BBC短篇新闻

Hello, I'm David Austin with the BBC News.

Police in the United States are searching for a whitegunman, who shot dead nine people duri ng a prayermeeting at an African-American church in the southerncity of Charleston. From W ashington, here is TomBakemen.

“Officers are now searching for the gunman,who they say was white and in his twenties, and they aretreating the attack as a hate crime. The Mayor ofCharleston Joseph Riley said it was an unspeakabletragedy.

“It is the large death totally act that one cannotpossibly imagine. And we will bring that perso n tojustice.” The shooting took place at one of the oldestAfrican-American churches in the so uthern United States,which traces its roots back two centuries. The police havesaid they woul d put all of their energies into finding theman who carried out the attack.”

【key point】

hate vt. 憎恨；厌恶；遗憾vi. 仇恨n. (Hate)人名；(法)阿特

prayer n. 祈祷，祷告；恳求；祈祷文

unspeakable [ʌn'spikəb(ə)l] adj.说不出的;难以启齿的; 邪恶透顶的; 形容不出的; tragedy [ˈtrædʒədi] n. 悲剧,惨剧

justice ['dʒʌstɪs] n. 正义; 公正; 法官; 审判

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