新概念英语3lesson课文及笔记

1、pumaPumas 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 t

2、he 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 t

3、hat a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered（adj.被困得走投无路的）.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

4、 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 i

5、t 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

6、still at large in the quiet countryside.?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。 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时的看见 乙只大猫”，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

7、现它的踪迹。无论它走哪儿，一路上总会留下一串死鹿及死兔子 之类的小动物，在许多地方看见爪印，灌木丛中发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。 有 人抱怨说夜里听见 像猫一样的叫声”；一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。 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。单词：puma 'pju:m? n. 美洲狮spot sp?t v.看出,发现evidence 

8、9;evid?ns n. 证据accumulate ?'kju:mjuleit v. 积累，积聚oblige ?'blaid? v. 使感到必须hunt h?nt n.追猎；寻找；v.打猎blackberry 'bl?kb?ri n. 黑莓human 'hju:m?n 人类corner 'k?:n? v.使走投无路，使陷入困境； n.角落trail treil n. 一串，一系列print print n. 痕cling kli? v.粘convince k?n'vins v. 使 信服somehow 's?mhau ad.不知怎么搞的，

9、不知什么原因disturb dis't?:b v. 令人不安笔记：New words and expression 生词和短语学习词汇时仅知道汉语语义是不够的，要把单词放在语句中体会其应用学习关键句结构是则要把它放在段落结构或文章里puman.美洲现币spot v.看出，发现？=see, pick?out, recognize, catch sight?of 强调结果，辨别出，看见,识另1J,发现-A?tall?man?is?easy?to?spot?in?the?crowd.-He?has?good?eye?for?spotting?mistakes.同意词：-find :强调发现的

10、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Spot n.斑点-There?is?a?white?spot?on?the?shirt.on?the?spot有两个含义：1> 立亥U,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

11、, she?is?quickly?on?the?spot.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.Accumulatev.积累，积聚（强调积累的过程）-As?the?evidence?accumulates, experts?from?the?

12、zoo?felt?obliged?to?investigate.Gather vt.聚集，把某人召集在某处-The teacher gathered his students in the classCollect vt.搜集，采集-Do you collect stamps? Yes, I collect stamps as my hobby. （n.业余爱好）Assemble v.集合，集会/装配- -A large number of people assemble on the square.Hoard vt.大量的储存（-hoard?up = store?up 储藏）-The?squ

13、irrel?hoards?up?nuts?for?the?cold?winter （squirrel n.松鼠）（nut n.坚果）amass vt.积聚（主要用于诗歌和文学作品）- -The clouds amassed above the hillsOblige v.使感到必须feel?obliged?to?do?sth感觉有必要做某事- -I feel obliged to say no to his demand（n.要求, 需要）be?obliged?to?do?sth 被迫做某事- -They were obliged to sell their car to pay their

14、debts off. （debt n.债务）hunt v.n.追猎，寻找 （hunt?for）- -The experts from London zoo began to hunt （v.） for a puma.- -The hunt （n.） for the puma proved the difficult. （ prove vt.证明,证实）search搜寻某处为了寻找到某人或某物- -The police were searching the forest for the missing boy.run?after强调追赶，追求- -look, a dog is running a

15、fter a cat-what are you run after in your lifeseek = pursue? v.追寻（理想）chase v.追赶（-They are chasing a thief / They are running after a thief_）blackberry n.黑莓 / berry n.浆果human?being 人类corner v.使走投无路，使陷入困境作为动词，经常使用被动语态-The?thief?was?cornered?at?last-The?problem?cornered?me.corner n.角落-at?the?corner?of?

