英语新闻听写 真菌杀虫剂帮你消灭臭虫

Pyrethroid insecticides are currently used as a main method of bedbug control.

目前控制臭虫的主要方法是使用拟除虫菊酯类杀虫剂。

Unfortunately, researchers have reported that many bedbug populations may have developed resistance to these and other types of insecticides.

不幸的是，研究人员报告称，许多臭虫种群可能对这些或其它类型的杀虫剂产生了抗药性。

Now, Researchers from North Carolina State University and Penn State say they have created a fungal "biopesticide" to battle even the strongest bedbugs.

现在，来自北卡罗来纳州立大学和宾州州立大学的研究人员称，他们已经发明了一种真菌生物杀虫剂，可以用来对抗最强的臭虫。

researchers investigate using a natural fungus¹ that causes disease in insects.The result was the development of patent-pending Aprehend.

研究人员使用一种天然真菌使昆虫感染疾病。结果正在申请专利。

researchers said it killed 95.5 percent to 99 percent of bedbugs within 14 days, including those resistant² to the insecticides currently being used.

研究人员表示，这能在14天内杀死百分之95.5到百分之99的臭虫，包括那些对现在杀虫剂有抗药性的臭虫。

1 fungus   

n.真菌，真菌类植物

参考例句：

• Mushrooms are a type of fungus.蘑菇是一种真菌。
• This fungus can just be detected by the unaided eye.这种真菌只用肉眼就能检查出。

2 resistant   

adj.(to)抵抗的，有抵抗力的

参考例句：

• Many pests are resistant to the insecticide.许多害虫对这种杀虫剂有抵抗力。
• They imposed their government by force on the resistant population.他们以武力把自己的统治强加在持反抗态度的人民头上。