澳洲邦迪海滩枪击案已致16人死亡

近日，澳大利亚悉尼标志性景点邦迪海滩发生大规模枪击事件，造成16人死亡。

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1. Which option best captures the structural purpose of the paragraphs discussing Australia's gun laws?

A. To contrast Australian gun culture with that of other Western countries

B. To explain why mass shootings in Australia are unexpected in context

C. To justify the police response to the Bondi Beach incident

D. To argue that current gun regulations are insufficient

无注释原文：

What We Know About the Shooting at Bondi Beach

From: The New York Times

At least 15 people were killed on Sunday and dozens more were injured after two gunmen opened fire at a crowd celebrating the first day of the Hanukkah holiday on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. The gunmen were father and son, the police said, and the older man died during the attack.

On Monday morning in Australia, officials said 40 people were hospitalized from injuries. Two police officers were also hurt in the attack, officials said. The police said the second shooter had also been wounded.

The police and the country's leaders called the shootings a targeted attack on Jewish Australians. Law enforcement officials called the shooting a terrorist attack.

Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said the police had found and disabled two improvised explosives devices in a nearby vehicle that is linked to the suspect who was killed. The suspects' names have not been released yet.

One witness video shows dozens of people running out of the water and away from the beach as gunshots rang out. Another, verified by The New York Times, shows a bystander — who local authorities called a hero — tackling and disarming one of the gunmen.

Jewish people have increasingly been targeted since the Hamas-led attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. In Britain, a man attacked a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews. And American Jews have faced a year of violence.

Mass shootings are rare in Australia because of the country's strict gun laws. The nation has one of the lowest gun-related death rates in the developed world.

The country overhauled its gun laws after a massacre in 1996, when 35 people were killed by a single gunman in the Tasmanian town of Port Arthur. Following the shooting, public anger prompted the government to ban assault rifles and many other semiautomatic rifles and shotguns.

It also imposed new registration requirements and imposed gun buybacks that removed up to a third of privately held guns from circulation and melted down up to a million guns.

Investigators did not release the names of the suspects, but described them as a 50-year-old man and his 24-year-old son. The older man died after being shot by police and the younger man sustained “critical injuries,” the police said on Monday morning.

Although officials described the shooting as a terrorist attack, Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon of the New South Wales Police Force declined to comment on the suspects' ideology, saying that investigators needed time to dig. The police were not searching for any other assailants, he said.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为纽约时报官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

What We Know About the Shooting at Bondi Beach

From: The New York Times

At least 15 people were killed on Sunday and dozens more were injured after two gunmen opened fire at a crowd celebrating the first day of the Hanukkah holiday on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. The gunmen were father and son, the police said, and the older man died during the attack.

周日，在澳大利亚悉尼的邦迪海滩，两名枪手向一群正在庆祝犹太教节日光明节首日的人群开枪，造成至少15人死亡、数十人受伤。警方表示，两名枪手为父子关系，其中年长者在袭击过程中死亡。

Hanukkah /ˈhɑː.nə.kə/ 表示“（犹太教的）献殿节，光明节（在12月，为期8天）”，英文解释为“a Jewish religious holiday lasting for eight days in December”

On Monday morning in Australia, officials said 40 people were hospitalized from injuries. Two police officers were also hurt in the attack, officials said. The police said the second shooter had also been wounded.

澳大利亚官员周一早间表示，共有40人因伤住院。官员还称，两名警察在袭击中受伤。警方表示，另一名枪手也受了伤。

英式 hospitalise 美式 hospitalize /ˈhɑː.spɪ.t̬əl.aɪz/ 表示“送…住院治疗”，英文解释为“If someone is hospitalized, they are sent or admitted to a hospital.”举个🌰：Most people do not have to be hospitalized for asthma or pneumonia. 多数人不必因哮喘或肺炎住院。

🎬电影《考试过关的艺术》（The Art of Getting By）中的台词提到：Now that he knows I can hospitalize him. 他知道我能把他弄进医院。

注意区分对比：

📍hospitality（名词）表示“热情好客，殷勤，友好”，英文解释为“the act of being friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors”举个🌰：The local people showed me great hospitality. 当地人对我非常地热情友好。

wound /wuːnd/ 可以作名词，也可以作动词，表示“（身体上的）伤，伤口”，英文解释为“to damage an area of the body, especially by making a cut or hole in the skin”举个🌰：Flying glass wounded her in the face and neck. 飞溅的玻璃划伤了她的脸和颈部。

The police and the country's leaders called the shootings a targeted attack on Jewish Australians. Law enforcement officials called the shooting a terrorist attack.

