新概念英语第三册第一课笔记——逃遁的美洲狮

Lesson 01 A Puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮

New words and expression 生词和短语

学习词汇时仅知道汉语语义是不够的，要把单词放在语句中体会其应用

学习关键句结构是则要把它放在段落结构或文章里

puma n.美洲狮

spot v.看出, 发现

= see, pick out, recognize, catch sight of 强调结果, 辨别出, 看见, 识别, 发现-- A tall man is easy to spot in the crowd.

-- He has good eye for spotting mistakes.

同意词：

-- find：强调发现的结果/ find out：查出事实真相

-- discover：做出重大发现/ notice ：注意到

-- observe：观察/ watch ：观察活动中的人或画面

Spot n.斑点

-- There is a white spot on the shirt.

on the spot 有两个含义：

1> 立刻, 马上（at once, immediately）

-- Anyone breaking the rules will be asked to leave on the spot.

2> at the place of the action 在现场

-- Wherever she is needed, she is quickly on the spot.

Evidence n.证据（不可数名词）

Evident adj .明显的, 显然的/ evidently adv.明显地, 显然

Evidence = proof (n.证据)

-- When the police arrived, he had already destroyed the evidence.

in evidence 显而易见的

-- He was in evidence at the party.

Accumulate v.积累, 积聚（强调积累的过程）

-- As the evidence accumulates, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate. Gather vt.聚集, 把某人召集在某处

-- The teacher gathered his students in the class

Collect vt.搜集, 采集

-- Do you collect stamps? Yes, I collect stamps as my hobby. （n.业余爱好）Assemble v.集合, 集会/ 装配

-- A large number of people assemble on the square.

Hoard vt.大量的储存（-- hoard up = store up 储藏）

-- The squirrel hoards up nuts for the cold winter （

squirrel n.松鼠）（nut n.坚果）

amass vt.积聚（主要用于诗歌和文学作品）

-- The clouds amassed above the hills

Oblige v.使…感到必须

feel obliged to do sth 感觉有必要做某事

-- I feel obliged to say no to his demand （n.要求, 需要）

be obliged to do sth 被迫做某事

-- They were obliged to sell their car to pay their debts off. （

debt n.债务）

hunt v.n.追猎, 寻找（hunt for ）

-- The experts from London zoo began to hunt (v.) for a puma.

-- The hunt (n.) for the puma proved the difficult. （prove vt.证明, 证实）search 搜寻某处为了寻找到某人或某物

-- The police were searching the forest for the missing boy.

run after 强调追赶, 追求

-- look, a dog is running after a cat

-- what are you run after in your life

seek = pursue v.追寻(理想)

chase v.追赶（-- They are chasing a thief / They are running after a thief ）blackberry n.黑莓/ berry n.浆果

human being 人类

corner v.使走投无路, 使陷入困境

作为动词, 经常使用被动语态

-- The thief was cornered at last

-- The problem cornered me.

corner n.角落

-- at the corner of the street

-- in the corner of the room

-- on the corner of the desk

Trail n.一串, 一系列