something". So , 这个句式是表示某人坚持要求某人做某事的意思。That S should do. 是由that引导的宾语从句,用的是虚拟语气,可见其谓语形式是should+动词原形,that 和 should 可以省略。凡是含有宾语从句的复合句中主句含有insist这个谓语动词,且insist是“坚持要求”的意思时,宾语从句要用虚拟语气。
【情景及例句】
有这样一位双目失明的非共产党员却胜是共产党员。她就是我可敬可亲的奶奶。抗美援朝那会儿,双目失明的奶奶毅然把自己的大儿子送上了战场。村里人,连同村长都劝她说:“金妹,你眼睛看不到,需要孩子们的照顾,要是弄得不好,孩子可能会死在战场上, 今后谁来照顾你呀!”However, my grandmother insisted that his eldest son be sent into battle and after that he became a member of the Chinese Communist Party. 那会儿听说日本鬼子要打到村子里来了,奶奶正怀有身孕,就拖儿带女地逃难。逃难间在一个山洞里生下了第二个儿子。逃难回来,却迟迟不见其母亲归来。大家都知道那会儿丧失人性的日本鬼子对妇女见到是百般的蹂躏,my grandmother thought his mother must have abused and passed away. 此时正需要营养,正需要休息的奶奶整天以泪洗面,东方是红了,新中国成立了,可是奶奶看不见东方的那一片红,她的眼前看到的是一片漆黑,奶奶是在黑暗中度过了60多个念头呀!于前年大年初五去世,享年94岁。奶奶!您在另一个世界生活得还好吗?我的奶奶不是共产党员,但是却培养出来了一名共产党员。