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概念英语第三册

Lesson1Apumaatlarge

Pumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.Whenreportscame

intoLondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedforty-fivemilessouthofLondon,they

werenottakenseriously.However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate,expertsfrom

theZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,forthedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedto

haveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.

Thehuntforthepumabeganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpickingblackberries

sawalargecatonlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Itimmediatelyranawaywhenshesawit,

andexpertsconfirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitiscornered

（adj.被困得走投无路的）.Thesearchproveddifficult,forthepumawasoftenobservedat

oneplaceinthemorningandatanotherplacetwentymilesawayintheevening.

Whereveritwent,itleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeerandsmallanimalslikerabbits.Paw

printswereseeninanumberofplacesandpumafurwasfoundclingingtobushes.

Severalpeoplecomplainedofcat-likenoisesatnightandabusinessmanonafishing

tripsawthepumaupatree.Theexpertswerenowfullyconvincedthattheanimalwas

apuma,butwherehaditcomefrom?Asnopumashadbeenreportedmissingfromany

zoointhecountry,thisonemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollectorand

somehowmanagedtoescape.Thehuntwentonforseveralweeks,butthepumawas

notcaught.Itisdisturbingtothinkthatadangerouswildanimalisstillatlargeinthe

quietcountryside.

美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物，产于美洲。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。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，因为