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$课文1 逃遁的美洲狮0 ]4 S- y/ [% G. C" W- m" M/ @: @
1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America./ B( x( s5 q" y! Y V7 s' u# R
美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。+ [( ^& y& B6 Y, S- B! g
2. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.
8 ~' l9 O8 A2 R& F3 E B/ f- ]2 ? 当伦敦动物园接到报告说,在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美洲狮时,这些报告并没有受到重视。9 m; _# |+ t& W" g
3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,
+ E4 I& L& l5 X4 n 可是,随着证据越来越多,动物园的专家们感到有必要进行一番调查,
% b7 H1 L* q9 h7 t/ P4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.# |3 @0 u; u1 U! Y
因为凡是声称见到过美洲狮的人们所描述的情况竟是出奇地相似。" j$ I, Q& \% Q# d
5. 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.
$ p7 i2 d9 z9 i+ m& \( {& _ 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,
! U# h5 l. v8 |" o3 _2 b6. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.% c+ _# P6 [" E+ y
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。
: l5 w2 x( S0 j' c4 r+ K7. The search proved difficult,1 V8 {$ k% n' U
事实上搜寻工作很困难,- y9 T' N0 m3 m/ _* `
8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
$ @* e2 c) t n: F8 l 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。& ?. m5 k5 P$ [# k. O3 M7 `. }
9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.: \# \( z# h% B$ T
无论它走哪儿,一路上总会留下一串死鹿及死兔子之类的小动物,
: v- z/ l: w* A1 B3 t! a* `10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.
7 ~: Z( {& o C J* d, H 在许多地方看见爪印,灌木丛中发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。
" Q- n2 |5 a. N$ P% Q7 }11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.; E2 T3 j' Y# l( F$ F
有人抱怨说夜里听见“像猫一样的叫声”;一位商人去钓鱼,看见那只美洲狮在树上。
3 a* d1 N" E0 s/ D _% [+ q12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?
- ~' e$ C1 D ]) F+ q' u% o 专家们如今已经完全肯定那只动物就是美洲狮,但它是从哪儿来的呢?+ |' B- [; {3 P( |
13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,$ H0 n" l9 c- z& Z! `3 a
由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮," i9 b, f8 K+ M$ D+ J$ y! s
14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.7 ?# ]! e) p, c/ [2 s: M
因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人收藏豢养的,不知怎么设法逃出来了。* j h2 [! D/ d8 @
15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.1 k7 t6 l" S, W$ d
搜寻工作进行了好几个星期,但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。, b' Q7 U# I. \) V& y
16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.( z. ^3 c/ s) o! x+ F. |$ [
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。 |
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