Lice Aren’t Nice
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Who Gets Head Lice?
内容表 谁得到头虱?
4 Name That Louse!
四叫那个卢斯!
6 How Do We Get Head Lice?
6,我们怎么得到头虱?
8 Head Lice Life.
8头虱活.
10 Bugs Begone!
10个虫子消失!
13 The Truth About Head Lice.
13 关于头虱的真相.
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Who Gets Head Lice?
16岁,谁得到头虱?
Head lice love to chomp on human heads.
头虱爱吃人头的口水.
They have bugged people for thousands of years.
他们窃听人们数千年了
Yet many people don’t understand what they are or where they come from.
许多人不明白自己是什么,
Some people think head lice are a sign of a filthy home.
有些人认为头虱是肮脏家的标志.
Others think only people who don’t wash enough get them.
其他人认为只有洗不干净的人才能得到这些东西。
An oil painting from the 1670s shows a woman pulling lice from a young boy’s head.
1670年代的一幅油画显示,一名妇女从一名男孩头上取出虱子。
In fact, who gets lice has nothing to do with how clean your home or school is.
事实上,谁得到虱子 与你的家或学校多么干净无关。
It’s not about how often you wash or brush your hair.
这与你多久洗一洗头发无关。
It’s not about your hair length, either.
也与你的发型无关。
Head lice affect people who are rich and people who are poor.
头虱会影响富人和穷人。
They affect people all over the world.
它们影响到全世界人民。
From Louse to Lice When you see more than one mouse, you don’t call them mouses, right?
从卢斯到虱子 当你看到一个以上鼠标时,
You call them mice.
你叫他们老鼠
In the same way, one of these insects is called a louse, but two or more are called lice.
同样,其中一个昆虫被叫作"虱子",但两个或两个以上被叫作"虱子".
Lice love all sorts of heads, those of kids and adults alike.
虱子爱各种头, 儿童与成年人一样。
Name That Louse!
叫那个卢斯!
Different types of lice live on humans.
不同类型的虱子活在人身上.
They all feed on human blood.
皆以人血为食.
Body lice and head lice look almost the same, but head lice are a bit smaller.
身体虱子和头虱子的外观几乎相同,但头虱子的体型略小.
An adult head louse is about the size of a pencil point!
成人头部的大小 大约是一个铅笔点!
A match head is bigger than a head louse.
火柴头比头大
Their small size makes them tough to spot and tough to catch.
它们体型小,使得它们难以被发现并难以被接住.
Strong claws on their legs help them hold tight to human hair.
腿上有很强的爪子,可以帮助它们紧紧地抓住人类的头发.
Magnified many times, this photo shows a louse in detail.
放大了很多次,这张照片详细显示一只狼。
Its claws let the louse hold on to a human hair, but make the louse unable to jump.
它的爪子让懒鬼抓住了人类的发型,但使懒鬼无法跳.
How Do We Get Head Lice?
我们如何得到头虱?
Head lice usually spread when people touch heads.
头虱通常会被人摸到头后扩散.
Sometimes they spread when a person with head lice shares a hat, comb, or other item.
有时当有头虱的人共享一顶帽子,梳子或其他物品时会扩散出.
A louse can hitch a ride on the shared item to reach a new person.
狼人可以搭乘共享物品到达新人.
Sharing hats sometimes spreads head lice.
分享帽子有时会传播头虱.
Head lice can’t live for long away from a human body, however.
头虱无法远离人体,
If one crawls onto something like a comb, it usually dies before reaching another person.
如果一个人爬上像梳子一样的东西,通常在到达另一个人之前会死去.
Pet Pests?
宠物佩斯?
Cats and dogs can get lice, too.
猫和狗也可以得到虱子。
However, their lice are different from the kind that like human hair.
然而,它们的虱子与人类发型不同.
Cats and dogs can’t give us their lice, and we can’t give them ours, either.
猫和狗不能给我们虱子,
If your pet does get lice, get him or her to a vet!
如果你的宠物得到虱子, 送他或她的兽医!
Head Lice Life Head lice eggs, called nits, are tiny.
头虱活 头虱卵(学名:Nits)为 tiny科虱卵属下的一个种.
They attach to hairs with special glue that makes them hard to remove.
