新概念三text 1
写作技巧：叠用修饰
（简单理解为：用两个形容词修饰一个名词。作用：加深句子力量，达到强调的作用，如汉语中“积极向上”的态度）
1.Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
large 除了“大的，多数的”意思，还表示“在逃的，逃亡的”（=escape）
例句：It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is stillat large in the quiet countryside. ( be at large 在逃的)
cat-like 像猫一样的（复合形容词，即名词+like,“像…一样，似…的”）
affectionate adj. 深情的，有爱的（affection n. 喜爱）
2.how she was getting along. Her answer was breezy, impersonal and exactly as I knew it would be. She was showing down and the transition was painful, but she was getting there.
词汇：
get along 口语中常用，表示：生活/进展等（如何）；相处（get along with sb.）
breezy adj. 有微风的（breeze n.微风）；又表示“轻松的，愉快的，轻描淡写的”
impersonal adj. 客观的，冷淡的
show down 摊牌（引申为“放松下来，缓下来…”）
transition n. 过渡，转变（trans-前缀有“反，转，转变” 的意思；）
·其他叠用修饰举例：
safe and sound （sound adj. 健康的，好的）可译为“安然无恙的”
tender and delicate (delicate adj. 精美的，柔和的；注意区分：dedicate v. 致力于，献身)
sanity and reason (sanity adj. 明智的，头脑清晰的)
a complete and decisive（=critical 决定性的） victory
Alfred was a learned, valiant（adj.勇敢的，英勇的） and much loved king.（受人爱戴的国王）
