美国国家公共电台 NPR--The death toll in the Monterey Park shooting rises to 11

The death toll¹ in the Monterey Park shooting rises to 11

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Another person died from injuries in the weekend shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, Calif. The community gathered Monday night to honor those killed as well as bring comfort to each other.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

We have to take a moment to distinguish between two mass shootings, both in California, both in the last few days.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

One shooting came yesterday in Half Moon Bay. In that rural community. A man opened fire at a farm and a plant nursery and killed seven people.

INSKEEP: Then there's the shooting at Monterey Park last weekend. The death toll there from a shooting at a dance hall is now 11. NPR's Nathan Rott is covering the massacre³. He's on the line. Nathan, good morning again.

NATHAN ROTT, BYLINE⁴: Hey. Good morning, Steve.

INSKEEP: How is this story evolving?

ROTT: Yes, slowly. You know, authorities ran through a search that they had conducted of the 72-year-old deceased gunman's house yesterday. They said they found items to make homemade firearm suppressors and hundreds of rounds of ammunition⁵.

INSKEEP: Wow.

ROTT: They did not, however, say they found anything that gave them a clearer understanding of this man's motives⁷. Here's Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna.

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ROBERT LUNA: Did he plan this? Was it the day of? Was it a week before? What drove a madman to do this? We don't know. But we intend to find out.

INSKEEP: What more are you learning about the victims?

ROTT: So we started to get some of the names and ages of the victims. Others are still being withheld⁸ until their families can be notified. We learned that all of the victims are older. They're in their 50s, 60s or 70s. I actually talked to a couple who were there the night of the shooting yesterday outside of the dance hall. They'd come to pay their respects. And they said the place is very popular with aged¹⁰" target="_blank">middle-aged⁹ aged and local - and older locals, lots of retirees. The names of these two folks are Tony and Jennifer. They did not want to use their last name out of respect for some of the friends they lost in the shooting. We actually walked over to an open window that looks into the dance hall where the shooting happened. And there, you know, are still balloons on the ground. Jennifer pointed¹¹ to the far corner, and here's what she said.

JENNIFER: We were hiding in the corner, lying down after the second round of the shooting. The first round, I was not aware it was a gun shooting.

ROTT: What did you think? Did you think it was fireworks?

JENNIFER: I thought it was fireworks. Yeah, I thought it was fireworks. The second time, he realized it was not a firework. So he pulled me down to the ground right at the corner right there. And everybody was lying down, hiding behind that door.

ROTT: Remember, Steve, this happened on the Lunar New Year Eve. And Jennifer said they escaped right outside of an emergency exit after that but not after seeing multiple people who had been shot. And some of them were their friends.

INSKEEP: Nate, that's really powerful. You can almost imagine yourself with them, down there on the floor, trying to hide behind that door. Did they see the attacker?

ROTT: They did. And, you know, they said neither of them recognized him. There's been some questions to the sheriff's department, some reporting in the LA Times, other outlets¹². Congressman¹³ - Congresswoman Judy Chu said that it's possible that this gunman had a relationship with the dance club. That has not been confirmed by investigators¹⁴ yet. Tony and Jennifer - they both have gone to this place weekly, biweekly for years, and it's got a really rich community. But they said they did not recognize him when they saw him in person or in the photos.

INSKEEP: That's got to be just one of many questions investigators still have.

ROTT: Yeah, I mean, motive⁶ is going to be top of line and then also learning more about the victims.

INSKEEP: NPR's Nathan Rott is in Monterey Park, Calif. Thanks so much.

ROTT: Yeah, thank you, Steve.

1 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

6 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

7 motives   

n.动机，目的( motive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
• His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。

8 withheld   

withhold过去式及过去分词

参考例句：

• I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract. 他们履行合同后，我才付款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There was no school play because the principal withheld his consent. 由于校长没同意，学校里没有举行比赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 middle-aged   

adj.中年的

参考例句：

• I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
• The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。

10 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

11 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

12 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

14 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》