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新概念英语3--(一天学一篇)---课1

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$课文1  逃遁的美洲狮
1 O' n! b7 j8 T$ a! u6 p; @" I1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
) y* m7 }' f* E! S        美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。5 T1 @$ q0 \$ Y# X
2. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.4 ~! y. i* t6 _1 U4 `) q
        当伦敦动物园接到报告说,在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美洲狮时,这些报告并没有受到重视。& V) d$ n% W6 Z/ o$ O4 c
3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,
5 p/ ^( @8 ~, f4 M        可是,随着证据越来越多,动物园的专家们感到有必要进行一番调查,
# d" j0 L3 W# Z  O, R9 f4 e4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar., ?4 P- }# J) q% n' y
        因为凡是声称见到过美洲狮的人们所描述的情况竟是出奇地相似。
2 a, R; t. c7 j3 E0 l: P0 n  J& b5. 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.
9 w" v) i9 ^$ [' i. W        搜寻美洲狮的工作是从一座小村庄开始的。那里的一位妇女在采摘黑莓时的看见“一只大猫”,离她仅5码远,5 m6 U+ W; H% d0 d9 _
6. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.' ^, {3 H! g8 l3 i9 w# y& L
        她刚看见它,它就立刻逃走了。专家证实,美洲狮非被逼得走投无路,是决不会伤人的。
" F# l% K5 l" R/ D0 Z1 I  q7. The search proved difficult,, A2 \5 F, G- n" R0 E- e( I6 K- m  r0 n
        事实上搜寻工作很困难,
( f+ l0 v6 `+ U7 U5 Y# d( ~8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
+ w2 o6 U, F" ]) `  |, v. S* p        因为常常是早晨在甲地发现那只美洲狮,晚上却在20英里外的乙地发现它的踪迹。
( Y5 ?1 Z) v& B- ~  w8 ?, [( x9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.
; h4 Z' I8 f+ K) x* W        无论它走哪儿,一路上总会留下一串死鹿及死兔子之类的小动物,! y3 w" y* Q, {! U1 N
10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.% h, e$ a( b' c( o4 X0 u7 ~1 x3 h
        在许多地方看见爪印,灌木丛中发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。
9 a5 E  [% L9 q0 j' g11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.; z8 N) H& A& ~) I) G7 r2 I& I! L# w8 t
        有人抱怨说夜里听见“像猫一样的叫声”;一位商人去钓鱼,看见那只美洲狮在树上。
4 z3 i; s; p7 b' x12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?8 j, d! b5 H* g/ p3 o
        专家们如今已经完全肯定那只动物就是美洲狮,但它是从哪儿来的呢?
0 b2 i  Y+ e. i13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,- p+ R" }) d0 K3 `1 ~" _  L) N
        由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮,' F/ S9 a5 V* G& F" O
14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
- e: |9 G3 a' Z3 I* p        因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人收藏豢养的,不知怎么设法逃出来了。
+ Y. ?  j$ w* N: H15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.
  T0 O/ n0 {* \8 v3 s        搜寻工作进行了好几个星期,但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。4 v& s1 y. S3 f0 S9 c
16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
5 S! k3 r9 a& u9 c        想到在宁静的乡村里有一头危险的野兽继续逍遥流窜,真令人担心。
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