新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)課文(全60課)..doc

1、新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)課文 新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)課文(全 60 60 課)..doc )..doc新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)(共 60 課 Lesson1 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-

2、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

3、 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 e

4、xperts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered(adj.被困得走投無(wú)路的. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles aw

5、ay 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 里外的乙地發(fā)現(xiàn)它的蹤跡。無(wú)論它走哪兒,一路上總會(huì)留下一串死鹿及死兔子之類(lèi)的小動(dòng)物,在許多地方看見(jiàn)爪印,灌

6、木叢中發(fā)現(xiàn)了粘在上面的美洲獅毛。有人抱怨說(shuō)夜里聽(tīng)見(jiàn)“像貓一樣的叫聲';一位商人去釣魚(yú),看見(jiàn)那只美洲獅在樹(shù)上。專(zhuān)家們?nèi)缃褚呀?jīng)完全肯定那只動(dòng)物就是美洲獅,但它是從哪兒來(lái)的呢?由于全國(guó)動(dòng)物園沒(méi)有一家報(bào)告丟了美洲獅,因此那只美洲獅一定是某位私人收藏豢養(yǎng)的,不知怎么設(shè)法逃出來(lái)了。搜尋工作進(jìn)行了好幾個(gè)星期,但始終未能逮住那只美洲獅。想到在寧?kù)o的鄉(xiāng)村里有一頭危險(xiǎn)的野獸繼續(xù)逍遙流竄,真令人擔(dān)心。 Lesson 2 Thirteen equals

7、 one Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many

8、 years ago and has been silent ever since. One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o“clock, but the bell struck thirteen times be