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$课文1 逃遁的美洲狮
! U- M7 @+ X/ r$ P* B8 M, _0 P# ~1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America./ p' B; {2 P! G K# [* V1 F
美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。" S+ I y) s. z0 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.* R1 H5 L) g) F' G' p3 ?2 n
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。* p7 e9 k6 y9 H/ R8 A' @& Z3 R
3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,
- w2 W( N2 ^: C$ f$ u3 T* ? 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( [9 B4 V0 E: @* m
4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.. c, ?- X! m* i* ^7 N' m
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。+ G' C t( }# _2 b, T/ `
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.; z+ q" H# f0 Y, ^' M" ^
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,
: O/ L7 w. j6 A& Z8 ?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.6 a4 E; E) Z6 k0 P
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。
2 q5 e) L/ q7 X$ F7. The search proved difficult,
4 d. p$ H5 z& R( F, ~ 事实上搜寻工作很困难,
. n0 i; a" {5 m2 B( t( }8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.$ D8 |' [$ K+ l3 u ?/ x+ h# V
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。# x8 \% q1 z R) o6 S, T1 }7 O
9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits., o$ E3 s4 s! U2 z/ Y6 Y1 T* o
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,
) Z* L- H/ W8 x- G/ [6 y- h+ ~10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.
' D$ H2 c- u* t 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。
. X) O& |4 G4 S* w$ h11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.7 L( a( h! k$ f2 j5 `* x% {
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。
6 s$ k8 P! c& Z0 m3 A" G4 \' ^12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?
. c! I! z0 T+ n, s: l0 q5 n 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?" Q5 L! C& B4 v+ P
13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,$ L2 k7 g3 Z* Q2 m# _5 s
由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮,: r. B& b5 O$ X Z- _5 Q1 z) x
14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.3 Y& i: d5 x u2 k
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。
9 E( [4 @" S/ J' h0 E7 G( {15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.
2 A+ T( U6 a: I- f8 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。
$ [1 w0 S1 i/ b16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
. H, g' Z+ ?6 C2 K 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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