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$课文1 逃遁的美洲狮
$ B/ g& P& k3 O/ k1. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.! Z; A9 m. {" x' Z A& S- I
美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物,产于美洲。
& d! t9 F7 {( a8 F0 u+ M2. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.) u. M/ B7 x* j) u. k- M' A8 g# k
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。
. ?- I. X. ]6 u% ?6 `0 ?, ?3. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,
8 P. C/ {0 ]2 N/ Y# y5 l 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,3 _2 n) f/ c/ Q: \0 e5 u! I
4. for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.
9 s2 C0 i1 j' F9 q: N( p9 W 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。
* N- C. h9 K* T0 I+ F5. 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.* a8 \ e0 L. N' [7 h
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,
7 K0 J/ i0 n/ q4 Z4 D4 x2 k6. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.( w% i/ d# q& U3 p: U' Y. i
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。! ^7 g. H0 e, t5 b' _" M- f" x3 K( K
7. The search proved difficult,9 k5 X2 [/ @* \1 w; `+ q0 L
事实上搜寻工作很困难,; @5 s& n, Y1 e) E0 }1 z( p
8. for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.. y$ M* b( W( ?: ?/ N9 t: c, z
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。2 B2 i) g3 [! Y. H* h
9. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.
- w/ o( W, O8 ^ 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,
' P. s" I/ l+ Z+ G* K( S10. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.
# _) i* s7 U+ b+ J! _& ^6 _ 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。, x9 U' S+ o' G
11. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.
8 z, {6 s: Z8 z8 O 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。
2 I3 B5 {$ ]7 |. r' B: Y12. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?
* N- T: b M* T/ h, | 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?+ Q% h, s. u$ X9 |* h3 T
13. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,8 i& \3 F9 [) [8 T' E( k
由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮,
2 Q& x6 r; u' ^( K14. this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.0 Z7 t' H5 X5 H+ [) s9 Y6 t+ g$ l2 T& F. p
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。
9 n0 E' u8 x0 a% W15. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.
. |6 K. q2 @3 \$ `. j* a" t$ A 搜寻工作进行了好几个星期,但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。7 d, `1 s* n1 q9 D
16. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.. q9 ~& }6 G% J7 }2 G1 M4 j1 R
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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