美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-12-27

 One thing that we've been doing here is really trying to keep focus on the lives that have been lost, we are not focusing on the killer¹ because he's gone and frankly², we don't want him to be remembered. Certainly not by name, we tried to be careful, respectful what the families here are going through, tried to not to ever intrude³ their suffering. But after Sunday night's program, we got a call from the McDonnell family. Seven-year-old Grace McDonnell's family. I spoke⁴ with Grace's parents Chris and Lynn at length, they told me about who Grace was. The light of their family, the little girl who loved school and her brother Jack⁵, and talented young artists, who lived life to the fullest, made the most of everyday of her far too short life. As amazed of the strength that Grace's parents showed, they say it is Grace who is guiding them through these difficult days. Here is our conversation, tonight, we honor Grace, we will remember her.

 

"What do you want people to know about Grace?"

 

"Well, Grace had such a great spirit, she was a kind and a gentle soul. And she was just the light and the love of our family, she was just truly a special special little girl that we loved, she loved her brother so much and she loved her school Sandy Hook. In fact, this week I was telling somebody she had a stomachache one day, and I said to her, why don't you just stay with mom, and she said, no way, I have too much fun there, I don't want to miss anything. She would skip to get on the bus, it wasn't even enough. You know, every morning, it was the backpack was packed the night before, and ready to get on the bus in the morning and head off to school. We would blow kisses every morning to each other. I remember that morning, putting her on the bus, she had a habit of blowing kisses, but then she gave me a big little liver lip like, woo... But that she, I knew she was so happy to go off and get there, so, I'd like to say is that she was at a place that she loved, so we take comfort in that, that we know she was in a place that she really loved."

 

"And with friends?"

 

"And with friends. People that loved her. And that's I think the whole community and the school and the teachers they're, they're all raising your child. And, it's a special place."

 

"It is, and I take comfort that she was with alll her friends, and I just envision all of them holding hands, and they're, they are all together up there, and they are up there with their wonderful principal, I mean, they have so many people up there helping⁶ them, and I said to somebody like, just Sandy Hook, we have so many angels, so many bright stars, shining over all of us in this town right now, and each one of those children was, you look at their pictures, they were so beautiful. And they all had a story, and a talent."

 

"What did you say to Jack? I mean, how did you, because a lot of parents right now are trying to figure out what to say to their children all around the world about this."

 

"Telling him was by far the toughest thing to do, and I think what we did was truthful⁷ honest, words that he could understand, and hoping that he'll be able to process this and how we'd help to guide him to process this over the long journey ahead."

1 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

2 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。

3 intrude   

vi.闯入；侵入；打扰，侵扰

参考例句：

• I do not want to intrude if you are busy.如果你忙我就不打扰你了。
• I don't want to intrude on your meeting.我不想打扰你们的会议。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

7 truthful   

adj.真实的，说实话的，诚实的

参考例句：

• You can count on him for a truthful report of the accident.你放心，他会对事故作出如实的报告的。
• I don't think you are being entirely truthful.我认为你并没全讲真话。