【New words and expressions】
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
★puma
n. 美洲狮
★spot
v. 看出，发现
pick out,see,recognise,catch,sight of
spot=see : 强调结果、辨别出、看见、识别、发现
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
A tall man is easy to spot in the crowd.
He has good eye for spotting mistakes.
n. 斑点
There is a white spot on the shirt.
on the spot
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.
★evidence
n. 证据 不可数名词
When the police arrived,he had already destroied the evidence.
evidence=proof
in evidence: 显而易见的
He was in evidence at the party.
evidently ，evidently
★accumulate
v. 积累，积聚
强调积累的过程
As the evidence accumulates,experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate.
gather vt. 聚集，把某人召集在某处
collect 搜集，采集
assemble 集合，集会，vt.装配
hoard vt. 大量的储存
hoard up＝store up
amass 积聚（主要用于诗歌和文学作品）
The squirrel hoards up nuts for the cold winter
★oblige
v. 使……感到必须
feel obliged to do sth 感觉有必要做某事
be obliged to do sth. 被迫做某事
★hunt
n. 追猎；寻找
run after 强调追赶、追求
seek/pursue 追寻
chase 追赶
hunt for
search 搜寻某处为了寻找到某人或某物
★blackberry
n. 黑莓
★human being
人类
★corner
v. 使走投无路，使陷入困境
n.角落
at the corner of the street
in the corner of the room
on the corner of the desk
经常使用被动语态
The thief was cornered at last
The problem cornered me.
★trail
n. 一串，一系列
（vt.)trail：follow
The police trailed the criminal to the place where he was hiding
★print
n. 印痕
★cling
v. 粘
clung
She is always clinging to her mother.
He clung to the hope that he would succeed.
stick 粘住； stick to 坚持； sticky 粘的
★convince
v. 使……信服
convince sb.of sth.
和宾语从句that搭配使用
没有宾语的情况下要采用主系表结构：be convinced
★somehow
adv. 不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因
by some means,in some way ,for some reason unknown
somewhat : a little
★disturb
v. 令人不安
disturbing: 令人不安的
disturbed: 感到不安的
exciting：令人激动的
excited：感到激动的
【课文讲解】
at large:逃遁的，没有被控制的
详细地（in detail)
总体来讲（as a whole)
在英文的表达方式中，首先呈现给读者的是结果
写议论文的时候要注意把握观点
Pandas are large cat-like animals which are found in Asia.
life-like: 栩栩如生的
一般来讲定语从句和同位语从句紧随在被修缮名词后面，但为了保持句子平衡，也可以把谓语动词放到从句之前
定语从句只是对于被修缮词的补充说明、修缮；
同位语从句则是讲述被修饰名词的内容
定语从句的引导词：
指人：主语who; 宾语who/whom; 定语 whose
表达事物：that（也可以指人）/which
时间状语：when; 地点状语：where; 原因状语：why
同位语从句：名词做主语、宾语等，关系词用that而不是which
时间－when； 地点－where
An idea came to her that she might do the experiment in another way.
I have no idea what has happened to him。
定语从句中没有what这个关系词，但它可以引导同位语从句
take sth.seriously :deal with sth.seriously
take sth.lightly
as: 随着
过去分词做定语
声称曾经做过某事：claim to have done sth.
I still remember the school where I studied English.
confirm: be sure,be certain
search=hunt
把某物留在后面：leave behind
英文的表达方式重点在于突出客观事实，而中文则善于运用动作的执行者
complain of /about 抱怨
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 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
fully: completely,entirely
in the possession of sb.=in sb.'s possession 归某人所有
in possession of sth. 拥有某物
take possession of 拥有
The beautiful car is in my possession/in the possession of me
I am in possession of the beautiful car
The person in possession of the big house is excited.
It is disturbing to think that...
熟读并背诵第一自然段
at large
take something seriously
cling to
leave behind
complain of
in the possession of/in possession of
feel obliged to investigate
a woman picking blackberries
a businessman on fishing trip
go on for several weeks
in the quiet countryside
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-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 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 that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered. 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 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 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 still at large in the quiet countryside.
