Lesson 1 A puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮

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1、Lesson1Apumaatlarge逃遁的美洲狮一、【Text】课文Pumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.WhenreportscameintoLondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedforty-fivemilessouthofLondon,theywerenottakenseriously.However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate,expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,forthedes

2、criptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.Thehuntforthepumabeganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpickingblackberriessaw'alargecat'onlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Itimmediatelyranawaywhenshesawit,andexpertsconfirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitiscornered.T

3、hesearchproveddifficult,forthepumawasoftenobservedatoneplaceinthemorningandatanotherplacetwentymilesawayintheevening.Whereveritwent,itleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeerandsmallanimalslikerabbits.Pawprintswereseeninanumberofplacesandpumafurwasfoundclingingtobushes.Severalpeoplecomplainedof'cat

4、-likenoises'atnightandabusinessmanonafishingtripsawthepumaupatree.Theexpertswerenowfullyconvincedthattheanimalwasapuma,butwherehaditcomefrom?Asnopumashadbeenreportedmissingfromanyzoointhecountry,thisonemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollectorandsomehowmanagedtoescape.Thehuntwenton

5、forseveralweeks,butthepumawasnotcaught.Itisdisturbingtothinkthatadangerouswildanimalisstillatlargeinthequietcountryside.二、【Newwordsandexpressions】生词和短语◆puman.美洲狮◆spotv.看出，发现◆evidencen.证据◆accumulatev.积累，积聚◆obligev.使…感到必须◆huntn.追猎；寻找◆blackberryn.黑莓◆humanbeing人类◆cornerv.使走投无路，使陷入困境◆trailn.

6、一串，一系列◆printn.印痕◆cling(clung,clung)v.粘◆convincev.使…信服◆somehowadv.不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因◆disturbv.令人不安学习词汇时仅知道汉语语义是不够的，要把单词放在语句中体会其应用学习关键句型结构时则要把它放在段落结构或文章里★spotv.看出，发现pickout/see/recognize/catchsightofeg:Atallmaniseasytospotinthecrowd.Hehasgoodeyeforspottingmistakes.他有敏锐的识别错误的能力。spot(做动词时候)=see:

7、强调结果、辨别出、看见、识别、发现。find强调发现的结果。findout查出事实真相。discover做出重大发现notice注意到observe观察watch观察活动中的人或画面spotn.斑点eg:Thereisawhitespotontheshirt.onthespot1,立刻，马上（atonce,immediately）Anyonebreakingtheruleswillbeaskedtoleaveonthespot.2,attheplaceoftheaction在现场Whereversheisneeded,sheisquicklyonth