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5月28日

3-1 A puma at large

Pumas are large, cat-like animals which were(are) found in America. When reports came into London z(Z)oo, (that) a (wild) puma was(had been) spotted 45(forty-five) miles south of london, it was(they were) not taken seriously. However, as the evidence accumulate(began to accumulate), the experts from the zoo felt obliged to investicate(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) the experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered. The hunt(search) proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deers(deer) or(and) small animals like rabbits. (Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. Many(Several) people complained (of) \'cat-like noises\' at night and a businessman in(on) a fishing trip saw the pump up a tree. Now t(T)he experts (were now) fully convinced the animal was a puma, but where had it come from? As no report for any puma (pumas had been reported) missing from any zoo in the country, this one must be in the procession(possession) of any(a) private collectors(collector) and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think there is a large (that a dangerous wild) animal (is) still at large in the quiet countryside.  

3-1

1. 数字形式：forty-five

2. The search proved difficult.

3. deer 复数是 原型

4. complain of ...

5. on a fishing trip/on a business trip

6. possession

7. but 连接词的句子形式

5月29日

3-2 Thirteen equals one

Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another.(,) B(b)ut he (has never) failed to manager(managered) to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which (used to strike) struck the hours day and night was demaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.

One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start,(:) the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw (that) it was one o\'clock.(,) B(b)ut the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, he(the vicar) went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.

\'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?\', asked the vicar in surprise.

\'I\'m trying to repair the bell\', answered Bill. \'I\'ve been coming here night after night for weeks now. As you(You) see, I was hoping to give you a surprise!\'

\'You certainly did give me a surprise!\' said the vicar, \'You\'ve probably woken up everyone in the village (as well)! Still, I\'m happy to see it (glad the bell) is working again.\'

\'That\'s the trouble, vicar\', said(answered) Bill. \'It\'s working all right.(,) B(b)ut I\'m afraid (that) at one o\'clock it will strike thirteen times and there is nothing I can do about it.\'

\'We\'ll get used to that.(,) Bill\' the vicar said(said the vicar), \'Thirteen times is not as good as one.(,) B(b)ut it is better than nothing. Now let\'s go downstairs and have a cup of tea.\'  

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