R. J( Y+ b* T4 _4 C8 T8 y. ]1 AA Puma at large 8 a! q% S6 I1 Y. ^ 5 d& O/ T/ Y! XListen to the tape then answer the question below.4 a, z& V. V4 ~9 f* e
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Where must the puma have come from? ( ~, k8 N C$ s0 R7 b : L B4 e, N( I1 T# kPumas 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 desciptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.( q! M! m3 D6 E% w0 U3 e- {
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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.
云吞确实厉害，发音很好，声音也好听。 6 l9 _5 X. j) G- _8 f - V9 F% j5 j w! k* \- c或许还可以加强“语义重音”的练习。我听出来不下5处的同一类型问题。问题不严重，只是听起来不完美， 影响了长句子的节奏和美感。 % A s; ^+ b% l8 M 3 R0 m* F9 U% {/ _2 q$ v我这里从第二个版本的录音中举两个例子。比如第一段最后半句 “for the desciptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar” claim虽然是动词，却不可以如此强调和重读，因为该句的真正谓语动词不是它。真正要有这个待遇的是were extraordinarily similar。 另外希望云吞再确认一次extraordinarily的发音。我听着奇怪，就去查了一下字典，字典上只有一个发音，和我记忆相符，却和我听到的不符。或许该词有另外一个字典没收录的发音也未可知，所以请云吞再次确认。 % T+ e* \( C, k/ q/ Q 6 W+ l1 M! l! q: y+ p第二个例子也举个好找的，全文最后一句 “It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.” disturbing应比is重， quiet 应比countryside重。另外听着好像quiet发音不到位。3 ?, D) B& a2 x7 a6 y
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