新概念英语第三册 less1_new

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[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