美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-12-21

 There is only one story tonight. You know what it is. We have new details to tell you about, but we are not gonna pretend we understand it any better than we did right after it happened. It is a horror beyond words. An elementary school, kids as young as five years old, the second deadliest school shooting ever in this country. Twenty little children, seven adults killed plus the shooter who apparently¹ took his own life, all in a close-knit quiet community about 90 minutes’ drive from New York. We are gonna give you all the latest information tonight, but what we won’t do is repeat the shooter’s name over and over again as has been done throughout the day. We don’t want history to remember this murderer. We want history to remember the victims, the teachers, the children, those whose lives have been so unfairly taken. We’ve got a team of correspondents working on this tragedy, including our Soledad O’Biren, who is on the scene. Soledad?

 

Anderson, a vigil was held tonight. The people of Newtown try to come to grips with what happened here really just behind us this morning. But right now, right now, there is still an active crime scene, and that means many of the bodies are lying still where they fell inside that school, including the body of the killer². We do want to at least tell you his name. It’s Adam Lanza, but as Anderson said, we will not gonna be repeating it much tonight at all. He was 20 years old, his mother taught at the school. She was found dead at the family home. It’s unclear exactly how she died or she died. 

 

Soledad, the idea that those kids are still in the school, I mean, it is such a horrific image to think it about tonight, and for the parents not to have been able to see their children so far. 

 

Yes. The police say it’s an active crime scene and they are told us that they thought by Sunday, they would be able to have the crime scene part of it and the investigation³ at least that portion of the wrapped up. But now we’re getting told that actually it might be even as soon as tomorrow morning. But as you can imagine, I mean, imagine already knowing your child has perished inside that school and you can’t even go and get the body, it would be a horrific thing. 

 

Let’s hope the children are brought home soon. We do know that the mother of the shooter legally purchased the weapons that were used. HLN’s Rita Cosby reports that he broke his way through the front door into the school, two semiautomatic handguns and a military-style M-16 clone called a Bushmaster. We also know that police today in Hoboken, New Jersey⁴, took the killer’s older brother in for question, they did not label him a suspect. No word at his hour whether he is still in custody⁵. There’s a lot to tell you about right now this hour. Let’s just start at the beginning. 

 

All units, the individual I have on the phone continuing to hear what he believes to be gunfire. 

 

The first word was chilling. It only got worse. 

 

They are reporting multiple fatalities⁶ involved in the shooting at the elementary school. 

 

With each new report, the horror deepened. 

 

The reports say the number of dead closer to 30 than to 20 and sadly most of them are children. 

 

Every detail, every fact brought more sadness. Each fresh piece of information, a part of the picture, a school, kindergarten through fourth grade, a sanctuary⁷ that was supposed to be a place of safety torn apart. 

 

She heard, the intercom come on the school and heard a scream and she heard a gunshot. Tow gunshots, then the school went into locked down. 

 

A student’s teenage big brother describing the sounds of a gunmen on the loose at Sandy Hook Elementary. 

 

On and off duty troopers responded to the school and with Newtown police immediately upon arrival entered the school and began a complete active shooter search of the building. 

 

They arrived to carnage and the killer says a law enforcement source with detailed⁸ knowledge was dressed for battle in black fatigues⁹ and armed for mass murder with two pistols and a military-style rifle. In parts of the school, students were told to hide in corners. Teachers risked their own lives to pull boys and girls to safety.

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

5 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

6 fatalities   

n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 )；死亡；致命性；命运

参考例句：

• Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
• The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

8 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

9 fatigues   

n.疲劳( fatigue的名词复数 )；杂役；厌倦；（士兵穿的）工作服

参考例句：

• The patient fatigues easily. 病人容易疲劳。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Instead of training the men were put on fatigues/fatigue duty. 那些士兵没有接受训练，而是派去做杂务。 来自辞典例句