16、the?street - in?the?corner?of?the?room - on?the?corner?of?the?deskTrailn.一串，一系列trail vt.跟踪，追踪（=follow ）-The?police?trailed?the?criminal?to?the?place?where?he?was?hiding C criminal n.罪才日)Printn同痕Cling v.粘 (clung, clung, clinging )-She?is?always?clinging?to?her?mother.-He?clung?to?the?hope?that?he?wou

17、ld?succeed.他怀有成功的希望stick? v.粘住 (-stick the envelop ) n.信封stick?to?坚持(-stick to the plan / stick to one 's promise) n.许诺sticky? adj.粘的 (-sticky fingers )convince v.使 信服1>convince?sb of?sth - I convince him of my honesty. (n.诚实，正直) 我使他相信我的诚实2> be?convinced that -I am convinced that she is ho

18、nest girl. (adj.诚实的, 正直的) somehow adv.不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因=by?some?means, in?some?way, for?some?reason?unknown- -I 1l get the book back somehow.无论如何我要把这本书取回来。- -I got lost somehow不知怎么搞地，我迷失了。Somewhat adv.稍彳散，有点，有些 (=a?little )- -The price is somewhat higher than I expect. ( high adj.高的)disturbv.令人不安disturb

19、ingadj.令人不安的 / disturbedadj.感到不安的surprisingadj.令人惊讶的/ surprised adj.感到惊讶的excitingadj.令人激动的 / excited adj.感到激动的wild adj.野性的，野生的investigate v.调查，研究description n.描写,描述extraordinarilyadv.特另地，非常地，格外similar adj.相似的，类似的attackvt.攻击difficult adj.困难的，艰难的 difficulty n.困难，难点rabbitn.兔，野兔paw n.手掌，手爪furn.毛皮，毛，软毛bu

20、sh n.矮树丛fullyadv.充分地，完全地collector n.收藏家，征收者Text课文at?large 逃遁的，没有被控制的-The thief is still at largeat large 详细地(=in?deioil_) n.细节，详情 -I need talk to you at largeat large 总体来讲(=as?a?whole)-The students at large are hungry for English. h hungry adj.饥饿的,渴望的) Where?must?the?puma?have?come?from?Pumas?are?la

21、rge,?cat-like?animals?which?are?found?in?America.在英文的表达方式中，首先呈现给读者的是结果（和中文不同）英文擅长用长句，中文擅长用短句。-Pandas?are?large?cat-like?animals?which?are?found?in?ASa（panda n.熊猫）cat-like猫一样的，偷偷摸摸的 / dog-like 狗一样的 /life-like 栩栩如生的When?reports?came?into?London?Zoo?that?a?wild?puma?had?been?spotted?forty-five?miles?so

22、uth?of?London,?they?were?not?taken?seriously.一般来讲定语从句 和同位语从句紧随在被修饰名词的后面，但为了保持句子平衡，也可以把谓 语动词放到从句之前1定语从句只是对于被修饰词的补充说明、修饰-定语从句的引导词：- 指人： 主语 who； 宾语 who, whom ； 定语 ？whose-指物：that （也可以指人）/ which-时间状语：when /地点状语：where /原因状语：why2同位语从句|则是讲述被修饰名词的内容-同位语从句的引导词：-名词（做主语、宾语等）：关系词用that而不是which-时间：when； ?地点：where-

23、定语从句中没有 what这个关系词，但 what可以引导同位语从句-An?idea?came?to?her?that?she?might?do?the?experiment?in?another?way.-I?have?no?idea?what?has?happened?to?him。they?were?not?taken?seriously （they 指代 reports）take?sth seriously = deal?with?sth seriously 认真地对待某事- -I always take your suggestions seriously.take?sth light

24、ly 草率地对待某事（lightly adv.轻率地）- -Don't take the hot potato lightly（ hot potato n.棘手的问题）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.However adv.然而（起转

25、折作用）As连词：随着，当之时过去分词做定语：- -the descriptions given by people- -the story told by the sailor （n.海员，水手，船员）- -a book written by Luxunclaim?to?have?done?sth 声称曾经做过某事-He claimed to have been the manager of the large shop.The?hunt?for?the?puma?began?in?a?small?village?where?a?woman?picking?blackberries?saw?

