lesson 01 a puma at large

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1、Lesson01APumaatlarge逃遁的美洲狮Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Wheremustthepumahavecomefrom?Pumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.WhenreportscameintoLondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedforty-fivemilessouthofLondon,theywerenottakenseriously.How

2、ever,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate,expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,forthedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.Thehuntforthepumabeganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpickingblackberriessaw‘alargecat’onlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Itimme

3、diatelyranawaywhenshesawit,andexpertsconfirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitiscornered.Thesearchproveddifficult,forthepumawasoftenobservedatoneplaceinthemorningandatanotherplacetwentymilesawayintheevening.Whereveritwent,itleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeerandsmallanimal

4、slikerabbits.Pawprintswereseeninanumberofplacesandpumafurwasfoundclingingtobushes.Severalpeoplecomplainedof‘cat-likenoises’atnightandabusinessmanonafishingtripsawthepumaupatree.Theexpertswerenowfullyconvincedthattheanimalwasapuma,butwherehaditcomefrom?Asnopumashadbeenreporte

5、dmissingfromanyzoointhecountry,thisonemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollectorandsomehowmanagedtoescape.Thehuntwentonforseveralweeks,butthepumawasnotcaught.Itisdisturbingtothinkthatadangerouswildanimalisstillatlargeinthequietcountryside.Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语puma(

6、title)/'pju:m+/n.美洲狮corner(1.9)/'k&:n+/v.使走投无路，使陷入困境spot(1.2)/sp&t/v.看出，发现trail(1.11)/'treil/n.一串，一系列evidence(1.4)/'evid+ns/n．证据print(1.12)/print/n.印痕accumulate(1.4)/e'kju:mjuleit/v.积累，积聚cling(1.12)/kliR/(clung/kl)R/,clung)v.粘oblige(1.5)/+'blaid{/v.使……感到必须convince(1.14)/k+n'

7、vins/v.使……信服hunt(1.7)/h)nt/n.追猎；寻找somehow(1.16)/'s)mha(/adv.不知怎么搞地，不blackberry(1.8)/'bl$kb+ri/n.黑莓知什么原因humanbeing(1.9)/?hju:m+n-'bi:iR/人类disturb(1.17)/di'st*:b/v.令人不安Notesonthetext课文注释1atlarge是介词短语，此处表示“逍遥自在”、“行动自由”的意思。2WhenreportscameintoLondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspotted

8、forty-fivemilessouthofLondon,当伦敦动物园接到报告说，在伦敦以南45英里的地方发现一头野生美洲狮时。这个从句中以that引