新概念英语第三册课文.pdf

新概念第三册课文

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APumaatlarge

逃遁的美洲狮

Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.

听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Wheremustthepumahavecomefrom?

Pumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.Whenreportscameinto

LondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedforty-fivemilessouthofLondon,theywerenot

takenseriously.However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate,expertsfromtheZoofeltobliged

toinvestigate,forthedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawere

extraordinarilysimilar.

Thehuntforthepumabeganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpickingblackberriessawa

largecatonlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Itimmediatelyranawaywhenshesawit,andexperts

confirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitiscornered.Thesearchproved

difficult,forthepumawasoftenobservedatoneplaceinthemorningandatanotherplacetwenty

milesawayintheevening.Whereveritwent,itleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeerandsmallanimals

likerabbits.Pawprintswereseeninanumberofplacesandpumafurwasfoundclingingto

bushes.Severalpeoplecomplainedofcat-likenoisesatnightandabusinessmanonafishingtrip

sawthepumaupatree.Theexpertswerenowfullyconvincedthattheanimalwasapuma,but

wherehaditcomefrom?Asnopumashadbeenreportedmissingfromanyzoointhecountry,this

onemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollectorandsomehowmanagedtoescape.The

huntwentonforseveralweeks,butthepumawasnotcaught.Itisdisturbingtothinkthata

dangerouswildanimalisstillatlargeinthequietcountryside.

Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语

puma

n.美洲狮

spot

v.看出，发现

evidence

n.证据

accumulate

oblige

v.使……感到必须

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hunt

n.追猎；寻找

blackberry

n.黑莓

humanbeing

人类

corner

v.使走投无路，使陷入困境

trail

n.一串，一系列

print

n.印痕