**单词**
| 英 | 汉 |
| --- | --- |
| 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|
|print|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|
**课文**
Lesson 01 A puma at large
第一课 逃遁的美洲狮
Listen to the tape then answer the question below
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Where must the puma have come from
美洲狮从何而来？
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.
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。
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.
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。
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 twenty miles away in the evening.
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。
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.
无论它走哪儿，一路上总会留下一串死鹿以及死兔子之类的小动物。在许多地方看见了爪印，灌木丛中发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。
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?
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?
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.
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。
It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
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。
**句子成分分析**
No. 1：
| Pumas | are | large, cat-like | animals | which are found in America. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 主 | 系 | 定语 | 表 | 定语从句 |
句式提炼：(万能下定义句型)
sth. is + adj + N. which / that ...
例句：
1.Pandas are large, bear-like animals which are found in Sichuan, China.
2.Blueberries are small, sweet fruit which are found in America.
3.A kangaroo is a special, large mammal which is found in Australia.
4.Sushi is a unique, delicious dish which is found in Japan. It is made up of small rolls of rice with vegetables, egg or raw seafood.
No. 2：
| Wherever it went, | it | left | behind | it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 地点状语 | 主 | 谓 | 状 | 宾语从句 |
句式提炼：(人过留名，雁过留声。)
Wherever it goes, he leaves behind him a trail of / an amount of / a number of sht.
例句：
1.Wherever he went, he left behind him sounds of happy haughter.
2.Wherever his army went, it left behind it a large number of burnt house and homeless people.
No.3:
| It | is | disturbing| to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 形式主语 | 系 | 表语 | 真实主语 |
句式提炼：（想起...就不安/烦）
It is disturbing to think that...
例句：
1.It is disturbing to think that we will have a lot of exams to take / sit.
2.It is disturbing to think that finding jobs is terribly difficult.
3.It is disturbing to think that weekends always go by so fast.
**语法**
同位语从句：
功能：解释说明前面的名词
名词：抽象名词
例如：belief, idea/thought, doubt, news, fact, hope, rumor, truth, discovery ...
形式：抽象名词 + that(无成分,无含义) + 完整句子
分隔式同位语从句：
形式：抽象名词 + 其他 + that + 完整句子
例句：
| Nobody believed his | reason | for being absent form the class | that | he had to meet his uncle at the airport. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | 名词 | 定语 | 引导词 | 完整句子（同位语从句） |
| Information | has been put forward | that | more middle school graduates will admitted into universities. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 名词 | 名词 | 引导词 | 完整句子（同位语从句) |
| A warm thought | suddenly came to | me | that | I might use the pocket money to buy some flowers for my monther's birthday. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 名词thought | 谓 | 宾 | 引导词 | 完整句子（同位语从句) |
**作业**
参考答案
• The reports received by London Zoo that a puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London were similar in nature. A woman picking blackberries saw it first, but the puma moved from place to place, leaving a trail of dead deer and small animals. Paw prints and puma fur were found as well. Cat-like noises were heard at night and the animal was seen up a tree. Now experts were convinced that the animal really was a puma.
