364. Many patients insist on having watches with them in hospital, even though they have no schedules to keep.

英语四级译文:
很多病人坚持在住院期间戴表，即便他们并没有计划安排。

四级词汇讲解:
insist on意为“坚持”，后面通常接名词。如:
I must insist on more regular hours.我必须坚持按时起居。

此外，insist on后面还可以接“人称代词的所有格+动词-ing形式”:如:
I insist on your taking immediate action to put this right.我坚决要求你立刻采取行动，把事情处理好。

此时，insist on表达的含义相当于insist that...，只是后者所接的宾语从句应用虚拟语气。如上句可以改写为:
I insist that you(should)take immediate action to put this right.

英语四级考点归纳:
even though意为“即使”，可以引导让步状语从句。除此之外，引导让步状语从句的连接词还有:although, though, even if, however, whatever, whenever, whoever, whichever。如:

※ Even though I hadn't seen my classmate for many years，I recognized him immediately。虽然多年没有见过我的同学，我还是立刻认出了他.:_.

※ Although/Though I gave him some advice, he didn't take them，尽管我给了他一些建议，他并没有采纳:

※ John continued to work hard even ifleven though he felt sick.虽然感觉不舒服，约翰仍然坚持努力工作。