美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-12-23

 Welcome to CNN student news on this Tuesday, December 18th. Thank you for joining us. I'm Carl Azuz, today's show begins in Connecticut. The community of Newtown Connecticut is in mourning after a massacre¹ at an elementary school. Our complete coverage² of the story is in Monday's show at cnnstudentnews.com.

 

As police expand their investigation³ into what led to the tragedy. People in Newtown are banding together and getting support from across the county. They are holding memorials and vigils for the victims, mourners are saying prayers for the victims, their familiy and their communities. The U.S Postal⁴ Service has set up a place where people can mail their condolences and messages of support to Newtown. If you are interested in that, the address is "Message of Condolence", it's P.O Box3700, Newtown, Connecticut, 06470.

 

When president Obama spoke⁵ at a high school there on Sunday night, he questioned whether Americans were doing enough to bring this kind of violence to an end.

 

"Can we truely say as a nation that we're meeting our obligations? Can we honest say that we're doing enough, to keep our children, all of them, safe from harm? Can we claim as a nation that we are all together there, letting them know that they are loved, and teaching them to love in return? Can we say that we're truely doing enough to give all the children of this country the chance they deserve to live out their lives in happiness and with purpose? I've been reflecting on these last few days, and if we're honest with ourselves, the answer is no. We're not doing enough, and we all have to change."

 

All right, but how. There are a lot of people out there in the media, from leaders, journalists to musicians and actors, sharing their theories on what led to this and how to prevent it. We'd like to hear from you, what are your ideas on how the nation can change to keep kids safer. Please share your thoughts, and only your first names on our blog at cnnstudentnews.com.

 

Some of the people who live in Newtown are sharing their thoughts on this, they are trying to turn some of the attentions that's focused on them to the issues that they believe should be addressed to prevent this from happening somewhere else. CNN's Kyung Lah reports on what some citizens of Newtown are saying.

 

You can hear their frustration⁶.

 

"At the point, you buy body armor, shouldn't the FBI be at your door?"

 

These are questions asked before after Columbine and Virginia Tech, and again this year, in places like Aurora⁷, Colorado and Clackamas, Oregon. This time, it's these Newtown residents who knew the children and teachers killed at Sandy Hook.

 

"We have the benefit and the misfortune of being on the national stage right now, this is a real opportunity for us to make a statement."

 

They have no political power in this room, just grief, grief channelled into a will to bring change.

 

"I think we need to talk about what's reasonable, I don't think it's reasonable for assault weapons in any way in our society except for military or police."

 

"With mental illness, shove it underneath⁸ the rock, we can't do that anymore."

 

"We do something now, and live here with some proactive things, some actions."

 

What you are looking at is the birth of a grassroots effort from a town in pain, they've built a Facebook page calling themselves "Newtown United", they admit they don't know what they are doing, just that they have to do something.

 

"This is a trigger point or tipping point for us and our elected officials actually start talking to each other in a way that's respectful and results in real change, that will be huge."

 

The goal of "Newtown United" to prevent another town from suffering what this one is enduring will not go unheated. Kyung Lah, CNN, Newtown, Connecticut.

1 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！

2 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

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 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

7 aurora   

n.极光

参考例句：

• The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles.极光是自然界最可畏的奇观之一。
• Over the polar regions we should see aurora.在极地高空,我们会看到极光。

8 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。