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新概念英语3--(一天学一篇)---课1

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$课文1  逃遁的美洲狮% s# a8 W0 l; v- I  E6 Z6 G$ [/ a
1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
" ^8 a- f5 G! r9 m4 a/ @        美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。5 p* F& F) O) p4 ?
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., n1 r2 w/ s: ^0 }4 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。0 F6 ^' \+ _/ L; Z/ d4 @9 b
3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,- o1 k  |+ B: B( d3 z" `: v3 z9 C- M
        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,* l& {1 V- I- h3 [9 D/ O5 o5 X
4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.
6 k* J% |6 @) H8 ~        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。; X6 J7 m; {: u. U
5. 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.+ |/ r! H! I1 t; t) v
        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,3 p8 C- y& H1 Q* g5 t' s  }( p
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.
; C9 Q: M& [- h4 L0 h! E5 V        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。5 A  J7 a2 j7 z+ Z
7. The search proved difficult,
* n# |) a: \6 [# [; V$ r9 g        事实上搜寻工作很困难,
9 q( v' C2 U# V2 S8 ^1 Z8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
! m5 {  g2 m3 {. v  a2 J, f4 m        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。; b  Y2 X' o; V" H
9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.9 j2 q  U! i7 T
        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,
2 M  K. q+ C8 [10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.
- G: d* a8 y" y2 R& C        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 @$ C; o/ I2 j; d
11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.; ]# Q" v( p% w1 C: t4 l$ g, t
        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。) f- L# s2 s4 F2 I
12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?
6 q8 C8 d& b9 s2 k) F( {' @        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 o' s1 B6 m( S$ u, s, x& ^2 ?13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,2 n0 t% u5 V$ ?& F2 g
        由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮,( |. v7 C0 `. x; J* c
14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
( U, S( e  d* M% S- ^# R        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。
+ ?% O0 J9 r! x) H9 K8 H15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.6 [; o- G% M3 f1 t$ b6 _5 y& g4 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。3 v3 O  f) M0 e7 y3 n8 i
16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
2 S$ O  q6 h" k' Z, f: b* s" {5 x# o        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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