PBS高端访谈:新闻回顾:美国中学再现枪击案

 　　JUDY WOODRUFF: A student walked into a high school in suburban¹ Denver today armed with a shotgun and shot two other students before apparently² killing³ himself.

　　Authorities in Arapahoe County have not identified the gunman yet, but did say he was looking for a specific teacher. Students were seen walking away from the school with their hands in the air as the building was evacuated⁴. Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson explained the procedure.

　　GRAYSON ROBINSON, Arapahoe County, Colo., Sheriff: Think were they were safer inside their locked schoolroom classes then they would have been had we allowed them to exit. And that was part of our strategyand part of our protocol⁵. We are now slowly, but methodically allowing students to leave the school in groups.

　　JUDY WOODRUFF: Today's incident falls just one day before the one-year anniversary of the Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school shooting. And it happened just eight miles from Columbine High School, where twoteenagers killed 12 classmates in 1999.

　　Federal authorities arrested a man in Kansas today on suspicion he was plotting a suicide attack on an airport in Wichita on behalf of al-Qaida. Officials charged Terry Loewen, a 58-year old aviation technician, with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and providing support to a foreign terrorist organization.

　　U.S. attorney Barry Grissom outlined some of what Loewen allegedly planned to do.

　　BARRY GRISSOM, U.S. Attorney: He researched flight schedules to determine when there would be a maximum number of individuals at the airport. He -- he assisted in acquiring components⁶ which he believed were part of the building of the bomb. He talked about his commitment to this crime and his commitment to martyrhimself as part of this horrific event.

　　JUDY WOODRUFF: Officials said they were continuing their investigation⁷, but no further arrests were expected.

　　The family of a missing American man with secret ties to the CIA urged the U.S. government to take care ofits own today. Robert Levinson vanished in Iran nearly seven years ago. An investigation by the AssociatedPress found that he was working for the CIA on an unapproved intelligence-gathering mission.

　　For years, the U.S. has publicly described him as a private citizen on private business. We will dig deeper into the AP's findings with the editor of the story after the news summary.

　　In Syria today, soldiers surrounded an industrial area near Damascus to fend⁸ off attacks from an al-Qaida-linked rebel group. The action took place in Adra, northeast of the capital. Rebels reportedly killed workers and their families who live there and largely support President Assad.

　　Ukraine's embattled president held talks today with opposition⁹ leaders in an effort to resolve a three-week-long political crisis. It stemmed from Viktor Yanukovych's decision to scrap¹⁰ a trade deal with the European Union. During today's meeting, Yanukovych said he will sign it, and he also offered amnesty to protesters facing criminal charges. But the opposition said those promises still fall short.

　　French troops battled rebel fighters in the Central African Republic's capital today. Some 1,600 French peacekeepers are working to disarm¹¹ the rebels and restore calm to Bangui. Violence between Christians¹² and Muslims has left more than 500 people dead just in the past week. About 160,000 others were forced to leave their homes.

　　RACHEL DIMAGUE, police officer (through interpreter): There's a lot of shooting here. We don't knowhow tolive anymore. The children have left to take refuge. We are a country at war.

　　JUDY WOODRUFF: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon pleaded for an end to the bloodshed during a radio message to the country. He warned, the world was watching and would hold them accountable.

　　Today was the third and final day for mourners to pay respects to Nelson Mandela as he lay in state in South Africa. Officials estimated 100,000 people lined up to file past his casket in Pretoria, but up to a third of them had to be turned away. Police struggled to maintain order, and some in the angry crowd broke through the barriers. Mandela's state funeral is set for Sunday in Qunu.

　　The U.S. Senate spent its second straight night in all-night session, extending its continuous working streak¹³ since Wednesday. Shortly after 7:00 this morning, senators overwhelmingly confirmed Deborah Lee James to be the next secretary of the Air Force. She's the second woman to head up the military branch. Republicans have drawn¹⁴ out debates on presidential nominees¹⁵ in retaliation¹⁶ for new Senate rules that limit the useof filibusters¹⁷.

　　The date is set for President Obama to deliver his 2014 State of the Union address to Congress: January 28. Speaker of the House John Boehner sent the invitation today, and the White House quickly accepted.

　　Stocks rose slightly on Wall Street today, as investors¹⁸ remained cautious ahead of next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting. The Dow Jones industrial average gained nearly 16 points to close at 15,755. The Nasdaq rose more than two points to close just below 4,001. For the week, both the Dow and the Nasdaq fell roughly 1.5 percent.

1 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

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 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。

4 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

5 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

6 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

7 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

8 fend   

v.照料（自己），（自己）谋生，挡开，避开

参考例句：

• I've had to fend for myself since I was 14.我从十四岁时起就不得不照料自己。
• He raised his arm up to fend branches from his eyes.他举手将树枝从他眼前挡开。

9 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

10 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

11 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

12 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

13 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

14 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

15 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

16 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 filibusters   

n.掠夺兵( filibuster的名词复数 )；暴兵；（用冗长的发言）阻挠议事的议员；会议妨碍行为v.阻碍或延宕国会或其他立法机构通过提案( filibuster的第三人称单数 )；掠夺

参考例句：

• This Republican leadership has waged 78 filibusters and we still have six months to go. 而这届参议院上台才一年半，共和党领导层已经应用了78次。 来自互联网
• Yes, there were filibusters in the past-most notably by segregationists trying to block civil rights legislation. 没错，过去也有使用阻挠立法手段的——尤其是种族隔离分子阻止民权法案使用过。 来自互联网

18 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会