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新概念英语3--(一天学一篇)---课1

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$课文1  逃遁的美洲狮
! C$ z: f8 x! a9 X1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
; l" W' ]0 k* v. E* M+ s9 V        美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。
) z' T( v! ^' U- h4 |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.
5 U. q, I- G# Q6 ~. X: j        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。
" o+ d. K9 T; T  u2 ^3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,* d5 o2 a1 C+ w) a# x8 p
        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,2 W0 T) {; }5 T8 P9 v7 a8 U8 K9 [
4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar." p+ n" K. S# L! g0 T
        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。
: K9 b- T% e9 Z1 ]: o7 W5. 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./ ~* k  s8 }0 Y) H" D; `% o. H! f2 [
        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,
6 T. G$ R* w# m6 M2 d, H5 D! r6. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.
: g. }' F5 ]& e7 D        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。0 \4 U) t) {# V; B' v  N
7. The search proved difficult," z. u( ^1 A# q: @5 o- P
        事实上搜寻工作很困难,) W( O8 Y! m) f
8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
# O) Z2 M/ P: c, B4 y7 ?3 a/ O        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 z+ y% M( i3 t. y; l2 d5 ^6 ]
9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.* S9 h! Q8 l; h* s9 p- q
        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,# I6 l! C8 k4 S0 L: X
10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.
+ U: }4 r1 S' ^7 o/ H        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$ M+ Q" f5 s5 L0 P- H11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.8 {/ I! l7 q& V  B# {+ i" W
        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。
& D0 L, A: R  E12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?
  D' G$ l: q9 F2 M0 c        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?
6 n8 {- R* P4 ^" s& M: D13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,
4 r& Z- }5 H, _& r6 h( P( x        由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮,: h9 z! C6 Y. z9 D5 }7 W9 j
14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
- j: N5 N3 I( q- J& ^: J; |  g        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。
7 s6 E' }& S; I' O& J" ^15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.
5 z" Z+ {$ O# S  ~) t9 ^, s+ Z; {1 _        搜寻工作进行了好几个星期,但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。
! q6 r' p; `. u1 }16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
; z' q* e3 u$ [) g& X; `        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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