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By Sondang Sirait
Blacksburg, Virginia
15 May 2007
 

memorial Partahi Mamora
The university in the southern U.S. state of Virginia where a student killed 27 other students and five faculty1 members last month held graduation ceremonies last week.

Among the graduates were those students who died in the shooting rampage. Virginia Tech awarded posthumous2 degrees to 18 undergraduates and five graduate students. A promising3 young man from Indonesia was among those to receive advanced degrees.  Sondang Sirait of VOA's Indonesian service has more.

It was a touching4 moment for the Lumbantoruan family, accepting a posthumous Ph.D. diploma on behalf of their slain5 son, Partahi Mamora, better known as Mora, who died in the Virginia Tech shooting in April.

The tragedy has left the family broken-hearted. His mother still struggles with the fact that her only hope is gone.

And his father, a retired6 army lieutenant7 colonel, wears a necklace with Mora's picture, a ring engraved8 with Mora's name, his blood-stained watch, and he carries a wallet containing dollar bills, also stained with Mora's blood.

But he says he carries no hard feelings for Mora's killer9 and won't file any lawsuit10. "We hope our son's sacrifice will bring peace, well-being11, love and forgiveness. We forgive the killer, who shot Mora brutally12 and pray that God may forgive him."

Mora was one of 16 Indonesian students at Virginia Tech, an excellent student who had been working toward a Ph.D. in environmental and water resources engineering after obtaining a master's degree in geo-technical engineering.

Professor Panos Diplas, a Virginia Tech expert on environmental fluid mechanics, was one of Mora's two advisers14. "What we were trying to do,” said Diplas, “was we were trying to combine his expertise15 from geotechnical with some other issues in water resources, trying to come up with a project to capitalize on his geo-technical background to break some new ground within environmental and water resource engineering."

Mora's other adviser13 was geo-technical engineering professor Marte Gutierrez, who at the time of Mora's death had been waiting for results of a study they both conducted on how to design better ways for vehicles to move in difficult terrains16.

It was Mora's intelligence and good manners that left a deep impression on Professor Gutierrez, who plans on creating a web site in honor of his beloved student. "People should not remember the way he died, but the way he lived, the way he tried to improve his life, and I hope that he will remain as a model for many young people who want to study and improve their lives, because it's by studying that you become a better person," said the professor.


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1 faculty HhkzK     
n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员
参考例句:
  • He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
  • He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。
2 posthumous w1Ezl     
adj.遗腹的;父亡后出生的;死后的,身后的
参考例句:
  • He received a posthumous award for bravery.他表现勇敢,死后受到了嘉奖。
  • The legendary actor received a posthumous achievement award.这位传奇男星在过世后获得终身成就奖的肯定。
3 promising BkQzsk     
adj.有希望的,有前途的
参考例句:
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
4 touching sg6zQ9     
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
参考例句:
  • It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
  • His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
5 slain slain     
杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词)
参考例句:
  • The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
  • His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
6 retired Njhzyv     
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
参考例句:
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
7 lieutenant X3GyG     
n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员
参考例句:
  • He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
  • He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官,递上了一张简短的便条进去。
8 engraved be672d34fc347de7d97da3537d2c3c95     
v.在(硬物)上雕刻(字,画等)( engrave的过去式和过去分词 );将某事物深深印在(记忆或头脑中)
参考例句:
  • The silver cup was engraved with his name. 银杯上刻有他的名字。
  • It was prettily engraved with flowers on the back. 此件雕刻精美,背面有花饰图案。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 killer rpLziK     
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。
10 lawsuit A14xy     
n.诉讼,控诉
参考例句:
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
11 well-being Fe3zbn     
n.安康,安乐,幸福
参考例句:
  • He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
  • My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福,却被误解为多管闲事。
12 brutally jSRya     
adv.残忍地,野蛮地,冷酷无情地
参考例句:
  • The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
  • A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。
13 adviser HznziU     
n.劝告者,顾问
参考例句:
  • They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
14 advisers d4866a794d72d2a666da4e4803fdbf2e     
顾问,劝告者( adviser的名词复数 ); (指导大学新生学科问题等的)指导教授
参考例句:
  • a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
  • She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。
15 expertise fmTx0     
n.专门知识(或技能等),专长
参考例句:
  • We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
  • You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。
16 terrains c507d69727a414fb36e0384ffe5df59b     
n.地形( terrain的名词复数 );地面;地域;地带
参考例句:
  • Scientists call these pieces exotic or suspect terrains. 科学家们把这些小陆块叫外来或嫌疑地块。 来自辞典例句
  • In the western of China are intricate terrains and many hilly regions. 我国西部地区地势复杂,多丘陵。 来自互联网

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