练习 | BBC新闻:美国连发两起大规模枪击案

练习 | BBC新闻:美国连发两起大规模枪击案

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美国连发两起大规模枪击案

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Hello, I'm Neil Nunes with the BBC news. 

In one of the worst mass shootings in modern US history, twenty people have been killed in the Texas city of El Paso. A twenty-one-year-old white man was arrested at the shopping complex where the massacre took place. Sophie Long is at the scene. Children was shopping with their parents in the Walmart behind me for a new school uniforms, school bags, stationary, all those things that family shop for this time of year just a week before school reopens when a gunman opened fire. Now people inside the store have described the scenes of chaos and panic as parents tried to find and protect their children. People desperately sought hiding places or routes out of the building. One man has been arrested and taken into custody. He has been identified locally as twenty-one-year-old Patrick Crusius from the Dallas area. Now one line of investigation that authorities are looking into is whether an anonymous white nationalist manifesto shared online claiming that this was a targeted attack against the local hispanic population can in any way be linked to the suspected gunman. Victoria Balderrama was at the shopping center with her parents when they were evacuated by the police. It's the best place. I mean I've always felt so safe and it's home. And so just the reactions, I mean. Just now it's starting to hit me all that's happened. I mean twenty people is a large number. And I mean, it's so sad to know that these people are my people. These people were targeted and it just, it breaks my heart.

There's been a second mass shooting in the United States just hours after the killings in El Paso. Police in Dayton, Ohio say they are investigating what they described as an active shooter incident near the city center. Local media say up to ten people may have been killed and many others are wounded. Eye witnesses have been quoted as saying the gunman tried to get into a bar and opened fire outside when he was stopped. The shooter's motivation is not known.

Adapted from: http://www.hxen.com/englishlistening/bbc/20190807/522307_2.html

VOCABULARY

1. massacre n. the killing of a large number of people especially in a cruel way 屠杀;残杀。例如:
the bloody massacre of innocent civilians对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
Nobody survived the massacre. 这次大屠杀无人幸免。
2. chaos n. a state of complete confusion and lack of order 混乱;杂乱;紊乱。例如:
economic/political/domestic chaos经济 / 政治 / 国内的混乱
Heavy snow has caused total chaos on the roads. 大雪导致道路上交通一片混乱。
The house was in chaos after the party. 聚会后,房子里一片狼藉。
3. take into custody 逮捕,羁押,拘留
4. manifesto n. a written statement in which a group of people, especially a political party, explain their beliefs and say what they will do if they win an election 宣言。例如:
an election manifesto竞选宣言
the party manifesto政党宣言
5. hispanic adj. of or connected with Spain or Spanish-speaking countries, especially those of Latin America 西班牙的;西班牙语国家(尤指拉丁美洲)的
6. evacuate v. to move people from a place of danger to a safer place (把人从危险的地方)疏散,转移,撤离。例如:
Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
Children were evacuated from London to escape the bombing. 为躲避轰炸,孩子们都撤离了伦敦。

QUESTIONS

Read the statements. Then listen to the news and check the true (ü) or false (û) statements.

TEXAS

1. Twenty people have been killed in the Texas city of El Paso. 
2. A twenty-one-year-old white man was arrested at the shopping complex where the massacre took place. 
3. One man has been arrested and taken into custody. 
4. The man has been identified locally as twenty-one-year-old Patrick Crusius from the Houston area. 
5. Now one line of investigation that authorities are looking into is whether an anonymous white nationalist manifesto shared online claiming that this was a targeted attack against the local hispanic population. 
6. Victoria Balderrama wasn’t at the shopping center with her parents when they were evacuated by the police. 

OHIO

7. There's been a second mass shooting in the United States just hours after the killings in El Paso. Police in Dayton, Ohio say they are investigating what they described as an active shooter incident near the city center. 
8. According to the police in Dayton, up to ten people may have been killed and many others are wounded. 
9. Eye witnesses have been quoted as saying the gunman tried to get into a bar and opened fire outside when he was stopped. 
10. The shooter's motivation is clear.

KEY 

Read the statements. Then listen to the news and check the true (ü) or false (û) statements.

TEXAS

ü 1. Twenty people have been killed in the Texas city of El Paso. 
ü 2. A twenty-one-year-old white man was arrested at the shopping complex where the massacre took place. 
ü 3. One man has been arrested and taken into custody. 
û 4. The man has been identified locally as twenty-one-year-old Patrick Crusius from the Houston area. (正确表达)The man has been identified locally as twenty-one-year-old Patrick Crusius from the Dallas area. 
ü 5. Now one line of investigation that authorities are looking into is whether an anonymous white nationalist manifesto shared online claiming that this was a targeted attack against the local hispanic population. 
û 6. Victoria Balderrama wasn’t at the shopping center with her parents when they were evacuated by the police. (正确表达)Victoria Balderrama was at the shopping center with her parents when they were evacuated by the police. 

OHIO

ü 7. There's been a second mass shooting in the United States just hours after the killings in El Paso. Police in Dayton, Ohio say they are investigating what they described as an active shooter incident near the city center. 
û 8. According to the police in Dayton, up to ten people may have been killed and many others are wounded. (正确表达) According to the local media, up to ten people may have been killed and many others are wounded. 
ü 9. Eye witnesses have been quoted as saying the gunman tried to get into a bar and opened fire outside when he was stopped. 
û 10. The shooter's motivation is clear. (正确表达) The shooter's motivation is not known.

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  • 来源:刘立军 2019-09-19