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Lesson1Apumaatlarge

Pumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.Whenreports

cameintoLondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedforty-fivemilessouth

ofLondon,theywerenottakenseriously.However,astheevidencebeganto

accumulate,expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,forthe

descriptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawere

extraordinarilysimilar.

Thehuntforthepumabeganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpicking

blackberriessawalargecatonlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Itimmediatelyran

awaywhenshesawit,andexpertsconfirmedthatapumawillnotattacka

humanbeingunlessitiscornered.Thesearchproveddifficult,forthepumawas

oftenobservedatoneplaceinthemorningandatanotherplacetwentymiles

awayintheevening.Whereveritwent,itleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeerand

smallanimalslikerabbits.Pawprintswereseeninanumberofplacesandpuma

furwasfoundclingingtobushes.Severalpeoplecomplainedofcat-likenoises

atnightandabusinessmanonafishingtripsawthepumaupatree.The

expertswerenowfullyconvincedthattheanimalwasapuma,butwherehadit

comefrom?Asnopumashadbeenreportedmissingfromanyzoointhe

country,thisonemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollectorand

somehowmanagedtoescape.Thehuntwentonforseveralweeks,butthe

pumawasnotcaught.Itisdisturbingtothinkthatadangerouswildanimalis

stillatlargeinthequietcountryside.

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1，apumaatlarge

atlarge

1：逃遁的，没有被控制的。

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3：总体来讲（asawhole）

2，Pumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.

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