VOA标准英语2014--Man to Face Hate Crimes Charges in Kansas Shooting 美警方称堪萨斯州枪击案与仇恨犯罪有关

 

Man to Face Hate Crimes Charges in Kansas Shooting 美警方称堪萨斯州枪击案与仇恨犯罪有关

Prosecutors¹ are sifting² through the evidence in the wake of Sunday’s shootings in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri that left three people dead.  A suspect in the shootings taken into custody³ is a white supremacist. He was well-known to law enforcement agencies and human rights groups alike.

The attacks at a Jewish community center and nearby retirement⁴ home in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, have stunned⁵ members of all faith communities throughout the United States.  

Speaking at a prayer breakfast at the White House, President Barack Obama expressed outrage⁶ at the incident.

"Nobody should have to worry about their security when gathering⁷ with their fellow believers,” he said.

Obama said the timing⁸ of the attack, just before Jews prepare to celebrate Passover, made the tragedy “all the more painful.”

“It’s shocking, it’s horrific, and you just can’t believe that in the year 2014 we are still dealing⁹ with things like this,” said Lonny Nasatir, regional director of the Jewish advocacy group the Anti Defamation¹⁰ League, or ADL.

The suspect in the shootings, 73-year-old Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as Glenn Frazier Miller¹¹, is no stranger to the ADL, which has monitored Miller’s activities as a white supremacist for more than 30 years.

“This is a guy who has held hate, and anti-Semitism, and racism¹² in the essence of who he is for well over 40 years, and it’s played itself out in the publications, speeches, or actions, this was a guy who was filled with hate and rage,” Nasatir said.

That background is leading law enforcement agencies to pursue the attack as a federal hate crime, says Overland Park Police Chief John Douglas.

“Because it's a hate crime, we are working with the federal government in a duplicitous roll to seek every venue¹³ in prosecution¹⁴ of both state and federal level,” he said.

The ADL’s Lonny Nasatir says even though Miller had been on the radar¹⁵ of many different groups for a long period of time, nothing he did immediately before the shootings gave any indication of what he was planning on Sunday.

“That’s the arbitrary or randomness¹⁶ of a lot of these people, is that they may wake up one day and say 'this is what I am doing,' and don’t give much thought to it, and get in the car with shotguns and the rest and begin the process of delivering on this really dangerous, dangerous plan,” he said.

 

Authorities continue to study what led to Miller’s dangerous plan, and they could file additional charges as the investigation¹⁷ continues.

1 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

2 sifting   

n.筛，过滤v.筛( sift的现在分词 )；筛滤；细查；详审

参考例句：

• He lay on the beach, sifting the sand through his fingers. 他躺在沙滩上用手筛砂子玩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was sifting the cinders when she came in. 她进来时，我正在筛煤渣。 来自辞典例句

3 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

4 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

5 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

6 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

7 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

8 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

9 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

10 defamation   

n.诽谤；中伤

参考例句：

• Character defamation can be either oral or written.人格诽谤既可以是口头的也可以是书面的。
• The company sued for defamation.这个公司因受到诽谤而提起诉讼。

11 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

12 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

13 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

14 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

15 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

16 randomness   

n.随意，无安排；随机性

参考例句：

• The randomness is attributed to the porous medium. 随机性起因于多孔介质。 来自辞典例句
• Einstein declared that randomness rather than lawfulness is the characteristic of natural events. 爱因斯坦宣称自然现象的特征为不可测性而不是规律化。 来自辞典例句

17 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。