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$课文1 逃遁的美洲狮
8 x( w- p; w4 r+ V) q) h$ o1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.9 Z2 O: _% J8 d" N
美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。# S- L) c/ w5 [7 Q- Q3 i# u' \
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.; s4 D2 @8 }- r: Z- s# D% C
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。3 u6 k) S3 D- E8 v' N r" w
3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,, B1 ?0 {2 a5 [: G# U e6 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,
# l/ Y. v# [% ]/ B9 j4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.
8 A* B- i% T" [5 R( { 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。, U1 Z& {$ U. s2 z
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.
9 }- U4 P/ A# F% D: k 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,& n! Q' G& e% L2 L% b: \
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.: O t% d( h5 o3 O, U( y' w ^
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。
: Y& D( l' S+ K/ j# T7. The search proved difficult,; E7 K! s* L; B2 o% o' p" i
事实上搜寻工作很困难,
4 [- c( |, V- H8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
2 r7 E1 Y' Q! n 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。- v U! g1 F7 w' b- z: X
9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.
3 q; T+ c: |3 ?6 w5 x2 i- L 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,9 ?6 t5 M% E- [: {2 w# A
10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes., ]4 h" P7 A1 C6 c
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。: m! @' e. {9 J. M
11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.9 F9 X, o; P2 e* R& S' z
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 A- X0 V# Q/ H& ]4 p3 P" s2 B
12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?! D2 Q# \4 I# m# E
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?9 g2 S/ M/ T, G5 ?4 U" ~
13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, ^8 N% [( m1 ~3 r
由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮,
- W: c$ N: k6 l; H' h) {% m14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.4 P8 o# l) r0 A3 }4 v
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。
5 |5 |- z6 W, U5 ]. e$ R: V15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.
& F, f2 g+ G0 |" G4 a. h) t; ?9 Z2 ^ 搜寻工作进行了好几个星期,但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。- l8 A/ M6 Y v8 H6 A
16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
+ H2 w. {" L, A6 B8 k- W 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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