美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-03-04

 Hey, I'm Anderson Cooper, welcome to podcast. A Newtown father talks about the last moment with his son and what needs to be done prevent another tragedy. Also the ridiculous, let's get started.

We begin, though, tonight with a father's tearful plea, Do something so that no dad, no parent ever has to feel inside the way he is feeling tonight. Do something so that no parent ever has to walk pass a son or daughter's empty room. Do something. Neil Heslin's son Jesse was taken from him at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, on the 14th of December, Jesse and 19 other children killed.

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony¹ on stopping the next Newtown. It heard from Neil Heslin himself, it's not just about the enormity of the tragedy but the heartbreaking simplicity² of the moments leading up to it. Ordinary moments between a father and son, the kind, you take for granted, because you asume there'll be many many more.

"Morning of December 14th, Jesse stopped at a deli, Mr.Vildeli, you got his favourite sandwich, sausage, egg and cheese on a hard roll. And he ordered to me one. He always want, would always do that, I'd get a coffee, Jesse would get what he called a coffee, but it was a hot chocolate. We proceeded to the school, it was 9:04 when I dropped Jesse off. The school clocked. Jesse gave a hug and kiss at that time and said goodbye and I love you, he stopped and said I love mom, too. That was the last I saw our Jesse as he ducked around the corner. Prior to that when he was getting out of the truck he hugged and held me, that I can still feel that hug and pat on the back, he said everything'll be ok, dad. It'll all be ok, and it wasn't ok."

It certainly was not ok, lawmakers now seemed at odds³ about how to prevent the next gun massacre⁴, they're fighting over an assault weapons ban, as you know, limiting magazines, capacity, even expanding background checks something the National Rifle Association once favored and now opposes. There was a fierce argument over that state between Milwaukee police chief Edward Flynn and South Carolina Republican senator Lindsey Graham.

"Almost 80,000 people fail a background check, and 44 people are prosecuted⁵, what kind of deterrent⁶ is that, I mean, the law obviously isn't seeing that as important if it's such an important issue, why aren't we prosecuting⁷ people who fail a background check and there are 15 questions there, they are not hard to understand if you're filling out of the form, so I'm a bit frustrated⁸, that we say one thing, how important it is, but in the real world, we absolutely do nothing to enforce the laws on the books. Now, let's talk."

"I mean, Just for the record, from my point of view, senator, the purpose of background check,"

"How many cases have you made? How many cases..."

"You know what ya, it doesn't matter, it's a paper thing,(well) I want to stop the 76,(Can I ask a question?,enough is enough~~~) I want to finish the answer.(Well, no, I'm asking,,) I want to stop 76,000 people from buying guns illegally, that's what background check does.(How many AR-15s you legally own?) You think we're going to do paperwork prosecutions,(applause) you're, you're wrong."

1 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

2 simplicity   

n.简单，简易；朴素；直率，单纯

参考例句：

• She dressed with elegant simplicity.她穿着朴素高雅。
• The beauty of this plan is its simplicity.简明扼要是这个计划的一大特点。

3 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

4 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！

5 prosecuted   

a.被起诉的

参考例句：

• The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity. 编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。
• The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。

6 deterrent   

n.阻碍物，制止物；adj.威慑的，遏制的

参考例句：

• Large fines act as a deterrent to motorists.高额罚款是对开车的人的制约。
• I put a net over my strawberries as a deterrent to the birds.我在草莓上罩了网，免得鸟歇上去。

7 prosecuting   

检举、告发某人( prosecute的现在分词 )； 对某人提起公诉； 继续从事（某事物）； 担任控方律师

参考例句：

• The witness was cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel. 证人接受控方律师的盘问。
• Every point made by the prosecuting attorney was telling. 检查官提出的每一点都是有力的。

8 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》