美国文化脱口秀 第262期:到底多少美国人有枪?

 　　美国枪支暴力泛滥。但到底多少美国老百姓有枪？美国人怎么买枪、用枪？又如何看待枪支问题？今天我们选择了一篇美国新闻文章，说说美国的枪支文化和枪支管理。

　　关键词：

　　Controversial:备受争议的

　　Safety: 安全

　　Oregon: 俄勒冈

　　Community college: 社区大学

　　Mass shooting: 大规模枪击事件

　　Gun man: 持枪者

　　Gun control: 枪支管理

　　NBC: 美国国家广播公司

　　Data: 数据

　　The gun industry: 枪支工业

　　Many people get shot: 很多人被枪击

　　To shoot a gun: 开抢、射击

　　"How big is America's gun business?": 美国的枪支工业有多大？

　　Gun violence: 枪支暴力

　　到底多少美国人有枪

　　段落一：

　　"Before a gun can be used to hunt, for protection, or in a mass school shooting like Thursday's tragic¹ killing² at Umpqua Community College that left 10 dead, it must be bought. That one sale is a single dot in a multibillion-dollar industry, one that is coming under new scrutiny³ during the post-massacre⁴ gun control debate. Here's a by the numbers breakdown⁵."

　　Gun:枪

　　Tragic:悲剧性的

　　Multibillion-industry: 数十亿/百亿美金的工业

　　Gun control debate:枪支管理的争论

　　Constitution: 宪法

　　Massacre: 大屠杀

　　美国枪支数据：

　　$13.5 billion 135亿

　　Annual revenue of gun and ammunition⁶ manufacturing industry, with a $1.5 billion profit.

　　枪支工业的年营业额，利润为15亿美金。

　　10,847,792 1084万

　　The number of pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns and miscellaneous firearms manufactured in the U.S. in 2013, the latest full year available. That's 4,441,726 pistols, 725,282 revolvers, 3,979,570 rifles, 1,203,072 shotguns, and 495,142 miscellaneous firearms.

　　2013年，美国各类枪支被持有的数量为一千零八十四万把。

　　Pistol: 手枪

　　Revolver: 左轮手枪

　　Rifle:步枪

　　Shotgun: 猎枪

　　Firearm: 武器

　　Weapon: 武器

　　5

　　Average number of firearms owned by a gun owner once you toss out the top 3% of gun owners who own more than 25 guns.

　　每个枪支拥有者平均持有5把枪，但是前3％的持有人拥有超过25把枪。

　　31%

　　Percentage of American households with guns.

　　31%的美国家庭拥有枪。

　　29%, 43.7%, 55.9%

　　Adults living in a household with firearms: percentage by suburbs, other urban areas, and rural counties, respectively.

　　住在郊区、市区和远郊的成人居民持有枪支的比例。

1 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

4 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！

5 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

6 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。