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新概念英语3--(一天学一篇)---课1

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$课文1  逃遁的美洲狮( b" Y- p7 \4 P4 f6 V" B. k
1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
) ~/ D0 A7 Q$ ~        美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。* \, N8 w7 I8 \: L5 H; d9 M5 p
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.
- c; D+ d4 o  y2 x( i5 c        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。
* {5 a! ?" _/ t; ?/ n) {# T3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,1 |1 ?4 R1 t5 L4 [  j
        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,& a6 ]  V! q' o
4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.
3 A) S' ^% j4 g6 r8 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。
# [3 H& `8 Y8 l2 U5. 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.
- F% H5 x" M+ Z$ w7 V* N: G  `& [        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,: ]( d8 }  x. S1 ^
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 t6 A+ h; v# l3 G. n8 Q        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。* q" }5 X8 V1 K. q
7. The search proved difficult,
6 J4 ]; a7 W* r% h( n. l8 z. t$ d( d        事实上搜寻工作很困难,
3 Y# c. Y& a& Y5 C, ?# N* {8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
8 P* B2 r4 d  `, T9 h( j        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。
# n( t  T. H5 v9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.
6 k3 s" Z* W# z: g/ m0 }5 }1 S        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,# ]  w2 `5 ]8 o1 v1 S9 k
10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.
4 Z* \+ _  p( P; f# a. _  G0 O        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 p5 R& }2 A1 [% W& g  n1 Q  k
11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.
- |: h4 {! Y  a, v0 n! @1 C$ |; u" L: k+ s        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。
* _* T; l9 D' a& o( W12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?
, h5 k) f* @7 d5 h" s        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?9 V& Z  B$ ?3 r! r& W& c" E
13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,
3 ^; R- v7 Q: T/ U% W. w0 j        由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮,
5 [7 Y+ z: D; R; A14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
7 E' h/ D9 ~7 z        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。
4 Z; o, D/ U5 n4 ?15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.1 P0 @+ r' o" [+ u4 c
        搜寻工作进行了好几个星期,但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。
8 n+ ]8 U8 W. O0 r8 l, W, p16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
, ]3 L7 c. F+ z9 F3 e# h2 x        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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