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新概念英语第三册课文

Lesson1Apumaatlarge

Pumasarelarge,cat-likeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.Whenreportscameinto

LondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedforty-fivemilessouthofLondon,theywerenot

takenseriously.However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate,expertsfromtheZoofeltobliged

toinvestigate,forthedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawere

extraordinarilysimilar.

Thehuntforthepumabeganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpickingblackberriessaw'a

largecat'onlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Itimmediatelyranawaywhenshesawit,andexperts

confirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitiscornered（adj.被困得走投无路的）.Thesearchproveddifficult,forthepumawasoftenobservedatoneplaceinthemorningand

atanotherplacetwentymilesawayintheevening.Whereveritwent,itleftbehinditatrailof

deaddeerandsmallanimalslikerabbits.Pawprintswereseeninanumberofplacesandpumafur

wasfoundclingingtobushes.Severalpeoplecomplainedof'cat-likenoises'atnightanda

businessmanonafishingtripsawthepumaupatree.Theexpertswerenowfullyconvincedthat

theanimalwasapuma,butwherehaditcomefrom?

Asnopumashadbeenreportedmissing

fromanyzoointhecountry,thisonemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollectorand

somehowmanagedtoescape.Thehuntwentonforseveralweeks,butthepumawasnotcaught.It

isdisturbingtothinkthatadangerouswildanimalisstillatlargeinthequietcountryside.

Lesson2Thirteenequalsone

Ourvicarisalwaysraisingmoneyforonecauseoranother,buthehasnevermanagedtoget

enoughmoneytohavethechurchclockrepaired.Thebigclockwhichusedtostrikethehoursday

andnightwasdamagedmanyyearsagoandhasbeensilenteversince.Onenight,however,our

vicarwokeupwithastart:

theclockwasstrikingthehours!

Lookingathiswatch,hesawthatit

wasoneo'clock,butthebellstruckthirteentimesbeforeitstopped.Armedwithatorch,thevicar

wentupintotheclocktowertoseewhatwasgoingon.Inthetorchlight,hecaughtsightofa

figurewhomheimmediatelyrecognizedasBillWilkins,ourlocalgrocer.'Whateverareyou

doinguphereBill?

'askedthevicarinsurprise.'I'mtryingtorepairthebell,'answeredBill.'I've

beencomingupherenightafternightforweeksnow.Yousee,Iwashopingtogiveyoua

surprise.''Youcertainlydidgivemeasurprise!

'saidthevicar.'You'veprobablywokenup

everyoneinthevillageaswell.Still,I'mgladthebellisworkingagain.''That'sthetrouble,vicar,'

answeredBill.'It'sworkingallright,butI'mafraidthatatoneo'clockitwillstrikethirteentimes

andthere'snothingIcandoaboutit.''We'llgetusedtothatBill,'saidthevicar.'Thirteenisnotas

goodasonebutit'sbetterthannothing.Nowlet'sgodownstairsandhaveacupoftea.'

Lesson3Anunknowngoddess

Sometimeago，aninterestingdiscoverywasmadebyarchaeologistsontheAegean（adj.爱琴海的；n.）islandofKea．AnAmericanteamexploredatemplewhichstandsinanancientcity

foritenjoyeda

，Thecityatonetimemusthavebeenprosperous．onthepromontoryofAyiaIrini

highlevelofcivilization．Houses--oftenthreestoreyshigh--werebuiltofstone．Theyhadlarge

roomswithbeautifullydecoratedwalls．Thecitywasevenequippedwithadrainagesystem，fora

greatmanyclaypipeswerefoundbeneaththenarrowstreets．

Thetemplewhichthearchaeologistsexploredwasusedasaplaceofworshipfromthe

fifteenthcenturyB.C.untilRomantimes.Inthemostsacredroomofthetemple,clayfragmentsof

fifteenstatueswerefound.Eachoftheserepresentedagoddessandhad,atonetime,been

painted.ThebodyofonestatuewasfoundamongremainsdatingfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.

ItsmissingheadhappenedtobeamongremainsofthefifthcenturyB.C.Thisheadmusthave

beenfoundinClassicaltimesandcarefullypreserved.Itwasveryoldandpreciouseventhen.

Whenthearchaeologistsreconstructedthefragments,theywereamazedtofindthatthegoddess

turnedouttobeaverymodern-lookingwoman.Shestoodthreefeethighandherhandsrestedon

herhip.Shewaswearingafull-lengthskirtwhichswepttheground.Despitehergreatage,she

wasverygracefulindeed,but,sofar,thearchaeologistshavebeenunabletodiscoverheridentity.

Lesson4ThedoublelifeofAlfredBloggs

Thesedays,peoplewhodomanualworkoftenreceivefarmoremoneythanclerkswhowork

inoffices.Peoplewhoworkinofficesarefrequentlyreferredtoas'whitecollarworkers'forthe

simplereasonthattheyusuallywearacollarandtietogotowork.Suchishumannature,thata

greatmanypeopleareoftenwillingtosacrificehigherpayfortheprivilegeofbecomingwh