新概念英语第三册课文及详解第1课

1、1 / 7Less on 1 A puma at largePumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoothat a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.However, as the evidenee began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt oblig

2、ed to in vestigate, forthe descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraord inarily similar.The hunt for the puma bega n in a small village where a woma n pick ing blackberries saw a large catonly five yards away from her. It immediately ran away whe n she saw it, and exp

3、erts con firmed thata puma will not attack a huma n being uni ess it is corn ered. The search proved difficult, for the pumawas ofte n observed at one place in the morning and at ano ther place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it wen t, it left beh ind it a trail of dead deer and small ani

4、 mals like rabbits. Paw printswere see n in a nu mber of places and puma fur was found cli nging to bushes. Several people complained of cat-like no ises at ni ght and a bus in essma n on a fish ing trip saw the puma up a tree. Theexperts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but wher

5、e had it come from? As nopumas had bee n reported miss ing from any zoo in the coun try, this one must have bee n in thepossessi on of a private collector and somehow man aged to escape. The hunt went on for severalweeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturb ing to think that a dan gerous wild

6、 ani mal is still atlarge in the quiet coun tryside.Lan guage pointsPay atte nti on:The points below are not covered by the mp3. It is better foryou to liste n to the mp3 first and try to take no tes by yourselves.1 , a puma at largeat large1 ：逃遁的，没有被控制的。2 ：详细的 (in detail)3 ：总体来讲( as a whole )2 ， Pu

7、mas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.2/ 7tip: 在英文的表达方式中，首先呈现给读者的是结果。写议论文的时候要注意把握观点。 体会课文第一二句话，乃至第一段在全文中的作用。cat-like 像猫的，偷偷摸摸的life-like 栩栩如生的3 ， When report came into London zoo.当伦敦动物园接到报告同种结构的句型： (An idea) come to sb. 某人突然想到了 .4 ， They were not taken seriously.take sth. serious

8、ly: deal with sth. seriously 认真(严肃)对待某事take sth. lightly 草率对待某事注意：例句的 they 指的是 reports, 意思是： The experts did not take the reports seriously.5, The descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.claim to have done sth声称曾经做过某事6 ， Experts confirmed that a pu

9、ma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.confirm: be sure, be certain7 ， The search proved difficult.这个语境中： search=hunt8 ， Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.leave behind:把某物留在后面9， A businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tr

10、ee.on + 名词：强调动作正在进行3/ 7on the rise: 在上升on the increase:在增加on the watch:在观看on the match: 在比赛中on the fishing trip:在钓鱼的途中on holiday: 在度假10 ， The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma.fully: completely, entirely11 ， This one must have been in the possession of a private collector.i

11、n the possession of sb=in sbs possession归某人所有in possession of sth.拥有某物take possession of拥有tip: 请大家体会下同种意思的不同表达，让我们的语言丰富起来！eg: The beautiful car is in my possession / in the possession of me.I am in possession of the beautiful car.The person in possession of the big house is excited.12 , It is distur

12、bing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet coun tryside.It is disturbi ng to thi nk that一想到. 就心里不安key structure & grammar1. simple sentence, compound sentence and complex sentence(check NCE2 L73)4 / 7本文主要有复杂句组成，复杂句是由简单句构成的，分析复杂句的意思：1)先看句子由几个部分组成；2 )通过 link word来判断主从句关系

13、；e.g. However, as the evide nee bega n to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraord inarily similar.分句 1 : The evident began to accumulate.as 表示伴随主句同时发生的状态主句： Experts from the Zoo felt obliged to

14、in vestigate.tip:在阅读中，先看主句有助于全文理解和提咼阅读效率。分句 2 : The descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraord inarilysimilar.for 表示原因，翻译做：因为这个分句还可以再细分：句子的主干部分是： The descripti ons were similargiven 引导的部分是过去分词作定语，修饰description而这一成分中，who 引导的定语从句，用来修饰people5 / 72.被动语态常用于表达事实的客观性tip:英文

15、的表达方式重点在于突出客观事实，故常用被动语态；而中文则善于运用动作的 执行者,常用主动式被动语态的特殊结构：被动语态+现在分词e.g. puma fur was found clinging to bushes现在分词 clinging 起补充说明主语的作用3,定语从句和同位语从句一般来讲，定语从句和同位语从句紧随在被修饰名词后面，但为了保持句子平衡，也可把谓语动词放到从句之前。让我们来看两个文中的例子：(1) Pumas are large, cat-like ani mals which are found in America.(2) Reports came into London

16、Zoo that a wild puma had bee n spotted forty-fivemiles south of London.现在让我们来回顾下两种从句的区别：(1)定语从句只是对于被修饰词的补充说明、修饰。定语从句的引导词：指人：主语 who; 宾语 who/whom; 定语 whose表达事物：that(也可指人” which时间状语：whe n; 地点状语：where;原因状语：why(2)同位语从句则是讲述被修饰名词的内容同位语从句的引导词：名词做主语、宾语时，关系词用that 而不是 which6 / 7时间 when; 地点 where e.g. I have no

17、 idea what has happe ned to him.大家学的怎么样？我们来测试一下吧Exercisesl.choice questi ons(1) What particular piece of evide nee persuaded the experts that a puma hadbee n see n in the village?a. The puma had not attacked the woma n.b. The woman had described the animal she had seen as a largecat.c. A puma had co

18、me very close to a huma n being.d. The puma had behaved like a cat.(2) The accumulat ing evide nee made the experts the ani mal was a puma.a. to thi nkb. thi nkingc. thi nkd. thought(3) , it immediately ran away.a. Observi ng herb. On being observedc. Having bee n observedd. On her being observed2.translation7/ 7（4 ）一想到考试失利，我心里就很不安。（5 ）她突然想到也许她可以用另一种方法来做实验。（6 ）她坚信丈夫会回来。（7 ）我们需要找一个可靠的人。（8 ）伤员所到之处，都留下道道血迹。（9 ）熊猫是一种体形像猫的大动物，产于亚洲。（10 ） However,