只练一篇NCE： A PUMA AT LARGE，欢迎指教！

首先感谢YUGONG，为了练习，登陆您的BLOG多次听原版录音。



Lesson 1 A Puma at large

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
Where must the puma have come from?

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.

所有跟帖： 

• Congrats on the obvious and tremendous improvement. However, -北京二号- ♀ (696 bytes) () 10/11/2009 postreply 17:25:20

• 谢谢你热心提醒！ -ntotl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2009 postreply 17:48:30

• 最近一段时间一直在练音标，尤其是VOWEL。 -ntotl- ♂ (362 bytes) () 10/11/2009 postreply 18:20:33

• 回复：最近一段时间一直在练音标，尤其是VOWEL。 -北京二号- ♀ (108 bytes) () 10/11/2009 postreply 19:47:20

• 谈不上执着，如果说是环境所迫还差不多。谢谢回复。 -ntotl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2009 postreply 20:11:12

• overall, a good read ! -天泽园- ♀ (103 bytes) () 10/11/2009 postreply 18:20:18

• 谢谢！不止这些，还有很多发音不到位。 -ntotl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2009 postreply 18:25:54