宾州伊利市枪击9死：一名男子杀8人后自杀，含孕妇与幼童

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10月9日傍晚，美国宾夕法尼亚州伊利市一栋住宅内发生惨烈枪击：一名45岁男子在屋内枪杀8人后开枪自杀，遇难者包括一名孕妇、两名幼童及其他亲属。警方称作案动机尚未查明，调查仍在进行。警察局长称这是他职业生涯中见过最惨烈的现场，也再次把美国的枪支暴力问题推到聚光灯下。

A 45-year-old man shot and killed eight people — including a pregnant woman, two young children and other relatives — at his home in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday evening, before taking his own life, authorities said.

警方称，周五傍晚，宾夕法尼亚州伊利市一名45岁男子在自家住宅内枪杀8人——包括一名孕妇、两名幼童及其他亲属——随后开枪自杀。

Two distressed women arrived and pounded on the door shortly before 5 p.m.; the gunman came out and shot them as they ran toward him, then returned inside. Police found the two women dead outside and later discovered the other victims within the home.

傍晚近5点前，两名神色慌张的女子赶到并用力捶门；枪手出门，在她们朝他跑去时开枪将其射杀，随后返回屋内。警方在屋外发现两名女子身亡，之后又在屋内找到其余遇难者。

Inside the house, officers found a 5-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl on the first floor, two women and two young men in a stairwell, and the gunman on the second floor. "It was the worst scene I have ever experienced," said Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah.

屋内，警员在一楼发现一名5岁男童和一名1岁女童，在楼梯间发现两名女子和两名年轻男子，二楼则是枪手本人。"那是我职业生涯中见过最惨烈的现场，"伊利市警察局长里克·洛拉说。

Governor Josh Shapiro offered his administration's "full support" to the city, and District Attorney Elizabeth Hirz urged the public to refrain from speculation. The motive remains unknown, and the investigation is ongoing.

宾夕法尼亚州长乔什·夏皮罗向该市表达了"全力支持"，地方检察官伊丽莎白·希尔茨呼吁公众不要妄加猜测。作案动机目前仍不清楚，调查仍在继续。

（本文参考外媒来源：Reuters 路透社 · Associated Press / AP 美联社 · Agence France-Presse / Le Monde 法新社 · U.S. Geological Survey 美国地质调查局 · ABC News / GMA 美国广播公司）

重点表达

01 take one's own life phrase

To kill oneself deliberately; a euphemistic way to say "commit suicide." （某人）自杀；（故意）结束自己的生命。

例句：The 45-year-old man killed eight people before taking his own life.

翻译：这名45岁男子在杀害8人后自杀身亡。

✍ 用法要点：take one's own life 是 commit suicide 的委婉说法，新闻中常用来避免直接、刺眼的 "suicide" 字眼，语气更克制；注意 one's 要随主语变成 his / her / their own life。

02 pound on the door phrase / v. To hit a door hard and repeatedly with the fist, often to attract attention or in a moment of urgency. 用力反复捶门；砰砰敲门（常为了引起注意或情急之下）。

例句：Two distressed women arrived and pounded on the door shortly before 5 p.m.

翻译：两名慌张的女子在临近傍晚5点时赶到并用力敲门。

✍ 用法要点：pound 作动词本义是"连续重击、猛敲"；pound on the door = 砰砰捶门。同一词的名词 a pound 也有"重击声"之意。新闻里这类动词很能传达现场的紧迫感。

03 speculation n. The act of forming opinions or guesses about something without firm evidence. 猜测；臆测；无确证的推断。

例句：District Attorney Elizabeth Hirz urged the public to refrain from speculation.

翻译：地方检察官伊丽莎白·希尔茨呼吁公众不要妄加猜测。

✍ 用法要点：speculation 是 speculate（v. 推测、猜测）的名词。新闻中 officials urge the public to avoid / refrain from speculation 是固定搭配，意为"在调查清楚前不要胡乱猜测"。refrain from + 名词/动名词 = 克制不做某事。