警方和该国领导人将这起枪击事件称为针对犹太裔澳大利亚人的袭击。执法部门将此次枪击定性为恐怖袭击。

Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said the police had found and disabled two improvised explosives devices in a nearby vehicle that is linked to the suspect who was killed. The suspects' names have not been released yet.

警察总长马尔·兰扬表示，警方在一辆与被击毙嫌疑人有关的车辆中发现并拆除了两个简易爆炸装置。警方目前尚未公布嫌疑人的姓名。

commissioner /kəˈmɪʃ.ən.ər/ 表示“（政府部门或某一组织的）委员，专员，特派员，长官”，英文解释为“an important official who has responsibility in a government department or another organization”如：the commissioner in charge of the police force 负责伦敦警察队伍的长官。

improvise /ˈɪm.prə.vaɪz/ 1）表示“临时做；即兴做”，英文解释为“to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it”举个🌰：I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise. 我没有准备演讲，所以突然之间我只得即兴讲几句。

2）表示“（演员）即兴表演;（音乐家）即兴创作”，英文解释为“When actors or musicians improvise, they perform without prepared speech or music, making up the play, music, etc. as they perform it.”

explosive /ɪkˈspləʊ.sɪv/ 表示“炸药，爆炸物；引爆装置”，英文解释为“a substance or piece of equipment that can cause explosions”

One witness video shows dozens of people running out of the water and away from the beach as gunshots rang out. Another, verified by The New York Times, shows a bystander — who local authorities called a hero — tackling and disarming one of the gunmen.

一段目击者视频显示，随着枪声响起，数十人从海里跑出并逃离海滩。另一段经《纽约时报》核实的视频显示，一名路人制服了枪手并抢下他的武器，当地官员称赞他为英雄。

ring /rɪŋ/ out 表示“响亮地发出；清晰地响起”，英文解释为“When a sound rings out, it is loud and clear.”举个🌰：A cry of warning rang out. 有人大叫一声警告大家小心。

verify /ˈver.ɪ.faɪ/ 表示“核实；查对；核准；证明；证实”，英文解释为“to check that sth is true or accurate；to show or say that sth is true or accurate”举个🌰：We have no way of verifying his story. 我们无法核实他所说的情况。Her version of events was verified by neighbours. 她对这些事件的说法已得到邻居的证实。

表示“旁观者；看热闹的人”，英文解释为“a person who is standing near and watching something that is happening but is not taking part in it”

Jewish people have increasingly been targeted since the Hamas-led attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. In Britain, a man attacked a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews. And American Jews have faced a year of violence.

自2023年10月7日以色列发生哈马斯主导的袭击事件以来，犹太人遭受的针对性袭击不断增加。在英国，一名男子在犹太人一年中最神圣的日子赎罪日袭击了曼彻斯特的一座犹太教堂。而在美国，犹太人也经历了一整年的暴力事件。

synagogue /ˈsɪn.ə.ɡɒɡ/ 表示“犹太教堂，犹太会堂”，英文解释为“a building in which Jewish people worship and study their religion”

Mass shootings are rare in Australia because of the country's strict gun laws. The nation has one of the lowest gun-related death rates in the developed world.

由于澳大利亚严格的控枪法律，大规模枪击事件在该国十分罕见。澳大利亚是发达国家中枪支相关死亡率最低的国家之一。

The country overhauled its gun laws after a massacre in 1996, when 35 people were killed by a single gunman in the Tasmanian town of Port Arthur. Following the shooting, public anger prompted the government to ban assault rifles and many other semiautomatic rifles and shotguns.

