NCE Lesson 1
1.Pumas are cat-like animals which are found in America.
美洲狮是美洲地区大型的猫科动物(标准答案：体形似猫）。
2.When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.
来自英国伦敦动物的报告，由于他们的监管失误，一只野生美洲狮在距离伦敦南部地区的45公里处被发现。
3.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.
可是，随着证据的不断增加，动物园的专家们开始进行公开的调查（标准答案：觉得有必要进行一番调查），而根据很多人给出的描述中发现，他们看到的美洲狮及其相似。
4.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.
就在一位戴墨镜（采摘黑莓）的女士说，有只大猫离她只有5里的距离时，抓捕它的行动在一个小镇上开始了。
5.It imediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.
当她看见大猫时，大猫立刻逃走了，因此，专家肯定，在这货走投无路之前，它是不会有攻击人类的行为的。
6.The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in th evering.
搜捕相当困难，这货经常在白天在某地出现，而晚上时却在距离（白天出现的地点）20公里的地方出现。
7.Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits
无论它走到哪里，在它身后（一路上）总有死鹿及其他小动物，如兔子(的尸体）
8.Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.
它的脚印在一些地方被发现，而且，它的毛发则留在了灌木丛上。
9.Several people complained of cat-like noises at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree
不少人说，晚上听到类似于猫叫的声音，而在渔船上的人（一个商人去钓鱼）曾看到树上有只美洲狮。
10.The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?
现在，专家们已经完全能确认，那只动物就是美洲狮，但是，它到底是哪里来的呢？
11.As no pumas had been reprorted missing from any zoo in the country, this on must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
由于国内任何一家动物园都没有发现有美洲狮走失的现象，因此，它应该来自于私人饲养者的疏忽。
12. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.
搜捕进行了好几个星期，但是一无所获。
13.It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wilid animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
可以想象那只危险的野生动物依然还在郊外游荡。
还好翻译是可以有自我发挥的余地的。
