Lesson 1 A puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮知识点讲义2023-2024学年新概念第三册

( 逃遁的，没有被控制的；2. 详细地=in detail; 3. 整个的，一般的=as a whole )Lesson 1 A puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮 ( 定语从句 ) ( 声称，宣称 ) ( 感觉有必要做某事 ) ( =deal with 郑重对待，认真对待 ) ( 同位语从句 ) ( 定语从句 ) ( 名词+be+大小、形状+类别+区别特征（下定义） ++= )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. 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. ( 一想到...心里就不安 ) ( = last 持续，延续 ) ( 设法做到 ) ( Sth be in one ’ s possession 某物鬼某人所有 ) ( 当时一定是 ) ( 相信 ) ( completely= entirely完全地，充分地 ) ( 在钓鱼途中 ) ( 抱怨 ) ( 现在分词做宾语补足语 ) ( 许多，大量的 ) ( 一连串的 ) ( 把...留在后面 ) ( 在一个地方 ) ( 被逼的走投无路 ) ( =be sure/ certain...确定 ) ( 逃跑 ) ( 离...远 ) ( 定语从句 ) ( 现在分词做后置定语 ) ( 搜寻，搜索 )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). 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. 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. 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? 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. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet cou