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$课文1 逃遁的美洲狮
, h" i- p6 f/ i; L" \1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
# ]# U" Z* `) W8 G* V$ R+ _1 C3 u" ^ 美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。8 Q+ k4 }, H6 c# y! z" K7 ]% m# o2 j+ J
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.2 m8 f7 Z1 N- W" E' {* t/ m. R
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。
6 }9 X" A' s4 C0 t$ F f3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,
3 P, h9 `6 N5 _ ?+ Z 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,. M* g+ i; G e: [9 d' h+ E* ^
4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.+ T" `# W) w; w0 t7 j: n
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。& l8 Z3 {. d& }) u' w
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.
6 ?4 m0 f, d$ d6 b, ? 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,
# X% o8 g8 S I# W6. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.
" e& Z( O$ u% o B& p3 z# Z4 _) T8 A 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。; r; V9 A$ k% D. A
7. The search proved difficult,) p6 E( o9 k6 Q, o5 y, Z
事实上搜寻工作很困难,7 M* e& { w" S$ w$ g7 X' v* @( v
8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
( K6 Y2 I' h8 x0 P3 A 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。
+ `6 J; v5 f* ~8 `9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.3 H4 j$ J5 u# R7 q) W
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,+ @1 F; Y2 i+ p0 G# D4 C
10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.
) C% x( x! k1 k6 @5 R, H! Q 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。6 M7 x) e/ ]& F- M
11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.2 k3 k* q6 f8 W; B! y; P
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。& w2 o; f. H' G. Q( q
12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?0 V# r, u G1 P& n: G/ A
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 U5 H K# C7 ^( g13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,
! W7 K; b5 T) b 由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮,9 ~% z8 O( H8 S8 O0 Q! ^) v8 q
14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.4 g H. r# I5 d9 c
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。3 j4 q# Q: y3 i; _
15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.1 I6 Z7 |+ x; N0 _) [. l2 s% I
搜寻工作进行了好几个星期,但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。+ r4 X* _. N B; H
16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.' v: u# V, q5 `6 M# W. G
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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