新概念Flying cats

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1、FlyingcatsCatsneverfailtofascinatehumanbeings.Theycanbefriendlyandaffectionatetowardshumans,buttheyleadmysteriouslivesoftheirownaswell.Theyneverbecomesubmissivelikedogsandhorses.Asaresult,humanshavelearnedtorespectfelineindependence.Mostcatsremainsuspiciousofhumans

2、alltheirlives.Oneofthethingsthatfascinatesusmostaboutcatsisthepopularbeliefthattheyhaveninelives.Apparently,thereisagooddealoftruthinthisidea.Acat'sabilitytosurvivefallsisbasedonfact.RecentlytheNewYorkAnimalMedicalCentremadeastudyof132catsoveraperiodoffivemonths.Al

3、lthesecatshadoneexperienceincommon:theyhadfallenoffhighbuildings,yetonlyeightofthemdiedfromshockorinjuries.Ofcourse,NewYorkistheidealplaceforsuchaninterestingstudy,becausethereisnoshortageoftallbuildings.Thereareplentyofhigh-risewindowsillstofall,from!Onecat,Sabrin

4、a,fell32storeys,yetonlysufferedfromabrokentooth.‘Catsbehavelikewell-trainedparatroopers,’adoctorsaid.Itseemsthatthefurthercatsfall,thelesstheyarelikelytoinjurethemselves.Inalongdrop,theyreachspeedsof60milesanhourandmore.Athighspeeds,fallingcatshavetimetorelax.Theys

5、tretchouttheirlegslikeflyingsquirrels.Thisincreasestheirair-resistanceandreducestheshockofimpactwhentheyhittheground.Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语fascinate（1.1）/'$fisneit/v．迷住，吸引住independence（1.4）/?indi'pend+ns/n．独立，独立性affectionate（1.2）/+'fekM+int/adj．充满深情的，柔情的high-r

6、ise（1.12）/'hairaiz/adj．高层的windowsill（1.12）/'wind+(?sil/n．窗槛mysterious（1.2）/mi'sti+ri+s/adj．神秘的．难以理解的paratrooper（1.13）/'p$r+?tru:p+/n．伞兵squirrel（1.16）/'skwir+l/n．松鼠submissive（1.3）/s+b'misiv/adj．服从的，顺从的air-resistance（1.16）/'e+-ri'zist``+ns/n．空气阻力feline（1.4）/'fi:lain/

7、adj．猫的impact（1.16）/'imp$kt/n．冲击力Notesonthetext课文注释1Catsneverfailtofascinatehumanbeings.在这句话中有一个否定词never和一个含有否定意义的动词fail，这两个否定词就组成了双重否定，而双重否定往往用来表示肯定。这句话可以译成：“猫总能引起人们的极大兴趣。”2bebasedon，在……基础之上。3haveincommon，有共同之处。4thefurthercatsfall,thelesstheyarelikelytoinjurethemse

8、lves，猫跌落的距离越长，它们就越不会伤害自己。“the+形容词或副词比较级…the+形容词或副词比较级”的结构常用来表示比较关系，往往可以译成“越……越……”。belikelyto是“很可能会”的意思。Summarywriting摘要写作Innotmorethan80wordsdesc