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AZUZ: In a week since the deadly shooting at a high school in Southeast Florida, students around the state and other parts of the country have staged demonstrations¹, walk-outs and marches. They've been showing support for the victims of the shooting and calling for communities and state and federal governments to take action to prevent shootings in schools.

A listening event held at the White House on Wednesday gives you a sense of what some of them are saying.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The bill was also passed that declared that each school has to go through one drill each month. But I know that my school, we go through fire drills every month and we were — we have not had our lockdown drill yet this year. And I think a change that we'll increase all the trainings and protocols², so if, God forbid, another shooting does happen, at least all the teachers will be prepared and can hopefully keep their students calm.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The solution is not going to be a singular thing. It's going to be multifaceted and it's going to be created by a collection of different people working together and we all have to realize that we all have our opinions and together, we're going to be able to work to a solution.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There needs to be significant change in this country, because this has to never happen again, and people should be able to feel that when they go to school, they can be safe.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's not left and right. It's not political. It's a human issue. People are dying. And we have to stop this. We have to stop this.

If he's not old enough to buy a drink, to go and buy a beer, he should not be able to buy a gun.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And I don't understand I could still go in a store and buy a weapon of war.

DONALD TRUMP³, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If you had a teacher with, who was adept⁴ at firearms, they could very well end the attack very quickly. And we're going to be looking at it very strongly and I think a lot of people are going to be opposed to it. I think a lot of people are going to like it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If a teacher or a security guard has a concealed⁵ license⁶ and a firearm on their waist, they're able to easily stop the situation. Or the bad, I put that way, guy would not even go near the school knowing that someone can fight back against them.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: School teachers have more than enough responsibilities right now than to have to have the awesome⁷ responsibility of lethal⁸ force to take a life.

AZUZ: President Trump has voiced support for raising the legal age at which Americans can buy guns, outlawing⁹ certain components¹⁰ for guns and expanding background checks to focus on gun viewer's mental health.

1 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

2 protocols   

n.礼仪( protocol的名词复数 )；（外交条约的）草案；（数据传递的）协议；科学实验报告（或计划）

参考例句：

• There are also protocols on the testing of nuclear weapons. 也有关于核武器试验的协议。 来自辞典例句
• Hardware components and software design of network transport protocols are separately introduced. 介绍系统硬件组成及网络传输协议的软件设计。 来自互联网

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 adept   

adj.老练的，精通的

参考例句：

• When it comes to photography,I'm not an adept.要说照相，我不是内行。
• He was highly adept at avoiding trouble.他十分善于避开麻烦。

5 concealed   

a.隐藏的，隐蔽的

参考例句：

• The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
• I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。

6 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

7 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

8 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

9 outlawing   

宣布…为不合法（outlaw的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Regulations are outlawing certain refrigerants, such as chlorofluorocarbons, which contain ozone-depleting chemicals. 随后出台的政策禁用了部分制冷剂，如破坏臭氧层的氟氯碳化合物。
• An amendment outlawing sale of intoxicating liquors(1920)was repealed in 1933. 规定售卖酒类为非法的一个宪法修正案（一九二○年）在一九三三年被废止。

10 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。