它们附着有特殊胶水的毛发,使其难以去除.
In order to hatch, nits need to stay close to the scalp to stay warm.
为了孵出,Nit需要保持靠近头皮以保持温暖.
They are usually found near the scalp, often near the ears and back of the head.
它们通常被发现在头皮附近,往往靠近耳朵和后头.
Head lice nits attach to hair.
头虱子硝接发.
After they hatch, the young lice must feed within twenty-four hours to stay alive.
孵出后,幼虱必须在24小时内取出活口.
They become adults in about ten to twelve days.
它们在大约十到十二天内就成年了.
Along the way, they outgrow the hard outer layer that helps protect their bodies.
沿途,它们长出坚硬的外层来保护身体.
When they grow too large, they shed the outer layer and grow a new one.
当它们生长得太大时,会出出外层并长出一个新的.
Head Louse Life Cycle 7–10 days to hatch The life cycle of a louse is the set of stages it goes through during its life.
孵化期7至10天 狼的生命周期是它生命中经历的一组阶段.
To break the life cycle, lice must be killed or removed before they are full-grown.
要打破生命周期,虱子必须先被杀死或取出后再被完全生长.
Otherwise, they can make more eggs.
否则,它们可以做更多的鸡蛋.
Head lice have pointed, straw-like mouths for sucking blood.
头虱已经指出,吸血用的吸管状口.
Their bites don’t hurt.
他们的咬伤并不痛。
However, head lice inject a small amount of saliva when they feed.
然而,头虱在喂食时会注入少量口水.
The saliva helps keep blood flowing, which makes it easier to drink.
口水能使血液流畅,从而更容易饮用.
The saliva is also what makes bites red and often itchy.
口水也使被咬成红色并经常痒.
Adult head lice are usually tan or gray.
成年头虱一般为褐色或灰色.
As they suck blood, they appear to get darker.
当他们吸血, 他们看起来越来越黑暗。
Bugs Begone!
虫子离开!
The first sign of head lice is usually the ticklish feeling of something in your hair.
头虱的第一个迹象 通常是你头发里的东西的痒痒感。
If you have head lice, people can sometimes spot nits in your hair.
如果你有头虱子,人们有时会在你的头发上发现硝酸盐.
Spotting head lice is hard, though.
斑点头虱是很难的,虽然。
They don’t like light and can crawl quickly to avoid it.
他们不喜欢光,
Sometimes people use a “lice comb” with very fine teeth to aid the search.
有时人们会使用有非常细齿的"虱子梳子"来帮助搜寻.
A mother uses a lice comb on her daughter’s hair.
母亲在女儿头发上用虱子梳子.
A lice comb has long, strong, closely spaced teeth that remove both lice and nits from human hair.
虱子梳有长,强,相距相近的牙齿,能从人毛上去除虱子和硝子.
Head lice are often killed with chemicals, but there are ways to avoid chemicals.
头虱常被化学品杀死,但有方法可以避免化学品.
For instance, kids and parents can use a machine like a hair dryer instead.
例如,孩子和父母可以像干发机一样使用机器。
It uses hot air to kill lice and nits.
它使用热空气来杀死虱子和硝.
Students at the University of Utah try out the hot-air machine.
犹他大学的学生试出热空气机.
It lifts the hair and blows hot air to get rid of lice.
能起发而吹出热气以除虱.
The Truth About Head Lice Anyone can get head lice.
关于头虱的真相 任何人都可以得到头虱.
They aren’t a sign of dirty hair or a dirty house.
他们不是脏发或脏屋的标志。
They’re a sign that you’re human.
他们证明你是人类。
You just need help to get rid of your itchy guests.
你只需要帮助 摆脱你的痒客人。
So spread the word— not the lice!
故你应当说:不要叫虱子!
Super Lice!
超级虱子!
No, these lice aren’t bigger or bloodthirstier than other lice, but they are harder to kill.
这些虱子比起其他虱子,
Certain chemicals we’ve used to kill them in the past no longer do the trick.
过去我们用来杀死他们的某些化学物质,
To avoid chemicals, some people use olive oil for several weeks.
为了避免化学物质,有些人使用橄榄油数周.
They apply the oil before bed and sleep in a shower cap.
他们在睡觉前施放油并用浴帽入睡.