英语学习每日笔记

2025-07-16

课文： Lesson1 - A puma at large

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 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 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 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.

单词和短语：

复杂句：结构，主句从句，连接词

今日歌曲：Scarborough Fair

Are you going to scarborough fair
你要去斯卡波罗集市吗
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
芫荽 鼠尾草 迷迭香和百里香
Remember me to one who lives there
给我捎个口信给一位居住在那里的人
He once was a true love of mine
他曾经是我真爱的恋人
Tell him to make me a cambric shirt
告诉他为我做一件细麻纱布衬衫
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
芜荽 鼠尾草 迷迭香和百里香
Without no seams nor needle work
要做的天衣无缝
Then he’ll be a true love of mine
那么他就是我真爱的人
Tell him to find me an acre of land
请他为我找一亩地
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
芜荽 鼠尾草 迷迭香和百里香
Between salt water and the sea strands
在咸水和海岸之间
Then he’ll be a true love of mine
那么他就是我真爱的人
Tell him to reap it with a sickle of leather
请他用皮做的镰刀收割庄稼
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
芜荽 鼠尾草 迷迭香和百里香
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
然后把它们收集在一束石楠丛中
Then he’ll be a true love of mine
那么他就是我真爱的人
Are you going to scarborough fair
你要去斯卡波罗集市吗
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
芜荽 鼠尾草 迷迭香和百里香
Remember me to one who lives there
给我捎个口信给一位居住在那里的人
He once was a true love of mine
他曾经是我真爱的恋人

2025-07-17

课文： Lesson2 - 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 a 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.

‘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 after night for weeks now. 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 glad the bell is working again.’ That’s the trouble, vicar,’ answered Bill. ‘It’s working all right, but I’m afraid that at one o’clock it will strike thirteen times and there’s nothing I can do about it.” We’ll get used to that, Bill,’ said the vicar. “Thirteen is not as good as one, but it’s better than nothing. Now let’s go downstairs and have a cup of tea.’

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