VOA标准英语2012--First Funerals Held for US School Rampage Victims
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
First Funerals Held for US School Rampage Victims
Mourners streamed into a funeral home in Fairfield, Connecticut where services were held for six-year-old Noah Pozner. Local police lieutenant 1 James Perez described the mood inside as beyond somber 2 and beyond dread 3. He said the boy’s casket was closed.
“Seeing that very tiny casket, it was even for someone like me who is used to seeing tragic 4 events - it was indescribable. I feel for the family and it really brings it home," he said.
Noah’s uncle eulogized the boy as a kid who was excited about reading, animals and video games, and who would have become a great man and a loving father.
Noah’s funeral was held within a police cordon 5, complete with bomb-sniffing dogs. Lieutenant Perez said authorities picked up chatter 6 on social media about violence, although none of the threats was deemed credible 7.
Noah’s classmate Jack 8 Pinto was laid to rest in Newtown, dressed in a jersey 9 with the name and number of his favorite athlete, Victor Cruz of the New York Giants football team. Jack was athletic 10 and was to have been in a wrestling tournament this past week.
Victor Cruz wrote Jack’s name on his shoes and gloves for Sunday’s game and also spoke 11 with a member of the boy's family.
“I spoke to the older brother, he was distraught as well. I told him to stay strong, and I would do anything I can to honor them," he said.
Students who survived the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School will resume classes on Wednesday, but at a different location. It is not clear if the school will ever reopen because of the horror that took place there.
The horrific shootings have sparked yet another debate on gun control in the United States. Several Democratic Party lawmakers have called for a new push to restrict sales of guns and ban military-style assault weapons.
California Senator Dianne Feinstein, the author of an assault-weapons ban that lapsed 12 in 2004, said she will introduce new legislation this week.
Friday's attack was the second worst school shooting in U.S. history. The worst occurred in 2007, when a gunman killed 32 people at Virginia Polytechnic 13 Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Before that, the deadliest U.S. school shooting was the 1999 rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, where two teenagers killed 13 students and staff before killing 14 themselves.
- He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
- He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。
- He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
- His coat was a somber brown.他的衣服是暗棕色的。
- We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
- Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
- The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
- Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
- Police officers threw a cordon around his car to protect him.警察在他汽车周围设置了防卫圈以保护他。
- There is a tight security cordon around the area.这一地区周围设有严密的安全警戒圈。
- Her continuous chatter vexes me.她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。
- I've had enough of their continual chatter.我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。
- The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
- Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？
- 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。
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
- This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
- He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
- 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。
- He had lapsed into unconsciousness. 他陷入了昏迷状态。
- He soon lapsed into his previous bad habits. 他很快陷入以前的恶习中去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She was trained as a teacher at Manchester Polytechnic.她在曼彻斯特工艺专科学校就读，准备毕业后做老师。
- When he was 17,Einstein entered the Polytechnic Zurich,Switzerland,where he studied mathematics and physics.17岁时，爱因斯坦进入了瑞士苏黎士的专科学院，学习数学和物理学。