知识汇总新概念面授课笔记（1-30）.doc

新东方新概念面授课笔记(1-30)
lesson 1
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 (to) 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 des criptions given by people who claimed宣称 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观察 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 it. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. Several plained of about ‘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 e 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成功 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.
New words and expressions
puma 美洲狮
spot 看出,发现
evidence 证据
accumulate 积累,积聚
oblige 使…感到必须
hunt 追猎,寻找
blackberry 黑莓
human being 人类
corner 使走投无路
trail 一串,一系列
print 印痕
cling(clung) 粘
convince 使…信服
somehow 反正
disturb 令人不安
Notes on the text
l Britain English & America English
1. [?:]→[?]
class
half
advance
2. [i]→[ ]
because
believe
3. [ ]→[?]
dog
dollar
popular
4. [r] 卷舌(除在前面)
forty
water
sister
l puma
├mountain lion
├couga