新概念Lesson 1 A Puma at large及要點(diǎn)講解4頁.doc

Lesson 1 A Puma at large逃遁的美洲獅Listen to the tape then answer the question below.聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。Where must the puma have come from?Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted 45 miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw a large cat only 5 yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place 20 miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. Several people complained of cat-like noises at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from? As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.參考譯文：美洲獅是一種體形似貓的大動(dòng)物，產(chǎn)于美洲。當(dāng)倫敦動(dòng)物園接到報(bào)告說，在倫敦以南45英里處發(fā)現(xiàn)一只美洲獅時(shí)，這些報(bào)告并沒有受到重視?？墒?，隨著證據(jù)越來越多，動(dòng)物園的專家們感到有必要進(jìn)行一番調(diào)查，因?yàn)榉彩锹暦Q見到過美洲獅的人們所描述的情況竟是出奇地相似。搜尋美洲獅的工作是從一座小村莊開始的。那里的一位婦女在采摘黑莓時(shí)看見“一只大貓”，離她僅5碼遠(yuǎn)，她剛看見它，它就立刻逃走了。專家證實(shí)，美洲獅除非被逼得走投無路，是決不會(huì)傷人的。事實(shí)上搜尋工作很困難，因?yàn)槌３Ｊ窃绯吭诩椎匕l(fā)現(xiàn)那只美洲獅，晚上卻在20英里外的乙地發(fā)現(xiàn)它的蹤跡。無論它走到哪兒，一路 上總會(huì)留下一串死鹿及死兔子之類的小動(dòng)物。在許多地方看見了爪印，灌木叢中也發(fā)現(xiàn)了粘在上面的美洲獅毛。有人抱怨說夜里聽見了“像貓一樣的叫聲”；一位商人去釣魚，看見那只美洲獅在樹上。專家們?nèi)缃褚呀?jīng)完全肯定那只動(dòng)物就是美洲獅，但它是從哪兒來的呢？由于全國動(dòng)物園沒有一家報(bào)告丟了美洲獅，因此那只美洲獅一定是某位私人收藏豢養(yǎng)的，不知怎么設(shè)法逃出來了。搜尋工作進(jìn)行了好幾個(gè)星期，但始終未能逮住那只美洲獅。想到在寧靜的鄉(xiāng)村里有一頭危險(xiǎn)的野獸繼續(xù)逍遙流竄，真令人擔(dān)心。New words and expressions 生詞與短語puma n. 美洲獅spot v. 看出，發(fā)現(xiàn)evidence n. 證據(jù)accumulate v. 積累，積聚oblige v. 使感到必須hunt n. 追獵；尋找blackberry n. 黑莓human being 人類corner v. 使走投無路，使陷入困境trail n. 一串，一系列print n. 印痕cling v. 粘convince v. 使信服somehow adv. 不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因disturb v. 令人不安【知識(shí)點(diǎn)講解】1.spot 動(dòng)詞認(rèn)出例句：My father spotted several spelling mistakes in my composition.我父親在我作文里發(fā)現(xiàn)了好幾個(gè)拼字錯(cuò)誤。2.accumulate 動(dòng)詞積累，增加，聚集常用短語：accumulate (gain) experience積累(獲得)經(jīng)驗(yàn)例句：They set to work accumulating a huge mass of data.他們開始累積大量的資料。3.oblige 動(dòng)詞迫使，責(zé)成一般用被動(dòng)態(tài)。常用短語： be obliged to do sth.feel obliged to do sth=feel that you have a duty to do sth覺得有義務(wù)做某事例句：The scandal obliged the minister to resign.這一丑聞迫使部長辭職。4.extraordinarily 副詞非常，特別的例句：An extraordinarily large order bucked up all the staff.一份特大訂單使全體員工歡欣鼓舞。詞性轉(zhuǎn)換：形容詞 extraordinary5.confirm 動(dòng)詞證實(shí)，肯定例句：The news confirmed my resolution.這消息加強(qiáng)了我的決心。6.leave behind 留下，遺留例句：I left behind my pen in the library yesterday evening.這消息加強(qiáng)了我的決心。短語擴(kuò)展： 跟leave有關(guān)的短語leave aside 暫不考慮leave off 【非正式】停止leave out 遺漏；漏掉；排除7.possession 名詞所有，占有例句：The possession of a degree does not guarantee you a job.擁有一個(gè)學(xué)位不能保證你找到工作?！菊n后作業(yè)】翻譯以下三個(gè)句子：1.她不在的時(shí)候灰塵都積了起來。2.我不得不放棄那個(gè)想法。3.我忘了帶筆?！局攸c(diǎn)詞匯】a trail ofaccumulatebe at largebe corneredbe fully convincedbe spottedblackberryclingcling tocomp