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Mourners gather in Nashville to share their grief over Monday's school shooting

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People have been gathering² in Nashville at makeshift memorials near The Covenant³ School to remember the victims of Monday's mass shooting. Six people died — including three students.

SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST:

In memory of the victims of The Covenant School shooting in Nashville, people are creating memorials out of flowers, notes and teddy bears. These tributes to the three 9-year-old children and three adults who died have also become places for people to bond in their grief, as NPR's Claudia Grisales reports.

CLAUDIA GRISALES, BYLINE⁴: One after another, the mourners dodged⁵ traffic by foot along a busy two-lane road to reach one of the makeshift memorials at The Covenant School. Nicole Zielinski is overwhelmed by emotion when she remembers the Green Hills neighborhood as a once peaceful place for holiday visits.

NICOLE ZIELINSKI: I used to ride with my parents to look at Christmas lights when I was little and all the million-dollar houses that are being built - just the change. And this is not a change that I thought would happen.

GRISALES: Zielinski placed six white roses at the memorial for those killed - the school's headmaster, a custodian⁶, a teacher and three children. The 28-year-old echoes what many other mourners say during their visits - that the country's gun laws need to change.

ZIELINSKI: I want these congressmen and women to know that our generations are coming up. And we vote, and we're pissed.

GRISALES: The real estate worker says the shooting marked the end of a dream that Nashville could escape the country's rash of mass school shootings. Zielinski says she'll never drive down these roads the same again.

ZIELINSKI: We're a statistic⁷, you know? Our bubble is burst. The Nashville bubble is burst.

GRISALES: Down the road to another entrance to the expansive property that includes Covenant Presbyterian Church and the school, more mourners gather at an even larger memorial. This is where Los Angeles artist Noah Reich and his partner are drawing admirers.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Very pretty.

NOAH REICH: Thank you. Thank you.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Nice of you to travel so far to do that.

REICH: Thank you. Thank you.

GRISALES: The couple came here to build large wooden altars with photos and decorative⁸ vines for each of the victims. Tragically⁹, they have a lot of experience - building altars at Club Q in Colorado, Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, and other sites. Reich says he's worried that the identity of the shooter in Nashville as possibly a transgender person has been politicized, especially in Tennessee, where LGBTQ rights are at the center of a political storm.

REICH: We've been talking with people here. We've been praying alongside people. And we've also just been reminding people that the shooter is not indicative of an entire community.

GRISALES: And as mourners of this community gather, Reich hopes they will be on a path to healing. Claudia Grisales, NPR News, Nashville.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

3 covenant   

n.盟约，契约；v.订盟约

参考例句：

• They refused to covenant with my father for the property.他们不愿与我父亲订立财产契约。
• The money was given to us by deed of covenant.这笔钱是根据契约书付给我们的。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 dodged   

v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 )；回避

参考例句：

• He dodged cleverly when she threw her sabot at him. 她用木底鞋砸向他时，他机敏地闪开了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He dodged the book that I threw at him. 他躲开了我扔向他的书。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 custodian   

n.保管人，监护人；公共建筑看守

参考例句：

• Benitez believes his custodian is among the top five in world football.贝尼特斯坚信他的门将是当今足坛最出色的五人之一。
• When his father died his uncle became his legal custodian.他父亲死后，他叔叔成了他的法定监护人。

7 statistic   

n.统计量；adj.统计的，统计学的

参考例句：

• Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
• There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.关于阵亡人数没有可靠的统计数字。

8 decorative   

adj.装饰的，可作装饰的

参考例句：

• This ware is suitable for decorative purpose but unsuitable for utility.这种器皿中看不中用。
• The style is ornate and highly decorative.这种风格很华丽，而且装饰效果很好。

9 tragically   

adv. 悲剧地，悲惨地

参考例句：

• Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident. 他们的女儿不幸死于车祸。
• Her father died tragically in a car crash. 她父亲在一场车祸中惨死。