Pumas are large ,cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into the 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 feel obliged to investigate,for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extrordinarily similar.
The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackbarries saw a large cat only five yards away from her,it immediatly ran away when she saw it and experts confirmed that puma will not attack human beings unless it is cornered. The search proved difficult,for the puma was observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening. wherever it went ,it always left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Paw prints were seen a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. several people complained of "cat-like noise" at night and a bussinessman on his fishing trip found a puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma. But where had it came from? As no puma was report missing by 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 several months,but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animals is still at large in the quiet countryside
vocabulary:
spot 做动词 发现 近似词: /pick out /see / recognise/catch sight of / discover(做出重大发现) notice /observe /watch
eg: A tall man is easy to spot in the crowd.
He has good eye for spotting mistakes.
spot 做名词 斑点
eg: There is a white spot on the shirt.
on the spot 1. 立刻,马上(at once , Immediately) eg: Anyone breaking the rules will be asked to leave on the spot.
2.在现场 (at the place of the action) eg: Wherever she is needed, she is quickly on the spot.
evidence 不可数名词 evidence=proof eg: When the police arrived, he had already destroied the evidence.
in evidence 显而易见的 eg: He was in evidence at the party.
accumulate gather/collect/assemble /hoard /amass
1. The teacher gather the students in the class.
2.a large of people assemble in the square.
3. The squirrel hoards up nuts for the cold winter.
hoard up =store up
amass积聚 (主要用于文学的聚集)
feel obliged to do sth 感觉有必要做某事
be obliged to do sth 被迫做某事 eg: They were obliged to sell their car to pay their debts.
hunt 1.run after 强调追赶 ,追求 eg; Look, a dog is running after a cat
2. seek /persue 追寻
3. chase 追赶 eg: They are chasing a thief.
hunt for / search
corner 名词:角落 eg: at the corner of the street, in the corner of the room, on the corner of the desk.
动词:使走投无路,使陷入困境 eg:1. The thief was cornered at last. 2. The problem cornered me.
trail 1. a trail of the blood.
2.(follow) eg: The police trailed the criminal to the place where he was hiding.
cling clung clung 粘 eg: She is always clinging to her mother.
He clung to the hope that he would succeed.他一直怀有成功的希望
convince 使什么信服 convince sb of sth , convince + that ...... , be convinced
eg: I convinced him of my honesty.
I am convinced that he is a good girl.
somehow / by some means / in some way /for some reason unknown 不知怎么搞的,不知什么原因
somewhat : a little eg: the price was somewhat higher than I expected.
disturb 令人不安 disturbing 令人不安的
disturbed 感到不安的
类似的次还有excite ,surprise 等等
短语:
at large : 1. 逃遁的
2.详细的(in detail)
3.总体来讲(as a whole)
cat-like猫一样的 dog-like 狗一样的 life-like 栩栩如生的
take sth seriously : deal with sth seriously eg: I always taken you suggestion seriously.
take sth lightly eg: Don't take the hot potato lightly
claim to have done sth 声称做过某事
fully/ completely/ entirely
in the possesion of sb = in sb's possesion 归某人所有 eg: The beautiful car is in my possesion/in the possesion of me
in possesion of sth 拥有某物 eg: I am in possesion of the beautiful car.
take possesion of 拥有 eg: The person in possesion of the big house is excited.