新概念Lesson1APumaatlarge及要点讲解

1、Less on 1 A Puma at large逃遁的美洲狮Liste n to the tape the n an swer the questio n below.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Where must the puma have come from?Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted 45 miles south of London, they were n

2、ot taken seriously. However, as the evidenee began to accumulate , experts from the Zoo feltobliged to investigate , for thedescriptions 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 blackberrie

3、s saw 'a large cat' only 5 yards away from her. It immediately ran away whe n she saw it, and experts con firmed that a puma will not attack a huma n being uni ess it is corn ered. The search proved difficult, for the puma was ofte n observed at one place in the morning and at ano ther place

4、 20 miles away in the evening. Wherever it wen t, it left beh ind it a trail of dead deer and small ani mals like rabbits. Paw prints were see n in a nu mber of places and puma fur was foundcli nging to bushes. Several people compla ined of 'cat-like no ises' atni ght and a bus in essma n on

5、 a fish ing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the ani mal was a puma, but where had it come from? As no pumas had bee n reported miss ing from any zoo in the coun try, this one must have bee n in the possessi on of a private collector and somehow man aged to esca

6、pe. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturb ing to think that a dan gerous wild ani mal is still at large in the quiet coun tryside.参考译文：美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物，产于美洲。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。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，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

7、。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看见一只大猫”,离她仅5码远，她刚看见它，它就立刻逃走了。专家证实，美洲狮除非被逼得走投无路，是决不会伤人的。事实上搜寻工作很困难，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。无论它走到哪儿，一路上总会留下一串死鹿及死兔子之类的小动物。在许多地方看见了爪印，灌木丛中也发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。有人抱怨说夜里听见了 橡猫一样的叫声”；一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。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？由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了 美洲狮，因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人

8、收藏豢养的，不知怎么设法逃出来了。搜寻工作进行了好几个星期，但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。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。New words and expressi ons生词与短语puman.美洲狮spotv.看出，发现evide neen.证据accumulatev.积累，积聚obligev.使感到必须hu ntn.追猎；寻找blackberryn.黑莓huma n being人类cornerv.使走投无路，使陷入困境trailn. 串，系列printn.印痕cli ngv.粘convincev.使信服somehowadv.不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因distur

9、bv.令人不安【知识点讲解】l. spot 动词认出例句： My father spotted several spell ing mistakes in my compositi on.我父亲在我作文里发现了好几个拼字错误。2. accumulate 动词积累，增加，聚集常用短语： accumulate (ga in) experie nee 积累(获得)经验例句： They set to work accumulating a huge mass of data.他们开始累积大量的资料。3.oblige 动词迫使，责成一般用被动态。常用短语： be obliged to do sth.觉得

10、有义务做某事feel obliged to do sth=feel that you have a duty to do sth例句： The scandal obliged the minister to resign.这一丑闻迫使部长辞职。4. extraordinarily 副词非常，特别的例句： An extraord inarily large order bucked up all the staff.一份特大订单使全体员工欢欣鼓舞。词性转换：形容词extraordinary5. confirm 动词证实，肯定例句： The n ews con firmed my resoluti

11、 on.这消息加强了我的决心。6.leave behi nd留下，遗留例句：I left behind my pen in the library yesterday evening.这消息加强了我的决心。短语扩展：跟leave有关的短语leave aside 暂不考虑leave off【非正式】停止leave out遗漏；漏掉；排除7.possession 名词所有，占有例句： The possession of a degree does not guarantee you a job. 拥有一个学位不能保证你找到工作。【课后作业】翻译以下三个句子：1. 她不在的时候灰尘都积了起来。2. 我不得不放弃那个想法。3. 我忘了带笔。【重点词汇】a trail of accumulate be at large be corn ered be fully convinced be spotted blackberry cli ng cling to complai n of convince c