A puma at large

  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.