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And The Country’s ‘Rattiest City’ Is…
老鼠多也能上榜的城市!
The Windy City is still the “Rattiest City,” according to an informal study.
根据一项非正式调查显示，风城(美国芝加哥)依旧是“老鼠最多市”
For the third-straight year, Chicago topped U.S. metro areas in pest-control company Orkin’s Top 50 Rattiest Cities list released this week.
在本周虫害防治公司公布的前五十名老鼠较多的城市中，芝加哥的地铁连续第三年位居榜首。
Orkin ranked cities by the amount of rodent treatments the company completed in the year that ended Sept. 15.
按照本年开始至9月15日该公司完成统计的啮齿类动物治理的数量，对这些城市进行排列。
While the ranking is less than scientific (and self-serving), there’s other evidence that Chi-Town belongs up there among vermin hot spots.
尽管这些排名不太科学(个人数据)，但是还有其他证据表明芝加哥城属于虫害严重的热点城市。
According to DNAInfo in Chicago, the nation’s third-largest city fielded 39,000 rat complaints in 2017, a 30-percent increase over 2016.
据芝加哥DNAInfo报道，2017年芝加哥市有39,000期市民投诉老鼠案件，比2016年增长了30%，成为第三大城市。
“Chicago has tried just about everything to control a burgeoning rat population fueled by a construction boom and a mild winter,” the Chicago Sun-Times wrote last week. “None of it has worked in a city seemingly overrun by rodents.”
上周芝加哥太阳报这样报道：“芝加哥已经尽其所能控制由于建筑设施产热和冬季温和造成老鼠大量繁殖的数量”，“似乎还没有一个人工作在老鼠横行的城市里。”
More than 20 million rodents invade homes each year, Orkin said, and rats can squeeze through a hole the size of a quarter.
奥尔金灭鼠公司称，每年有超过2000万的老鼠侵入家里，并且老鼠可以通过是自身四分之一大的洞挤进去。
Keep that in mind while you wonder how your city will fare in next year’s list.
记住看，明年你的城市排名会如何。
来源:Huffpost