VOA慢速英语2019 巴西校园枪击案致10死20余伤

School Shooting in Brazil Leaves 10 Dead, Over 20 Injured

At least 10 people are dead after two young men attacked a public school in southern Brazil on Wednesday. More than 20 other people were reported injured.

周三，两名年轻人袭击了巴西南部的一所公立学校，造成至少10人死亡。另有20多人受伤。

The attackers targeted the Professor Raul Brasil state school in Suzano, near the city of Sao Paulo.

袭击者的目标是位于圣保罗市附近苏萨诺市的劳尔·巴西国立学校(Raul Brasil state school)教授。

Reports say the shooting started at around 9:30 in the morning. One witness told the Globo Group that the gunmen acted during a break between classes, when many students were eating.

报道称，枪击案发生在上午9:30左右。一名目击者告诉巴西环球电视台，枪手是在课间休息时作案的，当时很多学生正在用餐。

Globo said there was no information immediately available about the shooters’ connection to the school or a reason for the attack.

巴西环球电视台表示，目前尚不清楚枪手与学校的联系，袭击动机也不得而知。

Official records show that the school has 358 students in grades 6 through 9 and 693 students in grades 10 through 12.

官方记录显示，该校有358名6至9年级学生和693名10至12年级的学生。

By midday Wednesday, officials confirmed 10 people were killed. Sao Paulo Governor¹ Joao Doria said the dead included six students and two teachers. The gunmen took their own lives, officials said.

截至周三中午，官方证实已有10人死亡。圣保罗州州长若昂多里亚（Joao Doria）称，死者中包括6名学生和2名教师。官员们说，枪手在行凶后自杀。

Inside the school, police officials found a handgun and bottles that appeared to be Molotov cocktails², known as bottle bombs. Globo reported that a witness said he saw one of the attackers with a gun and the other with a knife.

警方在学校内发现了一支手枪和一些瓶子，这些瓶子看起来像是燃烧弹，也就是所谓的“瓶子炸弹”。巴西环球电视台报道称，一名目击者称，他看到一名袭击者持枪，而另一名持刀。

Brazil, the biggest nation in Latin³ America, has the largest number of homicide deaths in the world each year. But school shootings are rare.

巴西是拉丁美洲最大的国家，每年的他杀人数居世界首位。但是校园枪击事件很少见。

The attack comes after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced that the country’s gun ownership⁴ controls would be eased⁵.

此前，巴西总统博尔索纳罗宣布将放松对枪支所有权的控制。

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homicide – n. the act of killing another person

1 governor   

n.统治者，地方长官(如省长，州长，总督等)

参考例句：

• The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters.这位州长是搪塞新闻记者的能手。
• He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。

2 cocktails   

n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物

参考例句：

• Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。 来自辞典例句
• Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。 来自辞典例句

3 Latin   

adj.拉丁的，拉丁语的，拉丁人的；n.拉丁语

参考例句：

• She learned Latin without a master.她无师自通学会了拉丁语。
• Please use only Latin characters.请仅使用拉丁文字符。

4 ownership   

n.所有(权)，所有制

参考例句：

• The house is under new ownership.那栋房子已易新主。
• He claimed ownership of the house.他声称那幢房子归他所有。

5 eased   

adj. 放松的 动词ease的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• After the patient received acupuncture treatment,his spasms eased off somewhat. 病人接受针刺治疗后，痉挛稍微减轻了。
• The news that her child was safe eased her mind. 孩子平安的消息使她放心了。