新概念英語第三冊課文及詳解第1課

1、1 / 7Less on 1 A puma at largePumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoothat a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.However, as the evidenee began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt oblig

2、ed to in vestigate, forthe descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraord inarily similar.The hunt for the puma bega n in a small village where a woma n pick ing blackberries saw a large catonly five yards away from her. It immediately ran away whe n she saw it, and exp

3、erts con firmed thata puma will not attack a huma n being uni ess it is corn ered. The search proved difficult, for the pumawas ofte n observed at one place in the morning and at ano ther place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it wen t, it left beh ind it a trail of dead deer and small ani

4、 mals like rabbits. Paw printswere see n in a nu mber of places and puma fur was found cli nging to bushes. Several people complained of cat-like no ises at ni ght and a bus in essma n on a fish ing trip saw the puma up a tree. Theexperts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but wher

5、e had it come from? As nopumas had bee n reported miss ing from any zoo in the coun try, this one must have bee n in thepossessi on of a private collector and somehow man aged to escape. The hunt went on for severalweeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturb ing to think that a dan gerous wild

6、 ani mal is still atlarge in the quiet coun tryside.Lan guage pointsPay atte nti on:The points below are not covered by the mp3. It is better foryou to liste n to the mp3 first and try to take no tes by yourselves.1 , a puma at largeat large1 ：逃遁的，沒有被控制的。2 ：詳細的 (in detail)3 ：總體來講( as a whole )2 ， Pu

7、mas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.2/ 7tip: 在英文的表達方式中，首先呈現(xiàn)給讀者的是結(jié)果。寫議論文的時候要注意把握觀點。 體會課文第一二句話，乃至第一段在全文中的作用。cat-like 像貓的，偷偷摸摸的life-like 栩栩如生的3 ， When report came into London zoo.當倫敦動物園接到報告同種結(jié)構(gòu)的句型： (An idea) come to sb. 某人突然想到了 .4 ， They were not taken seriously.take sth. serious

8、ly: deal with sth. seriously 認真(嚴肅)對待某事take sth. lightly 草率對待某事注意：例句的 they 指的是 reports, 意思是： The experts did not take the reports seriously.5, The descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.claim to have done sth聲稱曾經(jīng)做過某事6 ， Experts confirmed that a pu

9、ma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.confirm: be sure, be certain7 ， The search proved difficult.這個語境中： search=hunt8 ， Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.leave behind:把某物留在后面9， A businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tr

10、ee.on + 名詞：強調(diào)動作正在進行3/ 7on the rise: 在上升on the increase:在增加on the watch:在觀看on the match: 在比賽中on the fishing trip:在釣魚的途中on holiday: 在度假10 ， The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma.fully: completely, entirely11 ， This one must have been in the possession of a private collector.i

11、n the possession of sb=in sbs possession歸某人所有in possession of sth.擁有某物take possession of擁有tip: 請大家體會下同種意思的不同表達，讓我們的語言豐富起來！eg: The beautiful car is in my possession / in the possession of me.I am in possession of the beautiful car.The person in possession of the big house is excited.12 , It is distur

12、bing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet coun tryside.It is disturbi ng to thi nk that一想到. 就心里不安key structure & grammar1. simple sentence, compound sentence and complex sentence(check NCE2 L73)4 / 7本文主要有復雜句組成，復雜句是由簡單句構(gòu)成的，分析復雜句的意思：1)先看句子由幾個部分組成；2 )通過 link word來判斷主從句關系

13、；e.g. However, as the evide nee bega n to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraord inarily similar.分句 1 : The evident began to accumulate.as 表示伴隨主句同時發(fā)生的狀態(tài)主句： Experts from the Zoo felt obliged to

14、in vestigate.tip:在閱讀中，先看主句有助于全文理解和提咼閱讀效率。分句 2 : The descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraord inarilysimilar.for 表示原因，翻譯做：因為這個分句還可以再細分：句子的主干部分是： The descripti ons were similargiven 引導的部分是過去分詞作定語，修飾description而這一成分中，who 引導的定語從句，用來修飾people5 / 72.被動語態(tài)常用于表達事實的客觀性tip:英文

15、的表達方式重點在于突出客觀事實，故常用被動語態(tài)；而中文則善于運用動作的 執(zhí)行者,常用主動式被動語態(tài)的特殊結(jié)構(gòu)：被動語態(tài)+現(xiàn)在分詞e.g. puma fur was found clinging to bushes現(xiàn)在分詞 clinging 起補充說明主語的作用3,定語從句和同位語從句一般來講，定語從句和同位語從句緊隨在被修飾名詞后面，但為了保持句子平衡，也可把謂語動詞放到從句之前。讓我們來看兩個文中的例子：(1) Pumas are large, cat-like ani mals which are found in America.(2) Reports came into London

16、Zoo that a wild puma had bee n spotted forty-fivemiles south of London.現(xiàn)在讓我們來回顧下兩種從句的區(qū)別：(1)定語從句只是對于被修飾詞的補充說明、修飾。定語從句的引導詞：指人：主語 who; 賓語 who/whom; 定語 whose表達事物：that(也可指人” which時間狀語：whe n; 地點狀語：where;原因狀語：why(2)同位語從句則是講述被修飾名詞的內(nèi)容同位語從句的引導詞：名詞做主語、賓語時，關系詞用that 而不是 which6 / 7時間 when; 地點 where e.g. I have no

17、 idea what has happe ned to him.大家學的怎么樣？我們來測試一下吧Exercisesl.choice questi ons(1) What particular piece of evide nee persuaded the experts that a puma hadbee n see n in the village?a. The puma had not attacked the woma n.b. The woman had described the animal she had seen as a largecat.c. A puma had co

18、me very close to a huma n being.d. The puma had behaved like a cat.(2) The accumulat ing evide nee made the experts the ani mal was a puma.a. to thi nkb. thi nkingc. thi nkd. thought(3) , it immediately ran away.a. Observi ng herb. On being observedc. Having bee n observedd. On her being observed2.translation7/ 7（4 ）一想到考試失利，我心里就很不安。（5 ）她突然想到也許她可以用另一種方法來做實驗。（6 ）她堅信丈夫會回來。（7 ）我們需要找一個可靠的人。（8 ）傷員所到之處，都留下道道血跡。（9 ）熊貓是一種體形像貓的大動物，產(chǎn)于亞洲。（10 ） However,