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.

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的看见“一只大猫”，离她仅5码远，

'But it isn't perfume,' I said.'It's hair gel. '

“不，这不是香水，”我说，“是发胶。

It seemed certain that this would win the prize.

看来这个饼干获奖无疑了。

They disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.

他们不顾社会习俗，意识不到自己所作所为有什么特殊之处。

Though a number of descents have been made, much of it still remains to be explored.

人们多次进入洞内探险，但至今尚有不少东西有待勘探。

Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences.

由于记者纷纷要求会见，他们不得不请了律师充当他们家的发言人举行记者招待会。