1996年，塔斯马尼亚州亚瑟港发生的一起枪击案中，一名枪手杀害了35人。此后，该国对枪支法律进行了全面改革。枪击案发生后，公众的愤怒促使政府禁止了突击步枪以及许多其他半自动步枪和霰弹枪。

overhaul /ˈəʊ.və.hɔːl/ 可以作动词也可以作名词，表示“彻底检修，大修；改造；改进”，英文解释为“to repair or improve something so that every part of it works as it should”举个🌰：I got the engine overhauled. 我彻底检修了发动机。

massacre /'mæsəkɚ/ 1）作动词也可以作名词，表示“屠杀；杀戮”，英文解释为“the killing of a large number of people especially in a cruel way”

2）作名词，还可以表示“（在比赛或竞争中的）惨败”，英文解释为：a very bad defeat in a game or competition，举个🌰：United lost in a 5-0 massacre. 联队以0比5惨败。

对比：

📍表示“大屠杀”的名词 carnage“（尤指战争中的）大屠杀，残杀”，英文解释为“when a lot of people are killed and injured, especially in a war”，如：a scene of terrible carnage 可怕的大屠杀场面。

assault rifle /əˈsɒlt ˌraɪ.fəl/ 表示“突击步枪（轻武器，既可连发又可单发）”，英文解释为“a type of light rifle (= a gun with a long barrel that is fired from the shoulder) that can work as an automatic (= firing many bullets quickly without needing to press the trigger repeatedly) or semiautomatic (= firing one round of bullets when the trigger is pressed)”举个🌰：A man armed with an assault rifle seized hostages. 一名手持突击步枪的男子劫持了人质。

It also imposed new registration requirements and imposed gun buybacks that removed up to a third of privately held guns from circulation and melted down up to a million guns.

澳大利亚还实施了新的枪支登记要求，并进行了枪支回购，收缴了私人持枪的三分之一，并熔化了多达一百万支枪。

impose /ɪmˈpəʊz/ 1）表示“推行；强制实行”，英文解释为“to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received”举个🌰：Very high taxes have recently been imposed on cigarettes. 最近对香烟开征很高的税。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇分析Biden贸易政策的文章中提到：The other matter is what Mr Biden will do with the tariffs imposed by Mr Trump. 另一件事是Biden将如何处理Trump实施的关税。

2）表示“把（尤指信仰或生活方式）强加于”，英文解释为“to force someone to accept something, especially a belief or way of living”举个🌰：I don't want them to impose their religious beliefs on my children. 我不希望他们把自己的宗教信仰强加给我的孩子们。

3）表示“勉强；打扰，麻烦”，英文解释为“to expect someone to do something for you or spend time with you when they do not want to or when it is not convenient for them”举个🌰：She's always imposing on people - asking favours and getting everyone to do things for her. 她总是强人所难——要人帮忙做这做那。

Investigators did not release the names of the suspects, but described them as a 50-year-old man and his 24-year-old son. The older man died after being shot by police and the younger man sustained “critical injuries,” the police said on Monday morning.

调查人员未公布嫌疑人姓名，但描述他们为一名50岁男子及其24岁的儿子。警方周一上午表示，年长男子被警方开枪击中后死亡，年轻男子“重伤”。

sustain /səˈsteɪn/ 1）表示“保持，维持，使持续，使继续”，英文解释为“to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time”举个🌰：The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year. 看来经济的增长会持续到明年。

2）表示“经历，遭受（尤指破坏或损失）”，英文解释为“to suffer or experience, especially damage or loss”举个🌰：She sustained multiple injuries in the accident. 她在这次事故中多处受伤。

Although officials described the shooting as a terrorist attack, Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon of the New South Wales Police Force declined to comment on the suspects' ideology, saying that investigators needed time to dig. The police were not searching for any other assailants, he said.

尽管官员将此次枪击事件定性为恐怖袭击，但新南威尔士州警察局局长马尔·兰扬拒绝就嫌疑人的意识形态置评，称调查人员需要时间深入调查。他表示，警方目前无需搜寻其他袭击者。

ideology /ˌaɪ.diˈɒl.ə.dʒi/ 表示“思想（体系）；思想意识；意识形态”，英文解释为“a set of beliefs or principles, especially one on which a political system, party, or organization is based”

assailant /əˈseɪlənt/ 表示“攻击者”，英文解释为“a person who attacks another person”举个🌰：Can you describe your assailant? 你能描述一下攻击你的人吗？

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