新概念课程讲解第三册Lesson 9听录音，然后答复以下问题How do cats try to protect themselves when falling from great heights?Cats never fail to fascinate human beings. They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans, but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well. They never become submissive like dogs and horses. As a result, humans have learned to respect feline independence. Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives. One of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives. Apparently, there is a good deal of truth in this idea. A cat”s ability to survive falls is based on fact.Recently the New York Animal Medical Center made a study of 132 cats over a period of five months. All these cats had one experience in common: they had fallen off high buildings, yet only eight of them died from shock or injuries. Of course, New York is the ideal place for such an interesting study, because there is no shortage of tall buildings. There are plenty of high-rise windowsills to fall from! One cat, Sabrina, fell 32 storeys, yet only suffered from a broken tooth. ”Cats behave like well-trained paratroopers.” a doctor said. It seems that the further cats fall, the less they are likely to injure themselves. In a long drop, they reach speeds of 60 miles an hour and more. At high speeds, falling cats have time to relax. They stretch out their legs like flying squirrels. This increases their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground.参考译文猫总能引起人们的极大兴趣。
它们可以对人友好，布满柔情但是，它们又有自己神奇的生活方式它们从不像狗和马一样变得那么服从结果是人们已经学会敬重猫的独立性在它们的一生中，大多数猫都对人存有戒心最使我们感兴趣的一件事情就是一种通俗的信念——猫有九条命明显，这种说法里面包含着很多真实性猫在跌落时能够大难不死是有事实作为依据的最近，纽约动物医疗中心对132只猫进展了为期5个月的综合讨论全部这些猫有一个共同的经受：它们都曾从高层建筑上摔下来过，但只有其中的8只猫死于震荡或跌伤固然，纽约是进展这种好玩的试验的一个抱负的地方，由于那里根本不缺乏高楼大厦，有的是高层的窗槛从上往下坠落有一只叫萨伯瑞的猫从32层楼上掉下来，但只摔断一颗牙猫就像训练有素的跳伞队员，” 一位医生说看起来，猫跌落的距离越长，它们就越不会损害自己在一个长长的跌落过程中，它们可以到达每小时60里甚至更快的速度在高速下落中，猫有时间放松自己它们伸展四肢，就像飞行中的松鼠一样这样就加大了空气阻力，并削减了它们着地时冲击力带来的震惊词汇1. fascinate v. 迷住，吸引住Her beauty fascinated every boy.她的美貌使全部的男孩子都着了迷。
2. affectionate adj. 布满深情，柔情的She is an affectionate child and loves to be hugged and kissed.她是一个多情的孩子，喜爱让人爱抚亲吻3. mysterious adj. 神奇的，难以理解的His action was very mysterious.他的行动非常神奇4. submissive adj. 听从的，服从的He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.他期望妻子温存而且听他摆布5. feline adj. 猫的large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur.亚洲中部丘陵地区有白色长毛的大型猫科动物6. independence n. 独立，独立性By the time they get to that age they will value their independence.当他们到了那年龄时他们会珍视自己的独立性7. high-rise adj. 高层的A high-rise will be put up on this empty space.这块空地上将兴建一座高层建筑。
8. windowsill n. 窗槛I”m trying to put the flowerpot on the windowsill.我想把这个花盆放到窗台上9. paratrooper n. 伞兵10. squirrel n. 松鼠Red squirrels are now very rare in Britain.红色松鼠在英国已非常罕见了11. air-resistance n. 空气阻力12. impact n. 冲击力Damage assessment: Impact of the Cox Committee Report破坏性评估：《考克斯委员会报告》的冲击课文讲解1. Cats never fail to fascinate human beings.never fail to 双重否认意味确定（运用双重否认构造加深句子确定的语气）-- If you ask for help in the polite way, you never fail to succeed.-- If you receive requests like this, you”ll never fail to accept.双重否认构造：（起加深句子确定的语气的作用）1>否认词 fail to-- never fail to / can”t fail to / don”t fail to2>否认的形容词之前加以否认-- What he said is not unreasonable.（adj.不讲道理的, 不合理的）-- It is quite common for us to make mistakes.= It is not uncommon for us to make mistakes.3> not without-- You can”t obtain English without working hard. Obtain（vt.获得, 得到）-- He doesn”t have any meal without meats.4> no not-- There is no cat that doesn”t like fish.-- There is nothing that he can”t do. 没有什么他不能做的。
There is no rule that has no exception. 没有无例外的法规Exception（n.除外, 例外）2. They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans, but they lead mysterious lives oftheir own as well.as well 也, 又, 同样3. They never become submissive like dogs and horses.As a result, humans have learned to respect feline independence.as a result adv.结果have learned to 学会了, 习惯了-- People have learned to expect(希望) that trains are punctual.（adj.准时的）-- Children have learned to expect(认为) that their parents are very able.（adj.能干的）4. Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives.be suspicious of… 对…表示疑心, 存有戒心5. One of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives.that 引导同位语从句-- One of the things that fascinates us most about planes is the popular fact that they are safe andfast.6. Apparently, there is a good deal of truth in this idea.a good deal of 不行数名词apparently（adv.明显地），语气不是特别确定（= It seems that...）7. A cat”s ability to survive falls is based on fact.Survive（v.幸免于, 幸存, 生还）Fall（n.堕落, 落下, 下降）-- a cat”s ability to survive falls is based on factbe based on 基于事实根底之上base sth on … 把某事建立在…根底之上-- We base the theory on the fact. 我们把这理论建立在事实的。