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1、BACKPuma美洲狮Puma(美洲狮）,isalsocalledcougarormountainlion,livingmainlyinAmerica,belongstocatbranchanimal,likelions,tigersorleopards,Jaguar(美洲虎）Leopard（豹）Lesson1APumaatLargeListenandAnswerListentothestorytwice.Trytogetthewholestoryinthefirsttimeandanswerthefollowingquestion:Wheremus
2、tthepumahavecomefrom?Forthesecondlistening,guessthemeaningoftheunderlinedwords.Pumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.WhenreportscameintoLondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedforty-fivemilessouthofLondon,theywerenottakenseriously.However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulat
3、e,expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,forthedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.Thehuntforthepumabeganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpickingblackberriessaw'alargecat'onlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Itimmediatelyranawaywhenshesawit,andexperts
4、confirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitiscornered（adj.被困得走投无路的）.Thesearchproveddifficult,forthepumawasoftenobservedatoneplaceinthemorningandatanotherplacetwentymilesawayintheevening.Whereveritwent,itleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeerandsmallanimalslikerabbits.Pawprintswere
5、seeninanumberofplacesandpumafurwasfoundclingingtobushes.Severalpeoplecomplainedof'cat-likenoises'atnightandabusinessmanonafishingtripsawthepumaupatree.Theexpertswerenowfullyconvincedthattheanimalwasapuma,butwherehaditcomefrom?Asnopumashadbeenreportedmissingfromanyzoointhecountr
6、y,thisonemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollectorandsomehowmanagedtoescape.Thehuntwentonforseveralweeks,butthepumawasnotcaught.Itisdisturbingtothinkthatadangerouswildanimalisstillatlargeinthequietcountryside.Asnopumashadbeenreportedmissingfromanyzoointhecountry,thisonemus
7、thavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollectorandsomehowmanagedtoescape.Sth.beinthepossessionofsb=sth.beinsb'spossession某物归某人所有(主语是物)--Thebeautifulcarisinmypossession.=Thebeautifulcarisinthepossessionofme.Sb.beinpossessionofsth某人拥有某物(主语是人)--Iaminpossessionofthebeautifulcar.（inposs
8、essionof…做表语）--Thepersoninpossessionofthebighouseisexc
