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新概念英语3--(一天学一篇)---课1

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$课文1  逃遁的美洲狮
) R6 m; k  B5 T" r% g- b8 C1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.$ @5 U. B0 v9 V. P
        美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。
/ s/ @/ |( b) M2. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.! N7 h* @7 Q. }
        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。! H# m& |# x6 j4 u  `
3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,( `. l& S+ r+ |! {" G, ~- O9 Y
        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,* w; D+ [- F- g( X1 z" g, G
4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.
9 Y# P3 U, ^. D! @) D2 {' e' Y# v* h        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。
% U4 Y& G% q+ }* |) N- u5. The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw 'a large cat' only five yards away from her.( d# \2 h* _" C
        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的看见“一只大猫”,离她仅5码远,0 V2 H: `1 @# b4 ^5 q( Y; z0 I
6. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.
4 ?: j+ {0 ]0 n7 H. {+ s% r        她刚看见它,它就立刻逃走了。专家证实,美洲狮非被逼得走投无路,是决不会伤人的。0 l' o9 {& q+ K$ a+ W, X! l% A
7. The search proved difficult,' G& y; I, {: U' q1 C
        事实上搜寻工作很困难,3 f& I; N: f- e7 H1 D
8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
* r6 F- Y) k0 V* {8 @+ Y( z8 s        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。
0 @- G! i2 Z% w4 B, u- K* n  p9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.4 _7 q; u0 T( c. ~- r/ H
        无论它走哪儿,一路上总会留下一串死鹿及死兔子之类的小动物,
: E/ V% `  J  E' J0 q10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.
8 V* q+ g/ |% @3 s: P0 U. J3 ~1 Y7 L        在许多地方看见爪印,灌木丛中发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。
6 K- u' c8 y  s2 k5 I11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.
- K8 s9 k3 K) I8 t, N        有人抱怨说夜里听见“像猫一样的叫声”;一位商人去钓鱼,看见那只美洲狮在树上。, ]5 B; ~1 _5 d; h/ E4 b2 }
12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?
' ^- `5 M/ i% x        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?# m  ]+ o* {) O- q* m  m* b0 d  R$ }
13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,
% ]1 A' y8 j+ \( Y" Z! l        由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮,: k! g; R# E+ m0 ?0 B
14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
/ \! C; j) \+ m# N7 B0 A        因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人收藏豢养的,不知怎么设法逃出来了。
9 @2 V8 r! |7 q7 N0 r% ^15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.
( S- _. k) \+ v5 \% H        搜寻工作进行了好几个星期,但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。
0 m# E9 r' i0 w8 B. b16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
* d1 _% {$ Y' \  c, o! \        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。
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