新概念3——Lesson1  A  puma  at  large

Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London   

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Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London,they were not            taken seriously.However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt      take sth. seriously=deal with sth. seriously  认真对待某事                                                            take sth. lightly:  草率对待某事

obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen theclaim to have done sth.声称曾经做过某事

pumawere extraordinarily similar.

The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw 'a large cat' only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small     leave behind 把某物留在后面

animals like rabbits. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a business man                on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal on + 名词：强调动作正在进行     on the rise:在上升  on the increase: 在增加  on the watch: 在观看on the match:在比赛中  on the fishing trip:在钓鱼的途中  on holiday: 在度假

was a puma, but where had it come from? As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow in the possession of sb==in sb's possession 归某人所有                                                                     in possession of sth.  拥有某物    take possession of    拥有

managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.              It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.It is disturbing to think that 一想到………就心里不安

New words

◆puma                                n. 美洲狮

◆spot                                  v. 看出，发现

◆evidence                           n. 证据

◆accumulate                       v. 积累，积聚

◆oblige                                v. 使…感到必须

◆hunt                                  n. 追猎；寻找

◆blackberry                         n. 黑莓

◆human being                    人类

◆corner                               v. 使走投无路，使陷入困境

◆trail                                    n. 一串，一系列

◆print                                   n. 印痕

◆cling (clung, clung )           v. 粘

◆convince                            v.使…信服

◆somehow                         adv. 不知怎么搞地

◆disturb                                v. 令人不安

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