VOA常速英语2020--拥有枪支

You never know when at any second something might happen that you might need it. That's the point.It's not that you think it's going to. It's that you recognize the possibility that it can. You recognize the possibility that there are evil people in the world who do evil things and you have to be able to protect yourself against that. I think I'm an average gun owner because, I mean, I'm an average guy. I mean, there's nothing really special about me. From an early age, dad would go out hunting, I went with him. You know, I was always in the woods with him shooting and you know, at the range shooting, and, you know, that's just, it was a way of life. We're going to the Minerva Sportsmans Club, a local range that I'm a member of.

你永远不知道什么时候会发生什么事，而你需要用到枪。这才是重点。这个世界并不是你想的那样。你必须意识到，有需要用到枪的可能性。你要意识到世界上可能有很多坏人在做坏事，而你要能保护自己不受伤害。我想我是个普通的持枪者，因为，我是一个普通人。我是说，我平平无奇。在我很小的时候，爸爸就会带我一起去打猎。我总是和他一起在树林里射击，有时候也在靶场射击，你知道这只是一种生活方式。我们要去密涅瓦运动员俱乐部，是一个本地的靶场，我是那儿的会员。

This is my AR-15 pistol, Hungarian AK-47, Marlin Model 60-22 rifle Heritage Rough Rider, the U.S. made rifle that's kind of a cross between an AK-47 and an AR-15, Spanish police pistol, SKS rifle, little Taurus TX-22, Ruger Mini-14. I own more than a dozen firearms and less than I want. Well, for several different reasons.Like any other tool, specific firearms are for specific purposes.I have rifles that are just simply, strictly¹ for accuracy to try to put holes in a piece of paper far away. I have firearms for hunting. The majority of my firearms though are for defensive² purposes. Over a period of years, that's what most people do. They get one here, then they get one there, then they get another one. Sometimes they tell their wife, sometimes they don't. Sometimes they just, Oh no, I've had that one for a while. Yeah, don't you remember I bought that back then? That's right. So, this is Jason Spoon.He's a friend of mine and a firearms instructor³. His family runs the local gun shop here in town. What'd you bring with us today? Ah, I brought a duty pistol and a Henry Golden Boy. Nice. Classic. Yeah, I think between all of us,we have some pretty good representations of what kind of stuff people own around here. Yeah. Alright, let's go get some targets. It's wonderful if you're a duck.It's a horrible downpour but, you know, I don't really mind shooting at it once in a while because you can't always pick when you might have to shoot.

这是我的AR-15手枪，匈牙利AK-47，马林60-22型步枪。驯马人左轮手枪，美国制造的步枪有点像AK-47和AR-15， 还有西班牙警用手枪，SKS狙击步枪，陶鲁斯TX-22手枪，以及Mini-14狙击步枪。我有十几把枪，但我还想要更多。原因有好几个。就像其他工具一样，特定的枪支针对特定的目的。我买步枪只是因为它们的高精准度，让我能在远处击穿靶纸。我有专门打猎用的武器。我的大部分武器都是用来防卫的。多年来，大多数人都是这么做的。他们在这家店买把枪，又去其他店铺买一把，然后又买了一把。有时他们会告诉他们的妻子，有时候不会。有时候他们会说，不是吧，这把枪我买了有一段时间了。是的，你不记我是那个时候买的吗？没错。这是杰森·斯波恩。他是我的朋友，是一名枪械教练。他的家人在镇上经营当地的枪支商店。你今天给我们带了什么？啊，我带了一把值日手枪和一把金童猎枪。真棒。很经典。是的，我想看看我们两人的枪，你就能知道这附近的人都有什么枪了。是的。好了，来打两枪吧。如果你是只鸭子那就好了。今天这场雨下的真大啊，但是，我并不介意偶尔在大雨中射击，因为在真正需要开枪的时候，你可没有那么多选择。

1 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

2 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

3 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。