VOA标准英语2012--West Nile Surge Keeps Exterminator Busy
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十月)
West Nile Surge Keeps Exterminator 1 Busy
Four years ago, the mosquitoes around Virginia resident Stephanie Sample’s house and neighborhood were voracious 2.
“They would get into the car and before you could shut the car doors," Sample says. "We would be driving and getting bitten by mosquitoes.”
So she hired the Mosquito Squad 3 to spray her yard. Damien Sanchez, who owns the pest control company, says the chemical spray not only kills mosquitoes, but has a long-term repellent effect as well.
Since he started his company five years ago, Sanchez says the demand for his services has increased considerably 4, especially this year.
Aided by a mild winter and rainy spring, West Nile disease has been confirmed in 48 U.S. states.
"Sales-wise, we’ve increased sales 10 times,” Sanchez says.
That doesn’t surprise mosquito expert Jorges Arias 5, a supervisor 6 at the Fairfax County Health Department in Virginia.
“The CDC [Centers for Disease Control] has reported over 3,100 cases in the U.S.," Arias says. "We have had over 130 fatalities 7 so far.”
Most people infected with West Nile have no symptoms and recover completely. About 20 percent get headaches, muscle pain and fever.
“Then a percentage of that 20 percent could develop what we call neuroinvasive disease, it's either encephalitis or meningitis," Arias says. "Then these are much more serious. These people can go into coma 8. Then there is a certain percentage of these people that do die.”
The entomologist speaks from experience. Arias contracted West Nile last year and was in a coma for six days. He came out of it with a neurological problem: he couldn’t sit up or walk.
“I received therapy for six months and then it took me four months to be able to walk again," he says, "and I’m here walking.”
Arias believes raising awareness 9 about the disease is essential to preventing it. His office prepares and distributes dozens of publications showing people how to protect themselves and their family from West Nile.
“Wear an insect repellent. Wear long, loose-fitting, light-colored clothing, because mosquitoes like dark clothing," he says. "Eliminate anything with water around your house. If you can’t eliminate it, treat it.”
That's because mosquitoes breed in standing 10 water. And that means the mosquito control industry will likely stay very busy as the threat of West Nile Disease in the United States continues.
- You're an exterminator charged with examining a house for bugs. 您装满了杀虫剂准备清除屋里的臭虫。 来自互联网
- Finally, the sparrow was shot by an exterminator with an air rifle. 最后，这只闯祸的麻雀被人用气枪击毙。 来自互联网
- She's a voracious reader of all kinds of love stories.什么样的爱情故事她都百看不厌。
- Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。
- The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
- A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
- The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
- The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。
- Can you pick out the operatic arias quoted in this orchestral passage? 你能听出这段管弦乐曲里有歌剧式的咏叹调吗？ 来自辞典例句
- The actions are large and colour, there are arias and recitatives. 动作夸张而华美，有唱段也有宣叙部。 来自辞典例句
- Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
- He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。
- Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
- The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
- She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。
- There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
- Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。