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$课文1 逃遁的美洲狮( o6 n4 G' b8 s! b2 i: m( S
1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.4 o! r: w! n. \6 M/ u( N1 G5 J
美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。4 S( ^' v- ^+ f" k
2. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.0 [' I2 W/ b. F2 T$ m
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。1 ^7 Z( {4 h$ w: q: l
3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,8 ~7 F D9 }5 f: e% s
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, ~) i7 n4 x0 r4 }" a* u' a
4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.8 B" E8 q( X) Q( Y9 A+ q/ l
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。- c" e/ ^4 M B# g: j# v
5. 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.2 ^! C) ^8 D' ~5 D
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,% x8 J( [4 ^! E' Q, S8 c' a
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.
- X9 S3 N6 p+ C/ c. I 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。 i4 G( U: T$ A. j
7. The search proved difficult,- L8 N% y7 i% R- U, \
事实上搜寻工作很困难,
. J# m/ d0 z' V1 q8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening./ u! U M4 J& h- c
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。
q* D3 N- f3 n$ E0 F- q9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.
, q1 N( {7 B z5 ?' u+ _/ E4 x0 [* Q 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,6 O, v* ^& }6 |4 O: t; ]
10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.# T9 s# U% u/ _/ q) z; ~. G2 L: O
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。 ]. } O# e+ I0 i1 M
11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.
" I8 g7 Q9 T/ B0 U 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。
1 R/ B# B# C4 [/ Q/ ^; a; v" y/ {12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?& o8 r6 v8 |8 Q: z/ @
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?
) M4 o" q; p3 d! L13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,8 _4 e% [+ o! L K
由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮,9 G0 p& t6 v9 O( o6 P5 k
14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
% X7 s$ \$ U. o+ ]# K 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。$ [; \2 s) `+ q, Y! O" B
15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.
8 t$ `- z& o0 {. k4 D4 x0 w 搜寻工作进行了好几个星期,但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。
! l) ]- B3 ]# V* r1 U6 T16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
7 P3 P, q2 G+ \# k! F 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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