英语博客：ESL Podcast 814 – Getting Rid of Bugs and Rodents
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
英语课
Apartment Manager: This is the one-bedroom apartment we have for rent. Let me show you around.
Sherin: Wait! Did you see that? It looked like a mouse or a rat.
Apartment Manager: There aren’t any rodents 1 or any other vermin in this apartment complex. I make sure of that.
Sherin: Are you sure?
Apartment Manager: Sure, I’m sure. Only last month, I bought some mousetraps and rat poison and got rid of them all. This complex is rodent-free.
Sherin: Oh, I see.
Apartment Manager: And the month before that, we had roaches, ticks, and fleas 2, but I fumigated 3 and they’re gone.
Sherin: You called a pest control company?
Apartment Manager: I didn’t need a pest control company to get rid of a few bugs 4. I did it myself.
Sherin: Oh, okay.
Apartment Manager: And six months ago, we had bedbugs, but thanks to my diligence, they’re gone, too. So you want to see this apartment or don’t you?
Sherin: I think I’ll pass. This conversation is making my skin crawl.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
n.啮齿目动物( rodent的名词复数 )
- Rodents carry diseases and are generally regarded as pests. 啮齿目动物传播疾病，常被当作害虫对待。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Some wild rodents in Africa also harbor the virus. 在非洲，有些野生啮齿动物也是储毒者。 来自辞典例句
n.跳蚤( flea的名词复数 )；爱财如命；没好气地（拒绝某人的要求）
- The dog has fleas. 这条狗有跳蚤。
- Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas. 除非要捉跳蚤，做事不可匆忙。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.用化学品熏（某物）消毒( fumigate的过去式和过去分词 )
- The hospital ward was fumigated after the outbreak of typhus. 发现斑疹伤寒以后，医院的病房进行了烟熏消毒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Grain should be fumigated within two weeks after harvest. 谷物收获后两周内就应进行熏蒸消毒。 来自辞典例句