English Practice ___ New Concept English 3(1-10)

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Lesson one A Puma at large    [2006.12.26]

1. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London.

2. They were not taken seriously.

3. 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.

4. Experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.

5. The search proved difficult.

6. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.

7. Paw prints  were seen in a number of places, and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.

8. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma.

9. This one must have been in the possesion of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.

10. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet contryside.
 

only five yards away from her   ----   run away --- Complain --- up a tree

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Lesson 2 Thirteen Equals One  [2006.12.27]

1. Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another. but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.

2. used to strike the hours day and night, was damaged, has been silent ever since.

3. wake up with a start.

4. The bell struke thirteen times before it stopped.

5. Armed with a torch, to see what was going on

6. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as , our local grocer.

7. I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now, you see, i was hoping to give u a surprise. ---- You certainly did give me a surprise.

8. That's the trouble.

9. It's woking all right, and there is nothing i can do about it.

10. We'll get used to that.

11. Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing.

12. "Whatever are u doing up here ?"ask in surprise.
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