美洲狮puma

Lesson 1

1 puma ['pju:m?] n.美洲狮

2 spot [sp?t] v.看出，发现

3 evidence ['evid?ns] n.证据

4 accumulate [?'kju:mjuleit] v.积累，积聚

5 oblige [?'blaid?] v.使…感到必须

6 hunt [h?nt] n.追猎；寻找；v.打猎

7 blackberry ['bl?kb?ri] n.黑莓

8 human ['hju:m?n] 人类

9 corner ['k?:n?] v.使走投无路，使陷入困境；n.角落

10 trail [treil] n.一串，一系列

11 print [print] n.印痕

12 cling [kli?] v.粘

13 convince [k?n'vins] v.使…信服

14 somehow ['s?mhau] ad.不知怎么搞的，不知什么原因

15 disturb [dis't?:b] v.令人不安

Lesson1 A puma at large

Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five 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 five 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（adj.被困得走投无路的）.

第1课 美洲狮 逃跑的

哪个地方 一定 这个美洲狮 来自于？

1 美洲狮s 是 大的 ， 猫科类的 动物s

which 被发现 在 美洲。

2 当 报告s 汇集到 伦敦 动物园 that

一个 野生的 美洲狮 已经 被 目击

45英里 伦敦以南，

它们 没有 被 对待 认真地。

3 可是， as 这些 证据 开始 to 积累，

专家s 　来自 这个 动物园的

觉得 有必要 to 调查。

4 for the 描述s 由人们给出的

who 声称 to 已经 见到了 the 美洲狮的，

是 出奇地 相似的。

5 the 搜寻 for the 美洲狮 开始了

在一个 小小的 村庄里

where 一个 女人 正在摘 黑莓的 看见了

一个 大的 猫 仅仅 5码 远 离 她。

6 它 立刻 逃跑了 when 她 看见了 它时，

and 专家s 证实了 that 一头 美洲狮 将不会

攻击 一个 人类 除非 它被逼急了。