麻省理工学院发生枪击案

 　　麻省理工学院发生枪击案

       BOSTON, the United States, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Thursday night reported on its website that gunshots were reported late in the night on campus.

　　At least one police officer was shot, and a building is currently surrounded by responding agencies.

　　The prestigious¹ U.S. university is located in Boston, where two bombs at the city's marathon killed three people and injured some 180 on Monday.

1 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。