新概念英语第三册-Lesson 01(词汇1)

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Step 1 过目一下新词，先混个脸熟；推荐使用金山词霸，跟读每个发音；特别陌生的单词请在纸上拼写一下：）
New words and expressions
puma n. 美洲狮
spot v. 看出，发现
evidence n. 证据
accumulate v. 积累，积聚
oblige v. 使...感到必须
hunt n. 追猎；寻找
blackberry n. 黑莓
human being 人类
corner v. 使走投无路，使陷入困境
trail n. 一串，一系列
print n. 印痕
cling (clung, clung ) v. 粘
convince v.使...信服
somehow adv. 不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因
disturb v. 令人不安
Step 2 把单词放课文中过一遍，课文中有不认识的单词记得摘录出来
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.
Step 3让我们再进一步认识这些单词吧；特别注意他们的同/近义词及例句应用；推荐自己也模仿着造句：）
1.spot v. 看出，发现
英文释义
To detect or discern, especially visually; spy.
同/近义词
pick out / see / recognize / catch sight of
例句应用
A tall man is easy to spot in the crowd.
He has good eye for spotting mistakes. 他有敏锐的识别错误的能力。
来做个比较
spot(v.) = see:强调结果、辨别出、看见、识别、发现。
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
其他常用词性
spot n. 斑点 Ex: There is a white spot on the shirt.