英语新闻听写 美国人2015年打破枪支销售背景调查记录

New FBI data shows that, despite American's growing fear of gun violence, more and more Americans are buying guns.

据美国联邦调查局的数据显示，尽管美国人对枪支暴力越来越担心，但越来越多的美国人购买枪支。

For the first time ever, in 2015 more than 3 million Americans applied¹ to buy guns in a single month.

有史以来首次，2015年300多万美国人在一个月申请购买枪支。

The record, set this past December, wrapped up a year in which 23.1 million background checks were initiated—also a new record.

这一记录发生在去年十二月，全年总共有发起2310万个背景调查，同样是一项新的记录。

Florida was top of the list of states seeing a spike² in sales, with firearm purchases climbing 14% in 2015.

佛罗里达州位于首位达到销售高峰，枪支购买在2015年上升了百分之14。

This was an even bigger jump in sales than the record set following Sandy Hook.

销量猛增，比桑迪胡克事件后更大。

Marion Hammer, of Unified³ Sportsmen of Florida, says “When the White House starts talking about gun control, and banning guns, people start to get serious about their own protection."

佛罗里达州一运动员玛丽说：“当白宫开始谈论枪支控制并开始禁枪时，人们开始学会保护自己”。

1 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

2 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

3 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。