[by:英语听力网|http://yingyu.chazidian.com||查字典英语网] [00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com，就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中！New concept english 3 新概念第三册 [01:06.16]新概念第三册 [02:12.31]Lesson 1 A puma at large [02:19.99]逃遁的美洲狮 [02:27.67]Listen to the tape then answer the question below. [02:34.40]听录音,然后回答以下问题. [02:41.12]Where must the puma have come from? [02:46.70]美洲狮来自哪儿? [02:52.28]Pumas are large,cat-like animals which are found in America. [02:56.30]美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲 [03:00.32]When reports came into London Zoo [03:03.20]当伦敦动物园接到报告说， [03:06.07]that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, [03:09.31]在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美洲狮时 [03:12.55]they were not taken seriously. [03:14.59]这些报告并没有受到重视 [03:16.62]However,as the evidence began to accumulate, [03:19.60]可是,随着证据越来越多 [03:22.58]experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, [03:25.51]动物园的专家们感到有必要进行一番调查 [03:28.43]for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma [03:31.41]因为凡是声称见到美洲狮的人们所描述的情况 [03:34.39]were extraordinarily similar. [03:36.46]竟是出奇地相似。 [03:38.54]The hunt for the puma began in a small village [03:41.62]搜寻美洲狮的工作是从一座小村庄开始的 [03:44.71]where a woman picking blackberries saw'a large cat [03:47.83]那里的一位妇女在采摘黑莓时看见"一只大猫", [03:50.95]'only five yards away from her. [03:51.26]离她仅5码远, [03:51.58]It immediately ran away when she saw it, [03:54.46]她刚看见它,它就立刻逃走了. [03:57.35]and experts confirmed [03:59.18]专家证实, [04:01.01]that a pumawill not attack a human being unless it is cornered. [04:04.28]美洲狮除非被逼得走投无路,是决不会伤人的. [04:07.56]The search proved difficult, [04:09.59]事实上搜寻工作很困难, [04:11.61]for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning [04:14.55]因为常常是早晨在甲地发现那只美洲狮, [04:17.49]and at another place twenty miles away in the evening. [04:20.38]晚上却在20英里外的乙地发现它的踪迹 [04:23.26]Wherever it went, [04:25.29]无论它走到哪儿, [04:27.31]it left behind it a trail of dead deerand small animals like rabbits. [04:30.99]一路上总会留下一串死鹿以及死兔子之类的小动物. [04:34.68]Paw prints were seen in a number of places [04:37.46]在许多地方看见了爪印, [04:40.24]and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. [04:42.76]灌木丛中也发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛. [04:45.28]Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night [04:48.26]有人抱怨说夜里听见了"像猫一样的叫声"; [04:51.24]and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. [04:54.36]一位商人去钓鱼,看见那只美洲狮在树上. [04:57.48]The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, [05:01.06]专家们如今已经完全肯定那只动物就是美洲狮 [05:04.64]but where had it come from? [05:06.63]但它是从哪儿来的呢？ [05:08.61]As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, [05:12.14]由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮, [05:15.66]this one must have been in the possession of a private collector [05:18.90]因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人收藏家豢养的 [05:22.14]and somehow managed to escape. [05:24.22]是不知怎么设法逃出来了. [05:26.30]The hunt went on for several weeks,but the puma was not caught. [05:29.93]好几个星期,但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮. [05:33.56]It is disturbing to think [05:35.69]想想也真令人担心， [05:37.82]that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside. [05:37.32]有一头危险的野兽继续逍遥乡村. [05:36.82]This is the analysis of the text.Part 1.以下为课文讲解。 [06:49.64]以下为课文讲解。 [08:02.47]Part 2 [10:20.71]Part 3 [12:47.76]Part 4 [15:18.69]Part 5 [17:42.84]Part 6