VOA常速英语2021--美国亚特兰大地区发生枪击案,6名亚裔死亡

This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died at a hospital in Dar-Es-Salaam, according to his vice¹ president. Reuters David Doyle has more. Speaking on state television, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Magufuli had died of a heart condition at a hospital in Dar-Es-Salaam. The 61-year-old, one of Africa's most prominent coronavirus sceptics, had not been seen in public since the end of February. Speculation² was rife³ that he had contracted COVID-19. Magufuli had denounced measures to stop the spread of the virus and labeled vaccines⁴ a Western conspiracy⁵. Last week, officials denied he was ill. Government officials also said Magufuli was working normally and that citizens should ignore rumors⁶ from outside the country. Tanzanian police have arrested four people since last week for allegedly spreading false information about the health of political leaders. That's Reuters David Doyle.

欢迎收听美国之音新闻。我是大卫·伯德，为您远程报道。坦桑尼亚副总统称，总统约翰·马古富利已在达累斯萨拉姆的一家医院去世。请听路透社记者大卫·道尔带来更多报道。副总统萨米娅·苏卢胡·哈桑在国家电视台上说，马古富利在达累斯萨拉姆的一家医院因心脏病去世。这名61岁的总统是非洲最著名的冠状病毒怀疑论者之一，他自2月底以来就再也没有公开露面。人们普遍猜测他感染了新冠病毒。马古富利谴责阻止病毒传播的措施，并称疫苗是西方的阴谋。上周，坦桑尼亚官方否认总统得病。政府官员还表示，马古富利工作正常，公民应该无视来自国外的谣言。坦桑尼亚警方自上周以来逮捕了4人，他们涉嫌散布有关政治领导人健康状况的虚假信息。我是路透社记者大卫·道尔。

The suspect in the Atlanta area massage⁷ parlor⁸ shootings has been charged with murder. AP's Mike Gracia has details. Twenty-one-year-old Robert Aaron Long has been charged with killing⁹ eight people at three Atlanta area massage parlors¹⁰ Tuesday, with six of the victims identified as Asian. The shootings sparked fears of a targeted attack. But Cherokee County Sheriff's Captain Jay Baker¹¹ told reporters there may have been a different motive¹². "He does claim that it was not racially motivated. He apparently¹³ has an issue, what he considers sex addiction¹⁴ and sees these locations as something that allows him to go to these places, and it's a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate." Less than three full months into the year, the attack was the sixth mass killing of 2021 in the U.S. following a drop off in mass killings¹⁵ during the pandemic in 2020. I'm Mike Gracia. This is VOA news.

亚特兰大地区按摩店枪击案的嫌疑人被控谋杀。请听美联社记者麦克·格雷西亚带来详细报道。21岁的罗伯特·亚伦·龙被控星期二在亚特兰大地区的三家按摩院杀害8人，其中6名受害者是亚洲人。枪击事件引发了人们对有针对性袭击的恐惧。但切罗基县警长杰伊·贝克告诉记者，嫌犯的杀人动机可能不同。“嫌犯声称此次枪击案不是出于种族动机。他显然认为自己有性瘾，并把这些地方看作是让自己上瘾而流连忘返的地方，他想消灭这种诱惑。”在2021年尚不到三个月的时间里，这已经是美国第六起大规模杀害袭击事件。而在之前的2020年新冠疫情期间，美国大规模杀害事件有所下降。我是麦克·格雷西亚。欢迎收听美国之音新闻。

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

3 rife   

adj.(指坏事情)充斥的，流行的，普遍的

参考例句：

• Disease is rife in the area.疾病在这一区很流行。
• Corruption was rife before the election.选举之前腐败盛行。

4 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

5 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

6 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 massage   

n.按摩，揉；vt.按摩，揉，美化，奉承，篡改数据

参考例句：

• He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
• Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。

8 parlor   

n.店铺，营业室；会客室，客厅

参考例句：

• She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
• Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店？

9 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。

10 parlors   

客厅( parlor的名词复数 )； 起居室； （旅馆中的）休息室； （通常用来构成合成词）店

参考例句：

• It had been a firm specializing in funeral parlors and parking lots. 它曾经是一个专门经营殡仪馆和停车场的公司。
• I walked, my eyes focused into the endless succession of barbershops, beauty parlors, confectioneries. 我走着，眼睛注视着那看不到头的、鳞次栉比的理发店、美容院、糖果店。

11 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

12 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

13 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

14 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

15 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。