美国又发生一起枪击案

AS IT IS 2015-10-02 Another Mass Shooting in the U.S. 美国又发生一起枪击案

A young male gunman killed 10 people Thursday at a community college in rural¹ Oregon.

The gunman, in his 20s, opened fire in classrooms around midmorning, according to the New York Times and the social media site, Twitter. The shooting lasted about a minute, some reports said.

The local hospital treated as many as a dozen victims of gunshot wounds. Cory Grogan, of the Oregon Office of Emergency Management, said that at least 20 people had been wounded, the New York Times reported.

The gunman was said to be "neutralized," although it could not be confirmed if he was alive or dead.

The shooting occurred at the Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. News reports said the gunman was online Wednesday evening, talking radically².

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radically – adv. an extreme way, fashion or speech

1 rural   

adj.乡下的，田园的，乡村风味的

参考例句：

• He lived a rural life.他过着田园生活。
• We left the city for a rural home.我们离开城市，去农村安家。

2 radically   

ad.根本地，本质地

参考例句：

• I think we may have to rethink our policies fairly radically. 我认为我们可能要对我们的政策进行根本的反思。
• The health service must be radically reformed. 公共医疗卫生服务必须进行彻底改革。