VOA常速英语2023 银行袭击案嫌疑人确认当场死亡

银行袭击案嫌疑人确认当场死亡

This is VOA News, I'm Joe Ramsey.

这里是美国之音新闻，我是乔·拉姆齐。

City officials in Louisville, the largest city in the southeastern US state of Kentucky, say a man shot dead four people and wounded nine others in an attack on Monday at a downtown bank.

路易斯维尔是美国东南部肯塔基州最大的城市，市政府官员表示，一名男子周一袭击了市中心的银行并开枪打死4人，打伤9人。

The shooter was a current or former employee of the bank.

枪手是该银行的现任或前雇员。

Paul Humphrey, a Louisville Metro¹ Police Department deputy chief, told reporters "Officers exchanged gunshots with that suspect and ultimately that suspect did die at the scene.

路易斯维尔市警察局副局长保罗·汉弗莱告诉记者，“警察与该嫌疑人进行了枪战，最终确认该嫌疑人当场死亡。”

We are trying to confirm if that suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound or was killed by officers."

我们正在确认嫌犯是自杀身亡或是被警察击毙。”

Nine people wounded in the attack were treated at the University of Louisville hospital, a spokesperson said, including two police officers.

一名发言人说，9名在袭击中受伤的人在路易斯维尔大学医院接受了治疗，其中包括两名警察。

One of two Black Democrats³ who were expelled last week from the Republican-led Statehouse in the US southern state of Tennessee has been reinstated.

上周在美国南部田纳西州，两名黑人民主党人被共和党领导的州议会驱逐，其中一人已经复职。

The city of Nashville's governing council voted Monday to send Justin Jones straight back to the legislature.

纳什维尔市管理委员会周一投票决定将贾斯汀·琼斯直接送回立法机构。

The council vote returns Jones to the Capitol after just four days.

仅仅四天之后，议会就投票让琼斯重返了国会大厦。

Republicans banished⁴ the two over their role in a gun control protest on the House floor in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting.

在一起致命的校园枪击案发生后，这两人因在众议院举行的控枪抗议活动中发挥了作用而被共和党人驱逐。

As the US Justice Department appeals a ruling about the common use of abortion⁵ pills, some states like northeastern state of Massachusetts are taking other steps.

随着美国司法部对普遍使用堕胎药的裁决提出上诉，一些州，如东北部的马萨诸塞州正在采取其他措施。

AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports.

美联社记者杰基·奎恩报道。

"We are not going to tolerate this."

“我们不会容忍这种情况。”

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, a Democrat², signed an executive order "that confirms that medication abortion including mifepristone remains⁶ protected under Massachusetts state law."

马萨诸塞州州长、民主党人毛拉·希利签署了一项行政命令，“确认包括米非司酮在内的堕胎药物仍受马萨诸塞州法律保护”。

In anticipation⁷ that conservatives would try to block those pills, she ordered thousands of doses to be stockpiled.

她预计保守派会试图禁止这些药物，于是下令储备数千剂量。

"Political intervention⁸ into basic medical care hurts women at what can be a difficult and heartbreaking time," asked if her executive order will hold up if the federal courts ban the use of mifepristone.

当被问及如果联邦法院禁止米非司酮的使用，她的行政命令是否会坚持下去时，她说:“在这个艰难和令人心碎的时刻，对基本医疗的政治干预会伤害妇女。”

I'm Jackie Quinn.

 

我是杰基·奎因。

1 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

2 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

3 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 banished   

v.放逐，驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. 他被放逐到一个无人居住的荒岛一年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 anticipation   

n.预期，预料，期望

参考例句：

• We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着，期待她的到来。
• The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即将发生。

8 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。