NCE-3：lesson-1 a puma at large ppt

e.g.
evidence
n. 证据
•随着证据越来越多
As the evidence began to accumulate.
accumulate
v. 积累，积聚
e.g. oblige
v. 使……感到必须
1. I feel obliged to cancel the contract.
2. 动物园的专家们感到有必要进行一 番调查 Experts from the Zoo fell obliged to investigate.
分隔式同位语从句：平衡句子结构，避免头重脚轻
例： 消息传到有关部门（ the departments concerned ），在该市 以东30公里的地方发现了禽流感（ bird flu ），这个 消息立刻 受到了重视。 when news came into the departments concerned that bird flu had been spotted 30km east to the city，it was taken seriously.
e.g. I feel obligxperts from the Zoo feel obliged to investigate?
as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate
What does it look like?
Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
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1. pumas are large animals. 2. pumas are cat-like animals. 3. pumas are found in America.
例： 考拉是一种生长在澳大利亚的像熊的小动物 Koalas are small, bear-like animals which live in Australia.
•What would you do if the puma is staring at you only five yards from you?
1. could you tell me something about puma? 2.What the reports talk about? 3. were the reports taken seriously at last? 4.What are the descriptions given by people?
Why?
for the descriptions given by people were extraordinarily similar.
•descriptions given by people = descriptions which were given by people
People?
for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.
• When did experts feel obliged to investigate? • Why did the zoo feel obliged to investigate?
experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate
感到有必要做某事 • feel obliged to do sth. ___________
When reports that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London came into London Zoo， they were not taken seriously. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.
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.
Lesson-1
A puma at large
at large: free without control
e.g.
• Two of the escaped prisoners are still at large.
•The teacher absent, the students are at large.
• Where was a wild puma spotted? • Were the reports taken seriously?
reports were not taken seriously.
take sth. Seriously = deal with sth. seriously e.g. 1. You should take your work seriously. 2. 我总是很认真对待你的建议。
I always take your suggestions seriously.
reports were not taken seriously.
When reports came into London Zoo， they were not taken seriously.
When reports that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London came into London Zoo， they were not taken seriously.
Lesson1 A puma at large
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.
例句仿写： 随着证据越来越多，警察们感到很有必要进行一番调查，因为声 称见过这个嫌疑犯(suspect)的人所讲的情况特别(remarkably)相似。 As the proof began to gather, the police felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the suspect were remarkably similar.
e.g.
spot
v.
1. I finally spotted the book I wanted in the bookstore.
看出，发现
2. 在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美 洲狮. A wild puma has been spotted forty-five miles south of London.