新概念三册第一课

1、,Lesson 1 A Puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮,重点单词,1. puma n. 美洲狮 The descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar. 声称目击了这只美洲狮的人所描述的情况竟出奇的相似。 2. spot v. 看出，发现 My father spotted several spelling mistakes in my composition. 我父亲在我作文里发现了好几个拼字错误。,3. evidence n. 证据 We hav

2、e substantial evidence for lodging a claim. 我们有足够证据提出索赔 4. accumulate v. 积累，积聚 To accumulate and store away, as for future use. 储存积聚或贮存起来，如为了将来使用,5. oblige v. 使感到必须 Wed be happy to oblige. 我们乐于效劳。 6. hunt n. 追猎；寻找 I took part in the tiger hunt. 我参加了猎虎。 Hunt for,7. corner v. 使走投无路，使陷入困境 The police fi

3、nally cornered the thief. 警察终于把那个小偷逼入一个角落。 8. trail n. 一串，一系列 The car raised a trail of dust. 汽车掀起了一股尘土。,9. print n. 印痕 The prints were underdeveloped. 这些照片显影不足。 10. cling v. 粘 Dewdrops were still clinging on the trees. 露珠仍沾在树上。,11.convince v. 使信服 Compulsion will never result in convincing them. 强迫永

4、远不会使他们信服。 Convince sb of sth He convinced me of his innocence. 他使我相信他是无辜的。,12. somehow adv. 不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因 Somehow we lost our way. 不知怎么地我们迷了路。,13. disturb v. 令人不安 His passion for his career disturbed me. 他对事业的热情使我焦虑不安。,句法语法,1. at large 逃遁的, 没有被控制的 The thief is still at large 详细地（= in detail） I need

5、talk to you at large 总体来讲（= as a whole） The students at large are hungry for English.,2. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. 英文擅长用长句，中文擅长用短句。 - Pandas are large cat-like animals which are found in Asia. cat-like 猫一样的, 偷偷摸摸的 / dog-like 狗一样的 / life-like 栩栩如生的,3. When reports

6、came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. 同种结构的句型：(An idea) come to sb. 某人突然想到了,4. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who cl

7、aimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar. However adv.然而(起转折作用) 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 Luxun claim to have done sth 声称曾经做过某事 He claimed to have been the manager of the large shop.,5. The h

8、unt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw a large cat only five yards away from her. Where a woman picking 定语从句 I still remember the school where I studied English.,6. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a

9、human being unless it is cornered. Confirm = be sure = be certain (confirm vt.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.,7. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and

10、 at another place twenty miles away in the evening. 这个语境中：hunt=search 8. Wherever it went, it left 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.,9. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and pum

11、a 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 clinging to bushes. （被动） We found the puma fur clinging to bushes. （主动） clinging to bushes是现在分词短语做宾补,10. Several people complained of “cat-like noises at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the pum

12、a up a tree. complain 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 fishing trip 在钓鱼的途中 on holiday 在度假,11. 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

13、. sth be in the possession of sb = sth be in sbs 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 beautiful car. The person in possession of the big house is excited. take possession of 拥有,13. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. went on = lasted （last vi.继续, 持续） 14. It is disturb