英文短篇故事（纽约）459 Bedbugs Be Gone!

 　　He was making the bed. He shook out the quilt. He laid it flat on the mattress¹. He noticed a brown speck² on the quilt. The speck was moving! He took a closer look. It was a bedbug. So that explained the two red marks on his forearm. He flushed the bedbug down the toilet. He took the quilt and sheet off the bed. He examined the mattress and bed frame. He went back into the bathroom. That bedbug had somehow clung to the quilt when he shook it. Maybe it had survived the flush. It hadn't. He flushed anyway. From that day on, he checked the pillows, sheet, and quilt thoroughly³ before going to bed and before making the bed. He didn't get bitten again, but his worry didn't go away. There's no such thing as eating just one peanut. There's no such thing as having just one bedbug.

1 mattress   

n.床垫，床褥

参考例句：

• The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
• The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。

2 speck   

n.微粒，小污点，小斑点

参考例句：

• I have not a speck of interest in it.我对它没有任何兴趣。
• The sky is clear and bright without a speck of cloud.天空晴朗，一星星云彩也没有。

3 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。