新概念英语第三册课文及详解第1课

1/7Lesson1ApumaatlargePumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.WhenreportscameintoLondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedforty-fivemilessouthofLondon,theywerenottakenseriously.However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate,expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,forthedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.Thehuntforthepumabeganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpickingblackberriessaw'alargecat'onlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Itimmediatelyranawaywhenshesawit,andexpertsconfirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitiscornered.Thesearchproveddifficult,forthepumawasoftenobservedatoneplaceinthemorningandatanotherplacetwentymilesawayintheevening.Whereveritwent,itleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeerandsmallanimalslikerabbits.Pawprintswereseeninanumberofplacesandpumafurwasfoundclingingtobushes.Severalpeoplecomplainedof'cat-likenoises'atnightandabusinessmanonafishingtripsawthepumaupatree.Theexpertswerenowfullyconvincedthattheanimalwasapuma,butwherehaditcomefrom?Asnopumashadbeenreportedmissingfromanyzoointhecountry,thisonemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollectorandsomehowmanagedtoescape.Thehuntwentonforseveralweeks,butthepumawasnotcaught.Itisdisturbingtothinkthatadangerouswildanimalisstillatlargeinthequietcountryside.LanguagepointsPayattention:Thepointsbelowarenotcoveredbythemp3.Itisbetterforyoutolistentothemp3firstandtrytotakenotesbyyourselves.1，apumaatlargeatlarge1：逃遁的，没有被控制的。2/72：详细的(indetail)3：总体来讲（asawhole）2，Pumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.tip: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。体会课文第一二句话，乃至第一段在全文中的作用。cat-like像猫的，偷偷摸摸的life-like栩栩如生的3，WhenreportcameintoLondonzoo...当伦敦动物园接到报告......同种结构的句型：(Anidea)cometosb.某人突然想到了......4，Theywerenottakenseriously.takesth.seriously:dealwithsth.seriously认真（严肃）对待某事takesth.lightly草率对待某事注意：例句的they指的是reports,意思是：Theexpertsdidnottakethereportsseriously.5,Thedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.claimtohavedonesth声称曾经做过某事6，Expertsconfirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitiscornered.confirm:besure,becertain7，Thesearchproveddifficult.这个语境中：search=hunt3/78，Whereveritwent,itleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeerandsmallanimalslikerabbits.leavebehind:把某物留在后面9，Abusinessmanonafishingtripsawthepumaupatree.on+名词：强调动作正在进行ontherise:在上升ontheincrease:在增加onthewatch:在观看onthematch:在比赛中onthefishingtrip:在钓鱼的途中onholiday:在度假10，Theexpertswerenowfullyconvincedthattheanimalwasapuma.fully:completely,entirely11，Thisonemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollector.inthepossessionofsb==insb'spossession归某人所有inpossessionofsth.拥有某物takepossessionof拥有tip:请大家体会下同种意思的不同表达，让我们的语言丰富起来！eg:Thebeautifulcarisinmypossession/inthepossessionofme.Iaminpossessionofthebeautifulcar.Thepersoninpossessionofthebighouseisexcited.4/712，Itisdisturbingtothinkthatadangerouswildanimalisstillatlargeinthequietcountryside.Itisdisturbingtothinkthat一想到.........就心里不安keystructure&grammar1.simplesentence,compoundsentenceandcomplexsentence(checkNCE2L73)本文主要有复杂句组成，复杂句是由简单句构成的，分析复杂句的意思：1）先看句子由几个部分组成；2）通过linkword来判断主从句关系；e.g.However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate,expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,forthedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.分句1：Theevidentbegantoaccumulate.as表示伴随主句同时发生的状态主句：ExpertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate.tip:在阅读中，先看主句有助于全文理解和提高阅读效率。分句2：Thedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.for表示原因，翻译做：因为这个分句还可以再细分：句子的主干部分是：Thedescriptionsweresimilargiven引导的部分是过去分词作定语，修饰description5/7而这一成分中，who引导的定语从句，用来修饰people2.被动语态常用于表达事实的客观性tip:英文的表达方式重点在于突出客观事实，故常用被动语态；而中文则善于运用动作的执行者,常用主动式被动语态的特殊结构：被动语态＋现在分词e.g.pumafurwasfoundclingingtobushes现在分词clinging起补充说明主语的作用3，定语从句和同位语从句一般来讲,定语从句和同位语从句紧随在被修饰名词后面，但为了保持句子平衡，也可把谓语动词放到从句之前。让我们来看两个文中的例子：(1)Pumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.(2)ReportscameintoLondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedforty-fivemilessouthofLondon.现在让我们来回顾下两种从句的区别：(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表达事物：that(也可指人)/which时间状语：when;地点状语：where;原因状语：why(2)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、宾语时，关系词用that而不是which6/7时间when;地点wheree.g.Ihavenoideawhathashappenedtohim.大家学的怎么样？我们来测试一下吧Exercises1.choicequestions(1)Whatparticularpieceofevidencepersuadedtheexpertsthatapumahadbeenseeninthevillage?a.Thepumahadnotattackedthewoman.b.Thewomanhaddescribedtheanimalshehadseenas‘alargecat'.c.Apumahadcomeveryclosetoahumanbeing.d.Thepumahadbehavedlikeacat.(2)Theaccumulatingevidencemadetheexpertstheanimalwasapuma.a.tothinkb.thinkingc.thinkd.thought(3),itimmediatelyranaway.a.Observingherb.Onbeingobservedc.Havingbeenobservedd.Onherbeingobserved7/72.translation（4）一想到考试失利，我心里就很不安。（5）她突然想到也许她可以用另一种方法来做实验。（6）她坚信丈夫会回来。（7）我们需要找一个可靠的人。（8）伤员所到之处，都留下道道血迹。（9）熊猫是一种体形像猫的大动物，产于亚洲。（10）However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate,expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,forthedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.3.Writing（11）Summarizethestorywithin3sentences.(Youcanalsouseonecomplexsentencetosummarize.)