新概念3Lesson1课件

Lesson 1 A puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮一、【Text】课文Puma s are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When report s came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five mile s south of London, they were not taken serious ly.However, as the evidence began to accumulate, expert s from the Zoo felt oblige d to investigate, for the description s given by people who claim ed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物，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。

The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw 'a large cat' only five yard s away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and expert s confirm ed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is corner ed.The search prove d difficult, for the puma was often observe d 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 rabbit s. Paw print s were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bush es.搜寻美洲狮的工作是从一座小村庄开始的。

Lesson 01 A Puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮Part One: New words and expression 生词和短语1、puma n.美洲狮a large cat-like animallion, tiger, leopard豹, jaguar美洲虎, cougar美洲豹, cheetah猎豹, lynx大山猫, panther黑豹2、spot v.看出, 发现 to see or find sth with difficulty不易察觉= see, pick out, recognize, catch sight of强调结果, 辨别出, 看见, 识别, 发现同意词：-- find：强调发现的结果/ find out：查出事实真相-- discover：做出重大发现/ notice：注意到-- observe：观察/ watch：观察活动中的人或画面observe: to see and notice sth(正式) 观察，观测discover: to find sth already in existencerecognize: to figure out sth/sb known alreadydetect: to disclose sth hidden or in disguise 探测explore: to examine sth thoroughly in order to test of find about it Internet ExplorerSpot 点，斑点a beauty spot, solar spot, -- There is a white spot on the shirt.spotlight, be in the spotlight Tom Cruse is in the spotlight in American film industry.A leopard will not change its spot. 江山易改，本性难移on the spot有两个含义：1> 立刻, 马上（at once, immediately）-- Anyone breaking the rules will be asked to leave on the spot.2> at the place of the action 在现场-- Wherever she is needed, she is quickly on the spot.3、Evidence n.证据（不可数名词）Evident adj.明显的, 显然的/ evidently adv.明显地, 显然Evidence = proof (n.证据)-- When the police arrived, he had already destroyed the evidence.in evidence 显而易见的-- He was in evidence at the party.witness 证人，judge法官，jury陪审团，court of law法庭self-evident a.不言自明的The Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 我们认为以下事实是不言自明的：所有的人都是生而平等的，他们天生就被上帝赋予了不可剥夺的权利，人有生存的权利，获得自由的权利，追求幸福的权利。