新聞字彙2012/12/18 向犧牲的老師們致哀

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新聞字彙2012/12/18
 

美國校園槍擊案 老師們犧牲的精神 令人感傷敬佩

向犧牲的老師們致哀並致上崇高的敬意

We express our condolences to the families of the victims, teachers and We have highest respect for those teachers.

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CNN -- Facing down a gunman, placing yourself in the path of flying bullets, forfeiting your life to protect innocents. It's a job description fitting for a soldier or police officer, but for a school teacher -- an elementary school teacher at that?

What the teachers and principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School did for the children in their care could win a soldier in a war zone a Purple Heart.

 

＊forfeiting your life to protect innocents.

犧牲生命保護無辜者

 

＊ a Purple Heart紫星勳章

The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. (Wikipedia)

26 dead in US school shooting (Bangkok Post) 12/15/2012

A man killed his mother at home and then opened fire Friday inside an elementary school, massacring 26 people, including 20 young children, as youngsters cowered in their classrooms and trembled helplessly to the sound of gunfire reverberating through the building.

The 20-year-old killer, carrying two handguns, committed suicide at the school, bringing the toll to 28, authorities said.

Examples:

cower捲縮---

The dog cowered under down the table when his master shouted angrily.

當主人生氣地喊著，那狗抖縮在桌子下邊。

The frightened children cowered in the corner.

受驚的孩子們捲縮在角落裡.

reverberate回蕩著---

I heard a voice reverberating in the air of the church, Billy I’ll make you rich, buy a lottery ticket.

我聽到一個聲音在教堂空中回蕩著，比利買張彩券吧!我將讓你富有! ”

toll死亡人数---

The death toll from the violence has reached 26.

由暴力事件引起的死亡人数已經達到28人.