新概念英语3 Lesson One.pptVIP

Lesson One -- A puma at large A puma at large逃遁的美洲狮 Today, we’ll talk about a puma that is wandering around the countryside. at large 1：逃遁的，没有被控制的。 2：详细的(in detail) 3：总体来讲（as a whole） Turn to Page 14 What do you think is happening in the picture? Listening Question: Where must the puma have come from? Listening Para 1- Questions: What do pumas look like? Where are they found? Where had a wild puma been seen? The report was received by London Zoo, wasn’t it? Why did the Zoo feel obliged to investigate? Listening Para 2- Questions: What did a woman claim she had seen? Did the search for the puma prove difficult? Why? What did the puma eat? What evidence was found for the puma’s existence? When did a businessman see a puma up a tree? The experts were fully convinced of its existence, weren’t they? New words and expressions spot (1-2) v. 看出，发现 pick out / see / recognize / catch sight of spot(做动词时候) = see:强调结果、辨别出、看见、识别、发现。 find 强调发现的结果。 find out 查出事实真相。 discover 做出重大发现 notice 注意到 observe 观察 watch 观察活动中的人或画面 evidence (1-4) [u]n. 证据 evidence=proof in evidence:显而易见的 accumulate (1-4) vt,vi. 积累，积聚 accumulate 强调积累的过程 gather vt. 聚集，把某人召集在某处 collect 收集，采集 assemble 集合，集会， vt. 装配 hoard 大量地贮存 hoard up= store up amass 积聚（主要用于诗歌和文学作品） oblige (1-5) v. 使…感到必须 feel obliged to do sth.感觉有必要做某事 be obliged to do sth 被迫做某事 hunt (1-7) n. 追猎；寻找 run after 强调追赶、追求. seek 追寻（梦想，理想） = pursue chase 追赶. hunt for search 搜寻某处为了寻找到某人或某物 corner (1-9) v. 使走投无路，使陷入困境 corner n. 角落 at the corner of the street in the corner of the room on the corner of the desk be cornered ………被逼得走投无路(常用于被动语态 ) trail (1-11) n. 一串，一系列 trail==follow vt. 跟踪 cling (1-12,clung, clung ) v. 粘，抱有，怀有 stick 粘住 stick to 坚持 sticky adj. 粘的 convince vt. 使…信服 convince sb. of sth. 使sb.相信sth. 和宾语从句that 搭配使用 没有宾语的情况下要采用主系表结构：be convinced sb be convicned sb相信了 somehow (1-16) adv. 不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因 by some means, in some way, for some reason unkno