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新概念第三册课文精读详解 Lesson1 A pumaatlarge Lesson1 A pumaatlarge LLeessssoonn11AAppuummaaaattllaarrggee 逃遁的美洲狮 Text Text 一、【TTeexxtt】课文 Pumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.Whenreportscame intoLondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedforty-fivemilessouthofLondon, theywerenottakenseriously.However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate, expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,forthedescriptionsgivenbypeople whoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar. Thehuntforthepumabeganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpickingblackberries sawalargecatonlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Itimmediatelyranawaywhenshe sawit,andexpertsconfirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitis cornered.Thesearchproveddifficult,forthepumawasoftenobservedatoneplace inthemorningandatanotherplacetwentymilesawayintheevening.Whereverit went,itleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeerandsmallanimalslikerabbits.Pawprints wereseeninanumberofplacesandpumafurwasfoundclingingtobushes.Several peoplecomplainedofcat-likenoisesatnightandabusinessmanonafishingtrip sawthepumaupatree.Theexpertswerenowfullyconvincedthattheanimalwas apuma,butwherehaditcomefrom?Asnopumashadbeenreportedmissingfrom anyzoointhecountry,thisonemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivate collectorandsomehowmanagedtoescape.Thehuntwentonforseveralweeks,but thepumawasnotcaught.Itisdisturbingtothinkthatadangerouswildanimalis stillatlargeinthequietcountryside. Newwords andexpressions Newwords andexpressions 二、【NNeewwwwoorrddssaannddeexxpprreessssiioonnss】 生词和短语 ◆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，不知什么原因 ◆disturb v. 令人不安 学习词汇时仅知道汉语语义是不够的，要把单词放在语句中体会其应用 学习关键句型结构时则要把它放在段落结构或文章里 ★spot v. 看出，发现 pickout / see/rec