新东方新概念面授课笔记（1-30） lesson 1
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 (to) 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 des criptions given by people who claimed宣称 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观察 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 it. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. Several people complained of about ?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成功 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.
New words and expressions puma 美洲狮
spot 看出，发现 evidence 证据
accumulate 积累，积聚
oblige 使…感到必须 hunt 追猎，寻找 blackberry 黑莓 human being 人类
corner 使走投无路 trail 一串，一系列 print 印痕 cling(clung) 粘
convince 使…信服 somehow 反正
disturb 令人不安
Notes on the text
l Britain English & America English 1. [?:]→[?] class half advance
2. [i]→[ ] because believe 3. [ ]→[?] dog dollar popular
4. [r] 卷舌（除在前面） forty water sister
l puma
├mountain lion ├cougar └panther
rattlesnake（响尾蛇） ┌jaguar 美洲虎 └cheetah 猎豹
l spot 点，发现（点）
I can spot a thief in the crowd. recognize （短暂）认出 identify 确认（ID）
UFO－Unidentified Flying Object confirm 确认 detect 侦察
l evident 明显的 └sure （主观） proof 证据
witness 证人，亲眼见
affirmation （抽象）肯定 That?s for sure! 肯定的
l accumulate （抽象） assemble 组装
amass （大块）聚集 accelerate 速度 collect
gather 聚集 l oblige
obligation 义务 I must I ought to I have got to I?m forced to
I?m obliged to 理应 ┌hunt for 找寻 ├go for 喜欢 ├go after 追求 ├chase 追赶 ├seek 寻觅
├pursue （抽象）追求 └search for 寻找 l blackberry
strawberry *莓 l human beings 可复数 individual 个人
l at large 逍遥的 (a criminal at large)
├in general 大体上 ├in detail 详细地
└largely 在部分地
l 朗读
1．句长；名词后顿
2．重读；只要不是介词都可重读；只要强调都可重读 3．陈述句；句尾降调 l cat-like ├child-like
├womanish sissy女人希希的 ├motherly 亲属的象 └friendly 加ly
l nevertheless虽然如此，但是… ├therefore (so) 因此 ├however 然而
└moreover 更为甚之 l life in the army ├check in/out 检查 ├look into 调查
├investigate （对已发生的事）调查 └examine （仔细）检查 l 口语
A lot you know 你知道的真多 Allow me 让我来吧
A little too far 有点过份 Anything you say! 你说了算
A promise is promise! 一诺千斤 A deal! 一言为定 l be cornered to
be trapped in 逼到…里面 l trail―to rail 轨道 ├trace 痕迹 └print
l be clung to l convince sb. convincing 让人信服
I convinced him of his honesty.
What he did convinced me that he is a responsible man. l ［口语］┄［写作］ believe convince （太主观）
know understand I see I?m clear
I think In my opinion to my knowledge personally
as far as I know l somewhat 有点
anyhow 总之，无论如何
l It is disturbing to think that upset （弱化）
annoyed （长期）烦恼的
l He has no experience, so he failed.
└Lack of experiedce, results into his failure. l It?s a cute boy. It表孩子，cute同smart
l The search proved difficult. proved=(was) 表肯定 many a good many a great many a number of numerous ┐
countless ┴无数的 much a great deal of a great amount of a couple of（几个）days for years （几年） l For her it?s fur 爱她就买裘皮
I found the brid killed.
I found the paper clinging to the tree. 粘附
With his head held high, he came into the room. (holding, held) l go fishing 钓鱼 ├cast a fly 垂钓 ├go angling 钓鱼 └catch fish 捕鱼
l the puma up a tree动态上树 at 地点 in 在里面
l the lady has ┐ own ┤a car. Possess ┤拥有
be in possession of┘
in the possession of 被拥有 ┌in charge of
└in the charge of 被管理 must have done 推测
l Men are created ___. A. equally
B. equal√ 形容词做主语补足语
Subordination 英语从句
定语从句：
1. The death notices tell us about people who have died during the week.
2. The man (whom) you spoke to just now is my friend.
3. The building whose lights are on is beautiful. 灯亮的大楼
4. Please find a place whice we can have a private talk in.
5. The knee is the joint where the thighbone meets the large bone of the lower leg.
6. He still remembers the day when he went to school. which is beautiful.
7. It is no need telling us the reason why you didn?t finish it in time. 无需做
8. He has three sons, two of whom died in the war.
9. Mr. Smith, whose wife is a clerk, teaches us English.
10. In the Sunday paper there are comics, which children enjoy.
l As is known to us, he is a good man. 同位语（Appositive）：
l 能接同位语从句的名词有：belief（信仰），fact，idea，doubt，rumor（谣言），evidence（证据），conclusion（结论），suggestion（建议），problem，order，answer，discovery（发现），explanation（解释），principle（可能性），truth，promise（承诺），report（报告），statement（声明），knowledge（知识），opinion（观点），likelihood（可能性）。（主要跟人主观产生的思想观点）
Exercises
1. He is the man about whom we have heard so much about.久仰 2. The shelf on which you put those books on has collapsed. 3. From whom did you receive a letter from? 4. This is the road by which we came by.
5. Where is the pencil with which you were playing with?
1. What are you looking for(at)? 2. Where is your mother going to? 3. Whom has the letter been sent to? 4. This is the house I was born in. 5. What does your decision depend on?
1. The woman saw ?a large cat? no more than five yards away from her.
2. A puma will not attack a human being unless it feels itself to be in a trap. 3. A business man on a fishing trip is probably someone who fishes for pleasure. 4. A private collector is a man who collects on his own.
5. The accumulating evidence made the experts think the animal was a puma. 6. People said they and seen the puma.
7. On being observed, it immediately ran away.
8. Pumas never attack a human being except when they are cornered.
9. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal could only have been a puma.
Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one
Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.
One night, however, our vicar woke up with s start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o?clock, but the bell
struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, 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. 同位语
?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 up here night