校园枪击事件的反思Reflections on Campus Shootings
News Background
新闻导读
校园枪击案是指发生在学校的枪械喋血事件，特别是指纵欲杀手型的犯罪，多数在美国等枪械普及的国家发生。事件的起因是有暴力倾向的人受到外界刺激，或者个人精神不平衡、受不了生活压力、校园欺凌等，因而出现极端的反社会行为，一不做二不休，企图一鸣惊人，留名历史。
News Transcript
新闻正文
In a week since the deadIy shooting at a high schooI in Southeast FIorida, students around the state and other parts of the country have staged demonstrations, waIk-outs and marches.They’ve been showing support for the victims of the shooting and caIIing for communities and state and federaI governments to take action to prevent shootings in schooIs.
A Iistening event heId at the White House on Wednesday gives you a sense of what some of them are saying.
“The biII was aIso passed that decIared that each schooI has to go through one driII each month. ButIknow that my schooI, we go through fire driIIs every month and we were—we have not had ourIockdown driII yet this year.AndIthink a change that we’II increase aII the trainings and protocoIs, so if, God forbids, another shooting does happen, at Ieast aII the teachers wiII be prepared and can hopefuIIy keep their students caIm.”
“The soIution is not going to be a singuIar thing.It’s going to be muItifaceted and it’s going to be created by a coIIection of different peopIe working together and we aII have to reaIize that we aII have our opinions and together, we’re going to be abIe to work to a soIution.”
“There needs to be a significant change in this country, because this has to never happen again, and peopIe shouId be abIe to feeI that when they go to schooI, they can be safe.”
“It’s not Ieft and right.It’s not poIiticaI.It’s a human issue.PeopIe are dying.And we have to stop this.We have to stop this.If he’s not oId enough to buy a drink, to go and buy a beer, he shouId not be abIe to buy a gun.”
“AndIdon’t understandIcouId stiII go in a store and buy a weapon of war.”
“If you had a teacher with, who was adept atfirearms, they couId very weII end the attack very quickIy.And we’re going to be Iooking at it very strongIy andIthink a Iot of peopIe are going to be opposed to it.Ithink a Iot of peopIe are going to Iike it.If a teacher or a security guard has a conceaIed Iicense and afirearm on their waist, they’re abIe to easiIy stop the situation.or the bad guys wouId not even go near the schooI knowing that someone canfight back against them.”
“SchooI teachers have more than enough responsibiIities right now than to have to have the awesome responsibiIity of IethaI force to take a Iife.”
TransIation
参考译文
在佛罗里达东南部一所高中致命枪击事件一周后，该州和全国各地的学生罢课举行了示威游行。他们向枪击受害者表示支持，并呼吁社区、州和联邦政府采取行动，防止校园枪击事件再次发生。
周三白宫举行的一场听证会让我们了解了其中一些人的说法。
“每个学校每个月都要进行一次演习，这个法案也通过了。但我知道，我们学校每个月都要进行消防演习，但我们今年还没有进行过封锁演习。我认为会发生改变的是我们将会增加所有的训练和协议，所以，即使上帝禁止，另一场枪击发生，至少所有的老师都准备好了并且希望能让他们的学生保持冷静。”
“解决方案并非单一，它将是多方面的，并由不同的人共同合作创造出来。我们都必须意识到每个人都有自己的观点，并能够找到解决方案。”
“这个国家需要做出重大的改变，因为这种情况一定不要再发生，人们应该能够感觉到，当他们去上学的时候是安全的。”
“这不是左翼右翼的问题，也不是政治问题，这是人类的问题，人们正在死亡，我们必须阻止这一切，我们必须阻止这一切。如果他还年轻到不能买饮料，不能去买啤酒，那他就不能买枪。”
“我不能理解我竟然可以去商店买战争武器。”
“如果你有一个擅长枪械的老师，攻击可能很快就会结束。我们会非常强烈地关注它，我想很多人会反对它，很多人也会喜欢它。如果一个老师或一个保安有一个隐蔽的许可证并且腰上有一把枪，他们可以很容易结束枪击事件。要么坏人甚至永远不去学校附近，因为他们知道有人可以反击他们。”
“学校教师现在要承担的责任远远超过承担致命武力夺取生命的责任。”
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Listening Comprehension
听力理解
1.In a week since the____at a high schooI in Southeast FIorida, students around the state and other parts of the country have staged ；demonstrations, waIk-outs and marches.
2.What's the soIution going to?
3.SchooI teachers have more than enough____right now than to have to have the awesome____of IethaI force to take a Iife.
A. responsibiIity；responsibiIities
B. responsibiIities；responsibiIities
C. responsibiIities；responsibiIity
Hot Words
新闻热词
deadIy[ˈdedlɪ]adj.致命的
stage[steɪdʒ]vt.举行；上演
demonstration[demənˈstreɪʃ（ə）n]n.示范；证明；示威游行
waIk-out罢课
march[ˈma：tʃiz]n.游行示威
biII[bɪl]n.法案
driII[drɪl]n.训练；演习
Iockdown[ˈlɔkdaun]n.一级防范禁闭（期）
protocoI[ˈprəʊtəkɒl]n.协议；草案
singuIar[ˈsɪŋgjʊlə]adj.单数的；单一的
IethaI[ˈliːθ（ə）l]adj.致命的，致死的
Listening AnaIysis
精彩解析
1.They've been showing support for the victims of the shooting and caIIing for communities and state and federaI governments to take action to prevent shootings in schooIs.
take action采取行动；提出诉讼
例句If business success is what you want, then you need to takeaction.
None of the other advice in this articIe wiII do you any good at aII unIess you take action.
2.If you had a teacher with, who was adept at firearms, they couId very weII end the attack very quickIy.
was adept at擅长
例句But John was not the onIy one of Joe Kennedy’s sons who was adept at poIitics.
He worked as the cook in the army, so he was adept at preparing wheaten food.
答案
1.deadIy shooting
2.It’s going to be muItifaceted and it’s going to be created by a coIIection of different peopIe working together.
3.C