美国国家公共电台 NPR--Bedbugs are found in hotels but the vast majority of them are in apartments

Bedbugs are found in hotels but the vast majority of them are in apartments

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Some travelers take precautions to avoid bed bugs², but hotel-goers aren't the most at risk.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

We're approaching the height of the summer travel season.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Millions of people attend weddings, as I did last weekend, or see their families or head on vacation. And some who rest their heads on a strange pillow this summer will find they are not alone.

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SARAH LUEPKER: I recently was at a bachelorette party with one of my friends in Colorado and got absolutely wrecked⁴ by bedbugs in the Airbnb.

INSKEEP: Sarah Luepker made a social media video of her experience. Her bug¹ bites have now healed, and the swelling⁵ is gone, but the experience has stayed with her.

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LUEPKER: It is lastingly⁶, psychologically horrific. Like, in the night, anytime I feel itchy at all, I wake up.

FADEL: And that cringey feeling isn't uncommon⁷.

DINI MILLER⁸: There's so much fear associated with bedbug encounters.

INSKEEP: Dini Miller is an entomology professor at Virginia Tech who originally studied cockroaches⁹ and then termites¹⁰.

MILLER: But very shortly thereafter, bedbugs just took over the world.

FADEL: Miller says if you're worried about bedbugs when traveling, you can peel back the sheets and covers.

MILLER: Since the bedbugs feed on blood, they have to poop a lot, and they leave these little tiny black spots all over the place.

FADEL: Now, if you forget to check, Miller says you're probably OK. She says the vast majority of bedbugs are in apartments.

MILLER: Getting rid of every last bedbug can be very expensive and tedious, and therefore, the bedbug populations can exist for a long time in people's homes and apartments.

INSKEEP: Now, when Miller is crawling around bedbug-infested homes for her job, she wears smooth pants and brings an extra-sticky lint¹¹ roller.

MILLER: Really, in my experience - you know, I've been working on bedbugs for 17 years. I've never once brought them home, except on purpose from the lab because I was feeding them on myself.

FADEL: Excuse me?

MILLER: Yeah. If we're doing research studies, we need to have fed bedbugs. Myself and my other lab members often take the jar, then we turn it upside down on our arms so the bedbugs come down and start feeding on us.

FADEL: Better her than me. This conversation is all making me itchy. For the rest of us, remember the old rhyme - nighty night. Sleep tight. Don't let the bedbugs bite.

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1 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

2 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 wrecked   

adj.失事的，遇难的

参考例句：

• the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
• the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞

5 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

6 lastingly   

[医]有残留性，持久地，耐久地

参考例句：

• At least seven people had been particularly and lastingly helpful to me. 至少有七个人对我有过不同寻常、影响深远的帮助。 来自互联网
• Due to great attachment to the ecologic environment, eco-tourism must develop lastingly. 摘要生态旅游对生态环境具有非常大的依赖性，必须走可持续发展道路。 来自互联网

7 uncommon   

adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的

参考例句：

• Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
• Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。

8 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

9 cockroaches   

n.蟑螂( cockroach的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At night, the cockroaches filled the house with their rustlings. 夜里，屋里尽是蟑螂窸窸瑟瑟的声音。 来自辞典例句
• It loves cockroaches, and can keep a house clear of these hated insects. 它们好食蟑螂，可以使住宅免除这些讨厌昆虫的骚扰。 来自百科语句

10 termites   

n.白蚁( termite的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Termites are principally tropical in distribution. 白蚁主要分布在热带地区。 来自辞典例句
• This spray will exterminate the termites. 这种喷剂能消灭白蚁。 来自辞典例句

11 lint   

n.线头；绷带用麻布，皮棉

参考例句：

• Flicked the lint off the coat.把大衣上的棉绒弹掉。
• There are a few problems of air pollution by chemicals,lint,etc.,but these are minor.化学品、棉花等也造成一些空气污染问题，但这是次要的。