纽约时报 布法罗种族主义屠杀后, 城市内弥漫着悲愤(3)

 

 

    The attack on Saturday was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this year, joining a grim roster¹ of other racist² massacres³ in recent years,周六的袭击事件是美国今年最致命的大规模枪击事件，近年来还发生了一系列残酷的种族主义大屠杀，including the killing⁴ of nine Black parishioners at a church in Charleston, S.C., in 2015;包括2015年南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿一座教堂9名黑人教区居民被杀事件;an antisemitic rampage in the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 in Pittsburgh that left 11 people dead;2018年匹兹堡生命之树犹太教堂发生的反犹太暴行，造成11人死亡；and an attack at a Walmart in El Paso in 2019, where the man charged had expressed hatred⁵ of Latinos and killed more than 20 people.

    以及2019年埃尔帕索一家沃尔玛发生的袭击事件，该事件中被指控的男子表达了对拉美裔人的仇恨，并杀害了20多人。

    Extremists motivated by racial and ethnic⁶ hatred are considered the most dangerous threat among domestic terrorists.

    以种族和民族仇恨为动机的极端分子被认为是国内恐怖分子中最危险的威胁。

    After a spate⁷ of horrific shootings targeting people of color and Jews in 2019, the F.B.I. elevated the threat to the highest level, meaning agents must prioritize developing confidential⁸ informants and take other steps to counter the violence.

    在2019年发生了一系列针对有色人种和犹太人的可怕枪击事件后，联邦调查局将威胁提升到了最高级别，这意味着特工必须优先发展秘密线人，并采取其他措施来对抗暴行。

    Law enforcement officials said that Mr. Gendron, who has been charged with first-degree murder and pleaded not guilty on Saturday night, had traveled halfway⁹ across the state to commit his crime.

    执法官员表示，詹德龙被指控犯有一级谋杀罪，并在周六晚间提出无罪抗辩，他是穿越了半个州来作案的。

    The document he is believed to have written and posted online in the days leading up to the attack had mentioned that Buffalo¹⁰ was the nearest city to his home in the Southern Tier — a predominantly white region that runs along New York’s southern border with Pennsylvania— that had a major Black population.

    这份文件据信是他在袭击发生前几天撰写并发布在网上的, 该文件提到，布法罗是离他在纽约州南部的家最近的城市——他的家在沿纽约南部与宾夕法尼亚州边界的一个主要是白人的地区——而宾夕法尼亚州主要是黑人人口。

    On Sunday morning, F.B.I. agents and members of other law enforcement agencies gathered in front of Mr. Gendron’s home in Conklin, N.Y., a suburban¹¹ town with rolling hills in the southern part of Broome County, about a 200-mile drive from Buffalo.

    周日上午，联邦调查局特工和其他执法机构的成员聚集在詹德龙位于纽约州康克林的家门前。康克林是一个位于布鲁姆县南部、山峦起伏的郊区小镇，距离布法罗约200英里的车程。

    Neighbors there recalled watching Mr. Gendron play basketball in the driveway with his siblings¹², and some even had attended his front-yard high school graduation party last year, where they said there was no indication of trouble.

    那里的邻居回忆说，他们曾看到詹德龙和兄弟姐妹在车道上打篮球。去年，一些人甚至参加了他在前院举办的高中毕业派对，他们说，派对上也没有惹麻烦的迹象。

    Others, however, said that there were signs of rebellion and odd behavior, including a moment after in-person schooling¹³ resumed when he wore a full hazmat suit to class.

    然而，也有人说，他有过反叛和奇怪行为的迹象，包括在面对面学习恢复后的一段时间，他穿着全套防护服去上课。

    “He wore the entire suit: boots, gloves, everything,” said Nathan Twitchell, 19, a former classmate at Susquehanna Valley High School.

    19岁的内森·特威切尔是他在萨斯奎汉纳谷高中(Susquehanna Valley High School)的前同学，他说:“他穿了全套衣服: 靴子、手套，应有尽有。”

    Kolton Gardner, 18, of Conklin, who attended middle school and high school with Mr. Gendron, described him as “definitely a little bit of an outcast.”

    来自康克林的18岁的科尔顿·加德纳和詹德龙一起上初中和高中，他形容他“绝对有点被排斥的感觉”。

    “I knew he had an interest in guns, but where we grew up that wasn’t uncommon,” Mr. Gardner said.

    “我知道他对枪支感兴趣，但在我们长大的地方，这并不罕见，”加德纳说。

1 roster   

n.值勤表，花名册

参考例句：

• The teacher checked the roster to see whom he would teach this year.老师查看花名册，想了解今年要教的学生。
• The next day he put himself first on the new roster for domestic chores.第二天，他把自己排在了新的家务值日表的第一位。

2 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

3 massacres   

大屠杀( massacre的名词复数 )； 惨败

参考例句：

• The time is past for guns and killings and massacres. 动不动就用枪、动不动就杀、大规模屠杀的时代已经过去了。 来自教父部分
• Numberless recent massacres were still vivid in their recollection. 近来那些不可胜数的屠杀，在他们的头脑中记忆犹新。

4 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。

5 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

6 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

7 spate   

n.泛滥，洪水，突然的一阵

参考例句：

• Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
• Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。

8 confidential   

adj.秘（机）密的，表示信任的，担任机密工作的

参考例句：

• He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
• We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。

9 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

10 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

11 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

12 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分

13 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。