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Lesson 1
A Puma at
large
逃遁的美洲獅
【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語
學(xué)習(xí)詞匯時僅知道漢語語義是不夠的，要把單詞放在語句中體會其應(yīng)用
學(xué)習(xí)關(guān)鍵句結(jié)構(gòu)是則要把它放在段落結(jié)構(gòu)或文章里
★puma
n. 美洲獅
★spot
v. 看出，發(fā)現(xiàn)
pick out,see,recognise,catch,sight of
spot=see : 強調(diào)結(jié)果、辨別出、看見、識別、發(fā)現(xiàn)
find : 強調(diào)發(fā)現(xiàn)的結(jié)果
find out：查出事實真相
discover：做出重大發(fā)現(xiàn)
notice：注意到
observe：觀察
watch：觀察活動中的人或畫面
A tall man is easy jto spot in the crowd.
He has good eye for spotting mistakes.
n. 斑點
There is a white spot on the shirt.
on the spot
1.立刻，馬上（at once ,immediately)
Anyone breaking the rules will be asked to leave on the spot.
2.at the place of the action 在現(xiàn)場
Wherever she is needed,she is quickly on the spot.
★evidence
n. 證據(jù)
不可數(shù)名詞
When the police arrived,he had already destroied the evidence.
evidence=proof
in evidence: 顯而易見的
He was in evidence at the party.
evidently ，evidently
★accumulate
v. 積累，積聚
強調(diào)積累的過程
As the evidence accumulates,experts from the zoo felt obliged to
investigate.
gather vt. 聚集，把某人召集在某處
collect 搜集，采集
assemble 集合，集會，vt.裝配
hoard vt. 大量的儲存
hoard up＝store up
amass 積聚（主要用于詩歌和文學(xué)作品）
The squirrel hoards up nuts for the cold winter
★oblige
v. 使……感到必須
feel obliged to do sth 感覺有必要做某事
be obliged to do sth. 被迫做某事
★hunt
n. 追獵；尋找
run after 強調(diào)追趕、追求
seek/pursue 追尋
chase 追趕
hunt for
search 搜尋某處為了尋找到某人或某物
★blackberry
n. 黑莓
★human being
人類
★corner
v. 使走投無路，使陷入困境
n.角落
at the corner of the street
in the corner of the room
on the corner of the desk
經(jīng)常使用被動語態(tài)
The thief was cornered at last
The problem cornered me.
★trail
n. 一串，一系列
（vt.)trail：follow
The police trailed the criminal to the place where he was hiding
★print
n. 印痕
★cling
v. 粘
clung
She is always clinging to her mother.
He clung to the hope that he would succeed.
stick 粘住； stick to 堅持； sticky 粘的
★convince
v. 使……信服
convince sb.of sth.
和賓語從句that搭配使用
沒有賓語的情況下要采用主系表結(jié)構(gòu)：be convinced
★somehow
adv. 不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因
by some means,in some way ,for some reason unknown
somewhat : a little
★disturb
v. 令人不安
disturbing: 令人不安的
disturbed: 感到不安的
exciting：令人激動的
excited：感到激動的
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Where must the puma have come from?
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
de<I>script</I>ions given by people who claimed to have
seen the puma were extrao
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