A puma at large
生词学习
1、spot在一个大面积中发现一个点
I spot my friend in the crowd
看: catch glimpse of 眼看着
    catch sight of 看到结果
   gaze at 津津有味，特别投入地看
   stare at 盯着看
   gape at 瞪目结舌的看，很震惊的看
   glare at 愤怒
   peep 偷看
   a  spot on one's reputation 名誉上的污点
spotless 没有污点，无瑕的，完美的
a spot of  修饰不可数名词
a spot of bother 一点点麻烦
on the spot 在现场
2、evidence n 证据不可数名词
A piece of evidence 一个证据
Evident  adj 意思一证据的，意思二、显而易见的，凡是能做证据的，一定是显而易见的。
3、accumulate  accumulate knowledge 积累知识
The inpossible can always be broken down into possibilities一件不可能的事，要分解成很多可能的步骤。
4、oblige 迫使---感到必须
I am obliged to improve my English in New Oriental School .
Obliged 感激 I am obliged to you to everything you have done for me 我非常感谢你为我所做的一切。
Much obliged 十分感谢（邮件）
5、hunt for 追猎，寻找
Hunt for a job 找工作
Job seeking 找工作
Job hopping 跳槽
A job with respectable income 一份很有体面的工作
Hunter Hutress
Actor actress
Conductor conductress
Tiger tigress
6、blackberry 黑莓 strawberry 草莓
7、human being n 人类，是可数名词
8、Corner V 使走投无路，陷入困境 N 角落
Drive sb into a corner 将某人逼上绝路
A cornered beast will do sth desperate 狗急跳墙
It was the beauty that killed the beast 野兽难过美人关。
9、print 印痕
Footprint 脚印
Fingerprint 指纹
A trail of footprint 一串足迹
Lip print 唇印
Palm print 掌印
Many people walk in and out of your life but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart .
在你的生命中来来往往有很多的人，只有真正的朋友才在你的心里留下足迹。
10、Cling 粘cling to a belief /dream坚持一种信仰/梦想
Cling to / Stick to 坚持
Cling to /stick to the end on the studing your English
学习英语要坚持到底
11、Convinced sb of sth 使。。。信服
I am convinced fo this things
我对这件事很确信
12、somehow=for some reason
Somewhat=a little
I somewhat hungry   我有点饿了。
13、disturb 令人不安
Don’t disturb/ no disturbance 请勿打扰。
课文详解
1、A Puma at large
逃遁的美洲狮
Life on compus 学校里的生活
Saddam in prison狱中的萨达姆
The man standing there 站在那里的男人
The suggestion given by him 他提出的建议
At large 逍遥自在的，行动自由的，通常用来指具有危险性的人或事物没被控制的状态。
The escaped murdered to large 仍逍遥法处的在逃杀人犯。
The disease is still at large此种疾病仍在蔓延
2、when reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London ,they were not taken seriously .
①此that从句为同位语从名，作reports 的同位语，进一步说明报告的内容。此类结构通常直接用于某些名词。
如：There can be no doubt that she is qualified for the job
毫无疑问，她胜任这项工作。
当that 从句为主语的同位语，而谓语双较短时，为使句子更为紧凑，通常将谓语部分提前
　②主句中的代词they 指前面时间状语中的主语reports .
take sb/sth .seriously 认真对待某人某事
Hearth is better than wealth 健康比财富更重要
I take fame and fortune lightly 我淡泊名利
With time flying ,I have been absorbed in painting ,taking fame and fortune lightly  丹青不知老将至，富贵于我如浮云
The journey itself is reward旅程本身是一种奖励。
3、However ,as the evidence began to accumulate,experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate,for the description given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.
① 并列连词however 用来表示语义上的转折，如：the task is a bit difficult ,it is ,however ,not beyond their reach .
这个任务有点难，但也并非他们无力来完成。
②从属连词as 在此处引导一时间状语从句表示随着，当。。。时，如：
As she talked on she got more and more worried 她越说越焦虑
③claim to 声称做某事
So far  no organization has claimed to be responsible for the attack.
课文翻译：
A puma at 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 ,expers from the Zoo felt  obliged to investigate ,for the descriptions given by people who claimd to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.
The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberry 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 abserved at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening .whatever it went ,it left 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 the 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 it disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet contryside.
逃遁的美洲狮美洲狮是一种体形似猫，产于美洲.当伦敦动物园接到报告说，在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美洲狮时，这些报告并没有受到重视，可是随着证据越来越多，动物园的专家们感到有必要进行一番调查，因为凡是声称见到过美洲狮的人们所描述的情况竟是出奇地相似。
   搜寻美洲狮的工作是从一座小村庄开始的，那里的一位妇女在采摘黑莓是看见“一只大猫”离她仅5码远，她刚看见它，它就立刻逃走了。专家证实，美洲狮除非被逼得走投无路，是决不会伤人的。事实上搜寻工作很困难，因为常常是早晨在甲地发现那只美洲狮，晚上却在20英里外的乙地发现它的踪迹，无论它走到哪儿，一路上总会留下一串死鹿以及死兔子之类的小动物，在许多地方看见了爪印，灌水丛中也发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛，有人抱怨说夜里听见了“像猫一样的叫声”一位商人去钓鱼，看见美洲狮在树上，专家们如今已经完全肯定那只动物就是美洲狮，但它是从哪儿来的呢？由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮，因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人收藏家豢养的，不知怎么设法逃出来了，搜寻工作进行了好几个星期，但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮，想到在宁静的乡村里有一头危险的野兽继续逍遥流窜，真令人担心.
It is you that make me understand the true meaning of like ,cling to the end ,if it were not for you,my life would be a mess
是你让我看透生命这东西，如果不是你，我的生命一片狼籍。
Happiness lies not in the mere poessession of money ,but in the joy of achievement
幸福不仅仅在于拥有金钱，而在于拥有成功的喜悦。
I cling to the belief that I will learn English extraordinaarily well somebody
我坚信我终有一天会把英语学的非常好。
Wherever you go ,whatever you do ,I will be right here wait for you .