万花筒2008-02-11:US college shooting

A 23-year-old woman has shot dead two fellow students at a vocational college in Louisiana, and then turned the gun on herself.

Another US campus shut down after shots have fired in a classroom. And as police moved into the Louisiana Technical College, they found a familiar outcome.  

They determined¹ once they got in, the, the shooter apparently² had taken her own life. They went directly into the classroom where this occurred, classrom 283 and found inside three young women, all shot, all suffering what appeared to be fatal gunshot wounds. They were beyond help at that point. 

It's thought the gunwoman shot her victims while they were still in their seats in front of the rest of the class. What police can't explain yet though is why. But a friend of one student remembers apparently seeing the gunwoman involved in a fight with some students the day before.

 A bit odd occasion happened inside the school between the girl that did the shooting and some more girls. Supposedly, yesterday someone crowd -- the girls crowded her. So as she came to school this morning and they got into it, it was a big scene. They were about to fight, and supposedly she pulled out the gun and shot three other girls and shot herself.  

This latest American campus gun tragedy comes with the tears barely dried for some from the Virginia Tech University Massacre³ last April when a gunman killed 32 people before killing⁴ himself. It's in a country where 80 people reportedly die/ from bullet-wounds every week. Now another classroom will be left debating whether it's time for America to tighten⁵ its gun controls.

1 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

2 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。

3 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！

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 tighten   

v.(使)变紧；(使)绷紧

参考例句：

• Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
• Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策，以避免通货膨胀。