英语听力：自然百科 虫虫兄弟—16

 Ticks can spread a huge variety of diseases, and pass them all along at the same time through just one bite. Claw in the air as they search for a host, there is no hurry. Ticks can't fly and they crawl so slowly that their greatest skill is patience. They can last several years between blood meals. Not surprisingly, when they get it, they more than seize the moment. A tick is built to bite, with a head * harpoon¹ like bulbs, and a mouth that creates cement-like glue to clamp them in place as they feed. It's such a successful design that their heads stay put even when savored² from the body. After mosquitoes, ticks are one of the biggest effectors of disease, lime disease and encephalitis are just two possibilities. Not the need to go outside to pick up a virus when so many creatures do home deliveries. Like Danielle's indestructable friend. Across the world, cockroaches³ spread TB and cholera⁴. Luckily this one's just looking for a square meal, like a computer keyboard clogged⁵ with dead skin. But there are even more gruesome things are tonight's menu. Despite scrubbing the kichen, Maria has some unhygienic helpers for tonight's meal. Flies don't care how rare they need served...

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1 harpoon   

n.鱼叉；vt.用鱼叉叉，用鱼叉捕获

参考例句：

• The harpoon drove deep into the body of the whale.渔叉深深地扎进鲸鱼体内。
• The fisherman transfixed the shark with a harpoon.渔夫用鱼叉刺住鲨鱼。

2 savored   

v.意味，带有…的性质( savor的过去式和过去分词 )；给…加调味品；使有风味；品尝

参考例句：

• We savored the barbed hits in his reply. 我们很欣赏他在回答中使用的带刺的俏皮话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We savored, (the pleasures of) mountain life to the full. 我们充分体会了山居生活的乐趣。 来自辞典例句

3 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

4 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

5 clogged   

（使）阻碍( clog的过去式和过去分词 )； 淤滞

参考例句：

• The narrow streets were clogged with traffic. 狭窄的街道上交通堵塞。
• The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line. 汽油的注入由于管道阻塞而停止了。