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逃遁的美洲狮 Lesson 01 A Puma at large

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 descriptions given by people who 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

difficult, 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 somehow 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.

生狮和短狮New words and expressions

puma

美洲狮n.

spot

看出～狮狮v.

evidence

狮据n.

accumulate

狮累～狮聚v.

oblige

使……感到必狮v.

hunt

追狮～狮找n.

blackberry

黑莓n.

human being

人狮

corner

使走投无路～使陷入困境

trail

一串～一系列n.

print

v.