{
  "title": "A puma at large",
  "title_zh": "逃遁的美洲狮",
  "body": {
    "type": "narrative",
    "paragraphs": [
      {
        "en": "Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.",
        "zh": "美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物，产于美洲。"
      },
      {
        "en": "When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.",
        "zh": "当伦敦动物园接到报告说，在伦敦以南43英里处发现一只美洲狮时，这些报告并没有受到重视。"
      },
      {
        "en": "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.",
        "zh": "可是，随着证据越来越多，动物园的专家们感到有必要进行一番调查，因为凡是声称见到过美洲狮的人们所描述的情况竟是出奇地相似。"
      },
      {
        "en": "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.",
        "zh": "搜寻美洲狮的工作是从一座小村庄开始的。那里的一位妇女在采摘黑莓时看见“一只大猫”，离她仅5码远。"
      },
      {
        "en": "It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.",
        "zh": "她刚看见它，它就立刻逃走了，专家证实，美洲狮除非被逼得走投无路，是决不会伤人的。"
      },
      {
        "en": "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.",
        "zh": "事实上搜寻工作很困难，因为常常是早晨在甲地发现那只美洲狮，晚上却在20英里外的乙地发现它的踪迹。"
      },
      {
        "en": "Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.",
        "zh": "无论它走到哪儿，一路上总会留下一串死鹿以及死兔子之类的小动物。"
      },
      {
        "en": "Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.",
        "zh": "在许多地方看见了爪印，灌木丛中也发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。"
      },
      {
        "en": "Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.",
        "zh": "有人抱怨说夜里听见了 “像猫一样的叫声”；一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。"
      },
      {
        "en": "The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from?",
        "zh": "专家们如今已经完全肯定那只动物就是美洲狮，但它是从哪儿来的呢？"
      },
      {
        "en": "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.",
        "zh": "由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮，因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私入应藏家豢养的，不知怎么设法逃出来了。"
      },
      {
        "en": "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.",
        "zh": "搜寻工作进行了好几个星期，但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。想到在宁静的乡村里有一头危险的野兽继续逍遥流窜，真令人担心。"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subtitles": [
    {
      "timestamp": null,
      "en": "[ti:A Puma at Large]",
      "zh": "逃遁的美洲狮"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": null,
      "en": "Lesson 1",
      "zh": "第一课"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:02.36",
      "en": "A puma at large",
      "zh": "逃遁的美洲狮"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:09.81",
      "en": "Where must the puma have come from?",
      "zh": "美洲狮是从哪里来的呢？"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:14.48",
      "en": "Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.",
      "zh": "美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物，产于美洲。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:19.17",
      "en": "When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London,",
      "zh": "当伦敦动物园接到报告说，在伦敦以南43英里处发现一只美洲狮时，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:26.27",
      "en": "they were not taken seriously.",
      "zh": "这些报告并没有受到重视。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:29.15",
      "en": "However, as the evidence began to accumulate,",
      "zh": "可是，随着证据越来越多，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:33.21",
      "en": "experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,",
      "zh": "动物园的专家们感到有必要进行一番调查，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:37.15",
      "en": "for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.",
      "zh": "因为凡是声称见到过美洲狮的人们所描述的情况竟是出奇地相似。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:43.86",
      "en": "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.",
      "zh": "搜寻美洲狮的工作是从一座小村庄开始的。那里的一位妇女在采摘黑莓时看见“一只大猫”，离她仅5码远。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:53.61",
      "en": "It immediately ran away when she saw it,",
      "zh": "她刚看见它，它就立刻逃走了，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:56.49",
      "en": "and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.",
      "zh": "专家证实，美洲狮除非被逼得走投无路，是决不会伤人的。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:02.94",
      "en": "The search proved difficult,",
      "zh": "事实上搜寻工作很困难，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:05.20",
      "en": "for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.",
      "zh": "因为常常是早晨在甲地发现那只美洲狮，晚上却在20英里外的乙地发现它的踪迹。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:12.58",
      "en": "Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.",
      "zh": "无论它走到哪儿，一路上总会留下一串死鹿以及死兔子之类的小动物。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:19.38",
      "en": "Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.",
      "zh": "在许多地方看见了爪印，灌木丛中也发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:25.39",
      "en": "Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.",
      "zh": "有人抱怨说夜里听见了 “像猫一样的叫声”；一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:34.26",
      "en": "The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma,",
      "zh": "专家们如今已经完全肯定那只动物就是美洲狮，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:38.72",
      "en": "but where had it come from?",
      "zh": "但它是从哪儿来的呢？"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:41.27",
      "en": "As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,",
      "zh": "由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:45.55",
      "en": "this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.",
      "zh": "因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私入应藏家豢养的，不知怎么设法逃出来了。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:52.16",
      "en": "The hunt went on for several weeks,",
      "zh": "搜寻工作进行了好几个星期，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:54.18",
      "en": "but the puma was not caught.",
      "zh": "但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:57.42",
      "en": "It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.",
      "zh": "想到在宁静的乡村里有一头危险的野兽继续逍遥流窜，真令人担心。"
    }
  ],
  "book": 3,
  "lesson": 1
}