2008-05-26 周一 晴 英语单词

what sort of reports were received by London Zoo?
were the reports similar in nature or not?
who saw it first?
Dit it stay in one place,or did it move from place to place?
what did it leave behind it?
were paw prints and puma fur found as well or not?
what was heard at night?
was the animal seen up a tree or not?
were experts now sure that the animal really was a puma or not?

__archaeologist

__promontory
**A high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water; a headland.
**Anatomy A projecting part.

__remains
**All that is left after other parts have been taken away, used up, or destroyed.See Synonyms at remainder
**A corpse
**The unpublished writings of a deceased author.
**Ancient ruins or fossils.

__corner
**A threatening or embarrassing position from which escape is difficult:got myself into a corner by boasting.


__Aegean
**Of or relating to the Bronze Age civilization that flourished in the Aegean area, as at Crete.

a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London.the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.a woman picking blackberries saw a large cat only five yards away from her.the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.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.