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Citizens need to see the destruction military-style weapons wreak¹, surgeon says

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NPR's Lelia Fadel talks to trauma³ surgeon Amy Goldberg, who says Americans are so desensitized to gun violence that the only way to cut through partisanship⁴ is to look at graphic⁵ photos of victims.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

In the weeks since the mass shooting at a Texas school, there have been at least 17 other U.S. shootings where at least four people were killed or injured. That's from the Gun Violence Archive, which tracks these incidents. And surgeons are the ones who witness the carnage most never see - trauma surgeons like Amy Goldberg. She's treated thousands of gunshot wounds at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, and she says she believes America wouldn't be numb⁶ to gun violence if people saw what she sees.

We're speaking one week after the killings⁷ of all these children in Uvalde, Texas, and two of their teachers. And after Sandy Hook, you reflected and said we'd lost our teachable moment as a country. What did we not learn? What did we not see then that could be different today?

AMY GOLDBERG: When I made that comment, I was - as the country was - so devastated⁸ by what had occurred at Sandy Hook and by all of the mass shootings that occur in our country and in our inner cities. I felt we had lost our teachable moment of really seeing the destruction that these military-style weapons produce.

FADEL: So you want people to see. What do you want people to see today that they haven't been seeing? 'Cause we're having mass shootings constantly now in this country.

GOLDBERG: I think the citizens need to see the destruction of what these military-style weapons do, and that would be pictures. And I don't say that lightly. I don't say that with any disrespect, but I'm desperate. All the trauma surgeons need this to stop.

FADEL: I mean, I think in many ways people talk about how sanitized the actual coverage⁹ of these mass shootings are because we don't see the actual images of what bullets do to bodies. But what would it change if people did see it?

GOLDBERG: We would know that people know exactly what these weapons do, that they've seen what they've done and that they've chosen to do nothing. And that I just cannot believe - that Americans in this country would see what these weapons do to our children, our teachers, our community, and that they would stand by and do nothing.

FADEL: Let's say those images are released today. Would it actually make a difference? Are there moments in history where you think it did?

GOLDBERG: Emmett Till's mom had an open casket, and I'm sure that had some impact on the civil rights movement. The napalm girl - you know, those images, brought into our homes during the Vietnam War, I think significantly made change.

FADEL: What do you say to people who say it's too insensitive to the families who lost their loved ones?

GOLDBERG: I would say, I'm sorry, and I think it's actually the opposite. I would never do it disrespectfully, but I'm too sensitive now and too desperate now, and I don't think I stand alone.

FADEL: There have been modern-day moments when we've seen horrific images - I think of a family killed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and a little girl covered in their blood. I remember that picture from the Iraq war. Alan Kurdi, the Syrian child that was washed up on the shore - that really mobilized a lot of people to talk about that conflict in a different way. What is different about mass shootings here than violence we see abroad or in marginalized communities?

GOLDBERG: I don't think people want to see these pictures because I don't think people want to believe it could be them or their loved ones. And I think it's very easy to say these things happen to other people because it's such a devastating¹⁰ thought.

FADEL: We have seen images of violence against, frankly¹¹, Black bodies in the history of the U.S. And like you said, Emmett Till sparked the civil rights movement in many ways. But is it enough just showing the pictures?

GOLDBERG: I do believe that showing pictures of all people, you know, that have been shot - not just those Black bodies, you know, in my North Philadelphia community, but I think I had spoken about showing the pictures from Sandy Hook so that we would try to get everybody to care just a little bit more because it doesn't seem like people cared about the shootings that were going on in my community. And I was desperate to wonder - what would it get to get people to care, and what would it get to change our legislation for these military-style weapons?

FADEL: Dr. Goldberg, thank you so much for your time.

GOLDBERG: Well, thank you for having me on today.

1 wreak   

v.发泄；报复

参考例句：

• She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.她复仇心切。
• Timid people always wreak their peevishness on the gentle.怯懦的人总是把满腹牢骚向温和的人发泄。

2 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。

3 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

4 Partisanship   

n. 党派性, 党派偏见

参考例句：

• Her violent partisanship was fighting Soames's battle. 她的激烈偏袒等于替索米斯卖气力。
• There was a link of understanding between them, more important than affection or partisanship. ' 比起人间的感情，比起相同的政见，这一点都来得格外重要。 来自英汉文学

5 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

6 numb   

adj.麻木的，失去感觉的；v.使麻木

参考例句：

• His fingers were numb with cold.他的手冻得发麻。
• Numb with cold,we urged the weary horses forward.我们冻得发僵，催着疲惫的马继续往前走。

7 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。

8 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

9 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

10 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

11 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。