231121以人类血液为食！多国爆发臭虫危机，已入侵亚洲
▍原文
South Korea has become the latest country to declare war on bedbugs following a wave of outbreaks.
Thirty suspected or confirmed infestations have been reported since the end of October, prompting the government to announce a four-week campaign aimed at eradicating the bloodsucking pests.
The current outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better, say experts, who believe that driving some of the concern is peoples’ fear of being stigmatized if they are bitten.
▍语言点
- become the latest/first/secondcountry to do 是最新/第一个/第二个做……的国家 · China became the first country to introduce a commercialhigh-speed rail service. 中国是第一个引入商业高铁的国家。
- declare war 宣战 · declare /dɪˈkler/ v. 宣布，宣告
- bedbug /ˈbedbʌɡ/ n. 床虱，臭虫
- outbreak /ˈaʊtbreɪk/ n. (疾病、战争等)爆发 · coronavirus outbreak 新冠爆发
- suspected /səˈspektɪd/ adj. 疑似的
- confirmed /kənˈfɜːrmd/ adj. 确认的
- infestation /ˌɪnfesˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ n.(盗贼、鼠、虫等)成群出现
- prompt /prɑːmpt/ v. 促使
- announce /əˈnaʊns/ v. 宣布(declare)
- eradicate /ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/ v. 消灭，消除(destroy)
- be likely to do sth. 可能做某事
- stigmatize /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/ v. 使 感到羞耻、侮蔑(treat sb. in a way that makesthem feel that they are very bad) · Single mothers often feel that they are stigmatized bysociety. 单亲妈妈常常觉得自己受社会歧视。