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新概念英语3--(一天学一篇)---课1

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$课文1  逃遁的美洲狮
- e* _- T" y) v1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
& ]* u* ^0 w2 \$ Z8 T4 M        美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。
+ u! D1 n1 Z# x: r2 G2. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.
5 D3 p) u9 F" e% o) y% L& I4 A        当伦敦动物园接到报告说,在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美洲狮时,这些报告并没有受到重视。' X% d& P9 S- C$ J
3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,' l4 o. d% |3 ?1 D; ]: T" ?
        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,
5 }7 j' a3 b; _6 V/ L- X, U4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar., U$ A1 T' u6 M( o$ D
        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。
) A7 H) [5 H/ v+ v8 k- k5. 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.9 r  I2 d" [" b( 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,& q( F( b( ]8 a  n# p
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.* n/ c2 r+ |) @$ ?4 W6 x
        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。8 t. H4 ~1 f) M8 k/ {: [- G
7. The search proved difficult,6 B2 ]6 w: S: a3 u+ T
        事实上搜寻工作很困难,
( t+ k) M# B/ B8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.# C0 _5 x- |$ w; y: ]# _
        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。' `. H* z& Y. }) d7 G6 g# T
9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.
! O$ X) X! o( d# |- v        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,
  Z# |: e" b/ v: C7 H/ ]10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.6 w$ C7 R! a2 U1 N
        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。# U4 z# Q! G( {% n9 H7 M  c7 C8 o8 d$ I
11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.
  {# ^. X. K  V: ?, t; |. P  |( 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。9 ^# V; ]( x, N8 T: e
12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?
' a: |: x: _% U; a5 F. }        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?/ m2 e& a8 W( N0 H) K
13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,/ w, D2 m  ^) Y) H5 g. @5 v2 f
        由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮,
; D% p2 M4 A5 l2 r9 o6 W' g14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
' _$ h+ |3 M; K, I# O& H        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。( c9 m1 \9 N( u
15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.
, u, ^( W; w9 f- C( W6 l        搜寻工作进行了好几个星期,但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。  {4 e) x* M' z7 K
16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.+ q, b4 s) c' B7 w/ g! t7 ]
        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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