新概念英语第三册1 A Puma at large

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　　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.

　　New words and expressions 生词与短语

　　puma

　　n. 美洲狮

　　spot

　　v. 看出，发现

　　evidence

　　n. 证据

　　accumulate

　　v. 积累，积聚

　　oblige

　　v. 使……感到必须

　　hunt

　　n. 追猎;寻找

　　blackberry

　　n. 黑莓

　　human being

　　人类

　　corner

　　v. 使走投无路，使陷入困境

　　trail

　　n. 一串，一系列

　　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

　　本文参考译文

　　美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物，产于美洲。当伦敦动物园接到报告说，在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美洲狮时，这些报告并没有受到重视。可是，随着证据越来越多，动物园的专家们感到有必要进行一番调查，因为凡是声称见到过美洲狮的人们所描述的情况竟是出奇地相似。

　　搜寻美洲狮的工作是从一座小村庄开始的。那里的一位妇女在采摘黑莓时的看见“一只大猫”，离她仅5码远，她刚看见它，它就立刻逃走了。专家证实，美洲狮非被逼得走投无路，是决不会伤人的。事实上搜寻工作很困难，因为常常是早晨在甲地发现那只美洲狮，晚上却在20英里外的乙地发现它的踪迹。无论它走哪儿，一路上总会留下一串死鹿及死兔子之类的小动物，在许多地方看见爪印，灌木丛中发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。有人抱怨说夜里听见“像猫一样的叫声”;一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。专家们如今已经完全肯定那只动物就是美洲狮，但它是从哪儿来的呢?由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮，因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人收藏豢养的，不知怎么设法逃出来了。搜寻工作进行了好几个星期，但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。想到在宁静的乡村里有一头危险的野兽继续逍遥流窜，真令人担心。

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