美国国家公共电台 NPR Dayton Victim Was An Intern Who Had Accepted A Full-Time Job Days Before Being Killed

 

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In Dayton, it will be a weekend of funerals and memorials. Nine people died in a mass shooting there last Sunday, and the survivors¹ are trying to cope. Some of them work at the Maple² Tree Cancer Alliance. Three of the nonprofit's employees were shot in the rampage. NPR's Bobby Allyn has the story.

BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE³: Karen Wonders was out of town last Sunday when she got an alert on her phone of a mass shooting in Dayton. She runs the Maple Tree Cancer Alliance, which is based here.

KAREN WONDERS: Soon after that, I got a phone call from one of our trainers. And I knew when she was calling that something bad had happened.

ALLYN: Four of her employees were in the Oregon entertainment district. It was close to where a gunman unleashed⁴ more than 40 rounds of bullets and just 32 seconds. The violence interrupted a celebration. Nick Cumer, an intern⁵ at the Alliance, had just accepted a full-time⁶ job, and his colleagues wanted to show him a good time.

WONDERS: It wasn't till the end of the conversation that she had said I just can't believe Nick has is dead. And I - like, it - it wasn't any - I just didn't even have the ability to process that.

ALLYN: Then Wonders heard from an employee who had been out with Cumer that night and told her the other two had been shot.

WONDERS: They were both shot first. And Nick's instinct was to pull them together and to shield them from any further gunfire. And from what I heard, he was fatally shot while doing that and probably saved their lives.

ALLYN: Wonder says 25-year-old Cumer wanted to dedicate his life to helping⁷ those battling cancer. The Alliance provides exercise training to patients undergoing treatment. And even though it could be tough work, Cumer always had a sunny disposition⁸.

WONDERS: We're opening a new office here in a couple of weeks, and when we are looking at who do we want to hire to fill this role of running this new office, Nick was top of our list.

ALLYN: Cumer's family declined to be interviewed but issued a statement saying the loss has left them heartbroken. So are the folks at Maple Tree Cancer Alliance, where employees say his spirit will not be forgotten.

WONDERS: He was very outgoing, very funny. He had a smile that would light up the room. When he came into the room, people took notice.

ALLYN: Wonders shut down the nonprofit for the week and held counselling sessions. Two employees were hospitalized. Both are now in stable condition.

WONDERS: We already provide counsellors for our patients who are in emotional crisis situations, and so it was good because I knew exactly who to turn to.

ALLYN: Cumer is 1 of 9 victims of the Dayton massacre⁹ who have left survivors behind. A fund has been established for the families of the victims. And Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley says the city is operating a hotline and providing counselling services.

NAN WHALEY: You know, we'll be grieving a lot this weekend for those lost of life. And some people's lives are forever changed.

ALLYN: Earlier today, Whaley stopped to chat with mourners visiting the makeshift memorial at the bar where the shooting happened. She said some residents are grappling with survivor's guilt¹⁰.

WHALEY: This district is very close-knit. And so the people that work here also hang out here. And they know each other very well. And so maybe you weren't here this weekend or you left a bit earlier than you normally do, you know, there's a lot of guilt that goes with that because you've survived and someone else didn't.

ALLYN: She says the city is trying to move forward. Cumer's funeral service is planned for Saturday. Next week, the Maple Tree Cancer Alliance opens its doors again.

Bobby Allyn, NPR News, Dayton.

1 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 maple   

n.槭树，枫树，槭木

参考例句：

• Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.枫糖是由枫树的树液制成的。
• The maple leaves are tinge with autumn red.枫叶染上了秋天的红色。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 unleashed   

v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
• The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 intern   

v.拘禁，软禁；n.实习生

参考例句：

• I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
• The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。

6 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

7 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。

8 disposition   

n.性情，性格；意向，倾向；排列，部署

参考例句：

• He has made a good disposition of his property.他已对财产作了妥善处理。
• He has a cheerful disposition.他性情开朗。

9 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！

10 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。