Lesson1Apumaatlarge逃遁的美洲狮Pumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.WhenreportscameintoLondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedforty-fivemilessouthofLondon,theywerenottakenseriously.However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate,expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,forthedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.Thehuntforthepumabeganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpickingblackberriessaw'alargecat'onlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Itimmediatelyranawaywhenshesawit,andexpertsconfirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitiscornered.Thesearchproveddifficult,forthepumawasoftenobservedatoneplaceinthemorningandatanotherplacetwentymilesawayintheevening.Whereveritwent,itleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeerandsmallanimalslikerabbits.Pawprintswereseeninanumberofplacesandpumafurwasfoundclingingtobushes.Severalpeoplecomplainedof"cat-likenoises'atnightandabusinessmanonafishingtripsawthepumaupatree.Theexpertswerenowfullyconvincedthattheanimalwasapuma,butwherehaditcomefrom?Asnopumashadbeenreportedmissingfromanyzoointhecountry,thisonemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollectorandsomehowmanagedtoescape.Thehuntwentonforseveralweeks,butthepumawasnotcaught.Itisdisturbingtothinkthatadangerouswildanimalisstillatlargeinthequietcountryside.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。◆puman.美洲狮◆spotv.看出，发现◆evidencen.证据◆accumulatev.积累，积聚◆obligev.使…感到必须◆huntn.追猎；寻找◆blackberryn.黑莓◆humanbeing人类◆cornerv.使走投无路，使陷入困境◆trailn.一串，一系列◆printn.印痕◆cling(clung,clung)v.粘◆convincev.使…信服◆somehowadv.不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因◆disturbv.令人不安★spotv.看出，发现pickout/see/recognize/catchsightof1eg:Atallmaniseasytospotinthecrowd.Hehasgoodeyeforspottingmistakes.他有敏锐的识别错误的能力。spot(做动词时候)=see:强调结果、辨别出、看见、识别、发现。find强调发现的结果。findout查出事实真相。discover做出重大发现notice注意到observe观察watch观察活动中的人或画面spotn.斑点eg:Thereisawhitespotontheshirt.onthespot1,立刻，马上（atonce,immediately）Anyonebreakingtheruleswillbeaskedtoleaveonthespot.2,attheplaceoftheaction在现场Whereversheisneeded,sheisquicklyonthespot.★evidence[u]n.证据Whenthepolicearrived,hehadalreadydestroyedtheevidence.evidence=proofinevidence:显而易见的.Hewasinevidenceattheparty.evidentlyadv.evidentadj.★accumulatevt,vi.积累，积聚accumulate强调积累的过程Astheevidenceaccumulates,expertsfromthezoo...
