JuniorNewConceptEnglish3B21新概念英语3B概述.ppt

Junior New Concept English 3B Unit 21 A very big cat big cat 猫科动物 猫科动物是猫形类中分布最广且是唯一现代可见于新大陆的一科，其中包括一些人们最熟悉，最引人注目的动物。 是一类几乎专门以肉食为主的哺乳动物，是高超的猎手，其中大型成员往往是各地的顶级食肉动物。 猫科是食肉目中肉食性最强的一科，也是陆地食肉动物中实力最强的一科。生活在除南极洲以外的各个大陆上。多数猫科动物善于隐蔽，用伏击的方式捕猎，身上常有花斑，可以与环境融为一体。如今多数猫科动物却因为这些美丽的花斑而被人捕捉用来制作高档时装，加上栖息地破坏等其它原因，使猫科动物受到严重威胁。而猫科动物做为重要的食肉动物特别是顶级食肉动物，其数量的减少给生态环境造成较大的影响。第一种的猫科动物出现在大约三千万年前的渐新世，人们更熟悉的家猫和人类开始有关连则是在千年之前。 猫科动物，无论是驯养还是野生的，已吸引人类数以千年。而在这段时间里人类与这些动物的关系也发生了广泛的变化。人们曾把它们作为猎手一样重视，作为神一样崇拜，做为魔鬼一样牺牲，然而不论如何，它们生存了下来，并仍然令人迷恋。它们时常被作为美妙、优雅、神秘和力量的象征，也成为诸多艺术家和作家特别喜爱的主题。 分三类：大型猫科动物；小型猫科动物；应印度豹有独特的体型而自为一类。 country [k?ntr?] wild [wa?ld] Our friends, Judy and Mark, have a country house outside Bodmin in south west England. They love the wild open country around it, and they go there a lot. outside adv. 在...外面 outside the door inside adv. 在...里面 inside the door puma [pju?m?] polite [p?la?t] believe [b?li?v] About a year ago, Judy told me she had seen a puma in the garden. A puma, in England! I listened to her politely, but I really believed that she had seen a very big cat. --ly 副词后缀 形容词 修饰 名词 a beautiful girl 副词 修饰 动词 dance beautifully journey [d???n?] stretch [stret?] quiet [kwa??t] stare [ste?] Last weekend, they had invited us to go with them to Bodmin. It was a six-hour journey, and when we arrived, I wanted to stretch my legs. I went out into the quiet garden. Then I saw it, straight in front of me. It stared at me for a moment, with big yellow eyes. Then it turned, jumped onto the wall, and disappeared. week workday weekday weekend quiet--quietly Be quiet！/ Keep quiet！保持安静 I went into the house and said to the others, Ive just seen a puma in the garden. My wife replied, There are some very big cats around these days. Judy smiled. There are indeed! she said. * *