26、'a?large?cat'?only?five?yards?away?from?herWhere a woman picking 定语从句-I?still?remember?the?school?where?I?studied?English.It?immediately?ran?away?when?she?saw?it,?and?experts?confirmed?that?a?puma?will?not?attack?a?human?being?unless?it?is?cornered.Confirm = be?sure = be?certain （confirm vt.

27、确定）Unless it is cornered = if it is not cornered（unless conj.如果不,除非）-He will accept the job unless the salary is too low.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.search = huntWherever?it?went,?it?le

28、ft?behind?it?a?trail?of?dead?deer?and?small?animals?like?rabbits.把某物留在后面：leave?behind-Wherever he went, the wound left behind him a trail of blood. （n.血）Paw?prints?were?seen?in?a?number?of?places?and?puma?fur?was?found?clinging?to?bushes.英文表达方式习惯用被动语态，突出客观事实。而中文则善于运用动作的执行者。puma?fur?was?found?clingin

29、g?to?bushes. （被动）（主动）We found the puma fur clinging to bushes.-clinging to bushes是现在分词短语做宾补Several?people?complained?of?"cat-like?noises'?at?night?and?a?businessman?on?a?fishing?tripsaw?the?puma?up?a?plain?of/about?sth 抱怨某事on+名词：强调动作正在进行-on?the?rise 在上升 / on?the?increase 在增加-on?the?

30、watch 在观看 / on?the?match 在比赛中-on?the?fishing?trip 在钓鱼的途中/ on?holiday 在度假The?experts?were?now?fully?convinced?that?the?animal?was?a?puma,?but?where?had?it?come?from?Fully （adv.充分地，完全地） =completely = entirelyAs?no?pumas?had?been?reported?missing?from?any?zoo?in?the?country,?this?one?must?have?been?in?

31、the?possession?of?a?private?collector?and?somehow?managed?to?escape.sth be in?the?possession?of?sb = sth be in?sb's?possession 某物归某人所有 （主语是物）-The?beautiful?car?is?in?my?possession.= The beautiful car is in?the?possession?of?me.Sb be in?possession?of?sth 某人拥有某物（主语是人）-I?am?in?possession?of?the?bea

32、utiful?car. （in possession of 做表语）-The?person?in?possession?of?the?big?house?is?excited. （in possession of 做定语） take?possession?of 拥有The?hunt?went?on?for?several?weeks,?but?the?puma?was?not?caught.Went on = lasted （last vi. 继续，持续）It?is?disturbing?to?think?that?a?dangerous?wild?animal?is?still?at?lar

33、ge?in?the?quiet?countryside.It?is?disturbing?to?think?that一想到就心理不安-It?is?disturbing?to?think?that I fail my examination in?the?quiet?countryside 在宁静的山村Special difficulties 难点 Exercises?A1 .?at/for 2.?to3.?to4.?in5.?onExercises?B2 .?He?is?the?man?we?have?heard?about?so?much.3 .?The?shelf?you?put?thos

34、e?books?on?has?collapsed. （vi.倒塌，崩溃，瓦解） 3.Whom?did?you?receive?a?letter?from? 特殊疑问句中 whom?不能省略（本句）。定语从句中Which以及指代人的做宾语的Whom,在非正式用法当中可以省略。省略时，介词不能前置到关系代词Whom, Which前，只能用于非固定的动词短语 后面固定的动词短语 look?for :寻找（去掉for后look没有寻找的意思，所以介词 for不能前置） 非固定的动词短语 look?at:注视 live?in :居住（去掉in后live仍有居住的意思，所以介词in可以前置）This?is?the?old?house?in?which?he?lived. = This?is?the?old?house?he?lived?in.4.This?is?the?road?we?came?by?5.Where?is?the?pencil?you?were?playing?with?Multiple choice questions 多项选择1正确答案：D in common adv.共有（替换了 similar）2正确答案：BA）只是一个