新概念英语第三册 Lesson 1 A Puma at Large 讲解课件

A puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮 NC3 Lesson1 课文原文 Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spottedforty-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 people1who 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. 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 dificult, 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 some how 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 countryside. （1）Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. 1.cat-like → dog like; life like Pandas are large cat-like animals which are found in Asia. （panda n.熊猫） 2.which 引导一个定语从句，先行词为animal 所以用which，当然也可以用that Pandas are large cat-like animals which/that are found in Asia. PS： 定语从句只是对于被修饰词的补充说明、修饰 -- 定语从句的引导词： -- 指人：主语who；宾语who, whom；定语 whose -- 指物：that（也可以指人）/ which -- 时间状语：when / 地点状语：where / 原因状语：why Pumas are large, cat-like anim