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Lesson 1， a puma at large逃遁的美洲狮 Puma 美洲狮，山地狮 mountain lion Leopard 非洲豹,善爬树。 A leopard can never change its spots江山易改，本性难移 Personality, once shaped, can never change easily. 性格一旦形成就很难改变 *** Environment, once polluted, can never recover easily.环境一旦污染很难恢复 A minor psychological problem, once ill-handled, will develop/evolve into a major disaster 小小的心理问题，一旦处理不好将会发展成一个大灾难 *** Cheetah 猎豹，善跑 the cheetah is credited/crowned as the fastest animal in the world 猎豹被誉为世界上跑得最快的动物 The sprinter is like a cheetah. In a blink of an eye, he is already at the finishing line 短跑运动员动如脱兔，一眨眼，已经到了终点线 *** In a blink of an eye, 转眼间 how time flies! In a blink of an eye, the little girl has blossomed into a beautiful lady时间飞逝，转眼间，小姑娘已经出落得亭亭玉立 Time and tide wait for no man 时光不等人 Time doesn’t stay; brief is the day. 时不我待，来日苦短 *** Jaguar 美洲豹，美洲虎 Feline 猫科动物；猫科的 walk with a feline grace 轻巧地/优雅地行走 From 1993, Puma began to diffuse its production, logistics and marketing divisions to 80 Net enterprises worldwide, and the results were spectacular. Puma was transformed from a sickly feline into a magnificent beast 93年起美洲豹把生产，后勤和销售分散到全世界八十个电脑联网企业，结果成绩斐然，美洲豹从一只病猫恢复成了真正的猛兽。Diffuse (spread sth around, send out in all directions)散布，传播 diffuse a scent, an odor, knowledge, enthusiasm 散发香气，气味，知识 ，热情奔放 *** Spot 1，（pick out (one person or thing from many), recognize, discover ）(从诸多人//事物中)找出，辨认出 spot her friend in the crowd在人群中认出朋友 spot the flaw in the argument 发现论点中的谬误 detect 察觉，发现 （with difficulty, special equipment or sensitivity）instruments that can detect minute amount of radiation 能检测到极微量辐射的仪器 detect the slightest trace of poison 探测到极其少量的毒药 2，斑点（通常圆的）--〉污点 spots of mud泥斑spots of blood 血斑 –〉 a spot on the reputation 名誉污点 Stain (dirty mark or patch of color) 污点，污斑，污迹 ink stain 墨水斑 blood/mud stains泥斑，血斑—〉leave the court without a stain on his character 法庭一役，人格丝毫未损， a stain on the reputation 名誉污点 Strip 狭长的一块（材料或土地) the Gaza Strip 加沙地带 a strip of land suitable for a garden 适合做花园的一块狭长土地（stripe条纹 tiger s