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新概念英语3--(一天学一篇)---课1

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$课文1  逃遁的美洲狮
3 z+ Z) x" ~+ |- S8 B1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America." c. m9 y1 r9 T5 e7 S) r8 |
        美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。
2 N# ?9 U; X2 ~6 X( Q2. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.
) j% V: o1 v# e% E7 k9 w        当伦敦动物园接到报告说,在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美洲狮时,这些报告并没有受到重视。
  |! P' K& `9 ]& t3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,  g. C! u4 T+ A% B, }$ l6 j
        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,
( V( Z( w- J; r0 B* N+ d* o4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.
( |" n8 H5 g9 Z; i$ y/ L$ O+ e        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。
- r6 W3 C7 N3 q- F1 \3 P5. 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.
9 c3 Q3 o; C# P        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,
: M7 N1 B/ a7 X3 `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.5 q5 b) F/ G7 s5 @8 b  [9 _# }  m
        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。6 u* c0 u5 `# H( J) m
7. The search proved difficult,
& t$ [4 a3 ?$ q: F1 g8 L        事实上搜寻工作很困难,% T! ?' @* E" q
8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
* J! `+ l4 U( D1 m( V$ f        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。! S: ^8 I$ Z* s: g1 O$ S4 X3 \; z  E
9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.
% G/ Z- L. w0 K* C0 y3 i9 c        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,
; N' p3 K7 k, w* ~( ?10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.
4 O) X" s( C! b0 X        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。
; {8 `: e! K0 c4 o11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.
7 A  O0 _8 r+ p4 L0 _* u, C        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。
" \9 M7 X  k) T0 r6 K" R6 l12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?* B, m" E8 r( b( _, x8 p
        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?. I: f. U' }# {6 `/ c! G
13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,
% g2 ^4 S! f+ L9 l; m        由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮,& `, o9 o% t  a( w
14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
  F! [$ n( l4 v2 r9 b        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 m; E9 M2 {( O; j/ i7 E( e15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.$ G: `" O) B/ @
        搜寻工作进行了好几个星期,但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。
# x$ Q9 M7 W' p6 `16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
5 k. i* |$ O7 r9 B        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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