VOA标准英语2011--'Right Wing' Man Charged in Norway Massa

'Right Wing' Man Charged in Norway Massacre¹

Norwegian police are questioning the suspected gunman who shot and killed at least 85 people at a youth summer camp hours after he allegedly set off a bomb blast that killed seven people in the capital, Oslo. Police are also investigating the possibility there might have been a second gunman involved in the attack.
Police say the primary suspect in the attack is Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik, 32. They say Breivik has posted extreme right-wing and anti-Muslim comments online.
A screen grab of the Twitter account reported to belong to Anders Behring Breivik with a single message that reads, "One person with a belief is equal to the force of 100 000 who have only interests," July 23, 2011.
But at a news conference Saturday, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said it is too soon to draw any conclusions about what motivated the attack.
"Compared to other countries I would not say that we have a big problem with right-wing extremists in Norway," Stoltenberg said. "But we have some groups - we have followed them before - and our police is aware that there are some right-wing extreme groups or at least has been some groups of that kind in Norway."
Footage of youth summer camp, Oslo bombing, and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Two separate violent attacks took place on Friday. In mid-afternoon at least one bomb exploded near the Prime Minister's offices in central Oslo. Within hours, at least one gunman opened fire at a youth camp on nearby Otoeya island.
Young people aged³ 14 to 18 were gathered for a summer camp organized by the Prime Minister's Labor⁴ Party. They fled in panic as the gunman, dressed as a police man, opened fire, reportedly shooting at random⁵. Video shows bodies floating in the water around the island.
Norway's national news agency NTB said Saturday that witnesses on the island have told police two people were involved. They said the man already in custody⁶ was disguised as a policeman, wearing a sweater with a police emblem⁷ on it, but that the second man was not.
Media reports in Norway also say the Oslo bomb was made from fertilizer and that a supplier linked a company owned by Breivik to the purchase of fertilizer.
Prime Minister Stoltenberg says the country is united in grief.
"Norway is a small country, but we are a proud country, and we are all very close especially in the times like this," Stoltenberg said. "And I think that all Norwegians feel very close to those who are victims of the violence in Oslo and the youth camp of the young Labor party Otoeya."
On Saturday, Stoltenberg traveled to a hotel near the island, where rescue teams have been transporting survivors⁸. Meanwhile, Emergency teams in downtown Oslo are also still at work looking for bodies and survivors of the massive blast that tore through the Prime Minister's office and the finance ministry⁹.
Mikal Hem², a journalist based in Oslo, told VOA the explosion could be heard from many kilometers away.
"We heard an explosion and the building was shaking," said Hem. "I ran to the window and I saw smoke coming up from the Prime Minister's office."
He says walking past the site later, he saw buildings in tatters.
Hem says Norwegians are in mourning, a grief he says is heightened by the youth of those targeted on the island.
"This is the most terrible incident in Norway since the war so people are shocked and disturbed and sad," Hem added. "These are people as young as 14, 15 years old. It's just terrible."
In an annual report released earlier this year, Norway's police security agency noted¹⁰ a rise in far-right activity, but said that growth was limited by a lack of strong leadership.
This is the deadliest attack in Europe since 2004, when a train bombing in Madrid killed 191 people.

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 hem   

n.贴边，镶边；vt.缝贴边；(in)包围，限制

参考例句：

• The hem on her skirt needs sewing.她裙子上的褶边需要缝一缝。
• The hem of your dress needs to be let down an inch.你衣服的折边有必要放长1英寸。

3 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

4 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

5 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

6 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。

7 emblem   

n.象征，标志；徽章

参考例句：

• Her shirt has the company emblem on it.她的衬衫印有公司的标记。
• The eagle was an emblem of strength and courage.鹰是力量和勇气的象征。

8 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

9 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

10 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。