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1、新概念英语第三册Lesson 1 A puma at largePumas 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 o
2、bliged 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 ex
3、perts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered （adj.被困得走投无路的）.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
4、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 whe
5、re 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 an
6、imal is still at large in the quiet countryside.美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物，产于美洲。当伦敦动物园接到报告说，在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美洲狮时，这些 报告并没有受到重视。可是，随着证据越来越多，动物园的专家们感到有必要进行一番调查，因为凡是声称见到过美洲狮 的人们所描述的情况竟是出奇地相似。搜寻美洲狮的工作是从一座小村庄开始的。那里的一位妇女在采摘黑莓时的看见一只大猫，离她仅5码远，她刚看 见它，它就立刻逃走了。专家证实，美洲狮非被逼得走投无路，是决不会伤人的。事实上搜寻工作很困难，因为常常是早 晨在甲地发现那只美洲狮，晚上却在20英里外的
7、乙地发现它的踪迹。无论它走哪儿，一路上总会留下一串死鹿及死兔子 之类的小动物，在许多地方看见爪印，灌木丛中发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。有人抱怨说夜里听见像猫一样的叫声；一 位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。专家们如今己经完全肯定那只动物就是美洲狮，但它是从哪儿来的呢？由于全国 动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮，因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人收藏豢养的，不知怎么设法逃出来了。搜寻工作进行了 好几个星期，但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。想到在宁静的乡村里有一头危险的野兽继续逍遥流窜，真令人担心。Lesson 2 Thirteen equals oneOur vicar is always raising mo
8、ney 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 years ago and has been silent ever since. One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striki
9、ng the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one oclock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins,
10、 our local grocer. Whatever are you doing up here Bill ? asked the vicar in surprise.Im trying to repair the bell, answered Bill. Ive been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.1You certainly did give me a surprise! said the vicar. Youve probabl
11、y woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, Im glad the bell is working again.1Thats the trouble, vicar/ answered Bill. Its working all right, but Im afraid that at one oclock it will strike thirteen times and theres nothing I can do about it.Well get used to that Bill, said the vicar. Thirte
12、en is not as good as one but its better than nothing. Now lets go downstairs and have a cup of tea.1我们教区的牧师总是为各种各样的事筹集资金。但始终未能筹足资金把教堂的钟修好。教堂的钟很大，以前不分昼夜打点 报时，但很多年前遭到毁坏，从此便无声无息了。一天夜里，我们的牧师突然被惊醒了，大钟又在打点报时了！他一看表，才1点钟，可是那钟一边敲了 13下才停。 牧师拿着一支电筒走上钟楼想去看看究竟发生了什么事情。借着电筒光。他看见一个人，马上认出那是本地杂货店主经比 尔威尔金斯。你究竟在这上面干什么，
13、比尔？ 牧师惊讶地问。我想把这口钟修好，比尔回答说。好几个星期了，我天天夜里到钟楼上来。嗯，我是想让你大吃一惊。你确实使我大吃了一惊！ 牧师说，也许同时你把村里所有的人都吵醒了。不过，钟又能报时了，我还是很高兴的。 问题就在这里，牧师，比尔回答说。不错，钟能报时了，但是，恐怕每到1点钟，它总要敲13下，对此我己无能 为力了。,大家慢慢就习惯了，比尔，牧师说。、13下是不如1下好，但总比1下也不敲强。来，咱们下楼去喝杯茶吧。Lesson 3 An unknown goddess argument could only be settled by a fight. A match was held
14、 at Stilton where both men fought for an hour. The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated. Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time. It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of Eng
15、land. Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils. He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as &100 for a single appearance. Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt. After he was defeated by a boxer called Gentlem
16、an Jackson, he was quickly forgotten. He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.两百年前，拳击比赛在英国非常盛行。当时，拳击手们不戴手套，为争夺奖金而搏斗。因此，他们被称作职业拳击手。 不过，拳击是十分野蛮的，因为当时没有任何比赛规则，职业拳击手有可能在比赛中受重伤，甚至丧命。拳击史上最引人注目的人物之一是丹尼尔门多萨，他生于1764年。1860年昆斯伯里侯爵第一次为拳击比赛制定了 规则，拳击比赛这才用上了手套。虽然门多萨严格来讲不过是个职业拳击手，但在把这种粗野的拳击变成一种体育运动方 面，他作出了重大贡献。是他把科学引进了这项运动。门多萨在的全盛时期深受大家欢迎，无论是富人还是穷人都对他祟 拜备至。门多萨在14岁时参加一
