Return of the Jaguar

Return of the Jaguar, written by Mike Stark. Focus question. What does the author want the reader to know about jaguars and their return?

《美洲虎归来》，迈克·斯塔克 著 思考问题 关于美洲虎和它们的回归，作者想让读者了解什么呢？

Hello neighbor, in the fall of 2015 a giant spotted cat wandered in front of a hidden camera in the mountains of southern Arizona and into history. It was the first video footage captured of the only known wild jaguar living in the United

朋友们，2015年秋天，一只带斑纹的大猫咪走进了亚利桑那州南部山区的隐蔽镜头，从此载入了史册 这是人们首次拍到生活在美国境内已知野生美洲虎的影像

Jaguars once lived in parts of what is now the United States. There are old reports of jaguars in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana. Since 1997, jaguars have been roaming north from Mexico onto the same land where their Ancestors Once Lived Scientists say all seven that have been sighted are males. Male jaguars are the ones that typically find new territories in order to start their own families, if females will follow. Students at a Tucson, Arizona middle school, where the mascot is a jaguar, held a vote to name the big cat caught on camera. They settled on el jefe, which means the boss in Spanish.

美洲虎曾经栖息在如今美国的部分地区 有古老记载显示，加州、亚利桑那州、新墨西哥州、德克萨斯州和路易斯安那州都曾出现过美洲虎 1997年以来，美洲虎从墨西哥向北漫游，回到了祖先曾经生活的这片土地，科学家表示，目前被目击到的七只美洲虎全都是雄性 一般来说，雄性美洲虎会开拓新领地来组建自己的家庭，之后雌性也会随之而来 亚利桑那州图森市一所中学的吉祥物就是美洲虎，学生们投票给这只被拍到的大猫起名字 最终他们选定了“埃尔·杰费”，这个词在西班牙语里的意思是“首领”

What is a jaguar? Jaguars are the third largest wildcats in the world and the largest in the western hemisphere. Only lions and tigers are bigger. Jaguars have thick legs, a large chest, and jaws that are capable of crushing a skull. In fact, that's how they often kill their prey. Their yellowish fur is covered in a grouping of spots called rosettes. People often confuse jaguars and leopards, but it's easy to tell them apart. Jaguars have spots in the middle of their rosettes, and leopards don't.

什么是美洲虎？ 美洲虎是全球第三大野猫，也是西半球体型最大的野猫 只有狮子和老虎的个头比它们更大 美洲虎四肢粗壮、胸膛宽阔，下颚有力到能咬碎头骨 实际上，它们通常就是靠这种方式杀死猎物 它们浅黄的皮毛上布满了团状斑纹，叫做“玫瑰纹” 人们经常把美洲虎和豹子搞混，但其实区分它们很简单 美洲虎的玫瑰纹中心还有一个小斑点，豹子没有

Jaguars can weigh 150 to 250 pounds, 68 to 113 kilograms. They can be as long as 7 feet, 2 meters from their nose to the tip of their tail. Despite their size, they are stealthy, fast, and even pretty good at climbing trees. These traits make them perfect predators in the wild.

美洲虎的体重在150到250磅（68到113千克）之间 从鼻子到尾巴尖，它们最长能达到7英尺（2米） 尽管个头不小，美洲虎却行动隐秘、速度飞快，还十分擅长爬树 这些特点让它们成为野外完美的捕食者

people and predators. More than 400 ,000 jaguars once lived in the wild. Their range stretched from the forests and swamps of South and Central America to drier

人类与捕食者 曾经有超过四十万只美洲虎生活在野外 它们的活动范围从南美洲和中美洲的森林、沼泽，一直延伸到气候更干燥的