VOA慢速英语:Tragedy at One School, Renewal at Another

 Funerals began this week for the school shooting victims in Newtown, Connecticut. Last Friday a 20-year-old local man killed 20 children, six educators and himself at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Officials say Adam Lanza used guns owned by his mother after shooting her to death at their home.
康涅狄格州纽镇周五为校园枪击案遇难者举行葬礼，上周五，在桑迪胡克小学，一名20岁的当地男子开枪杀死20名儿童和6名教师，然后自杀。官方称枪手亚当•兰扎用的手枪是他母亲的，他在离家之前已将母亲杀死。

 The shooting was the second deadliest ever at an American school. In 2007 a student at Virginia Tech killed 32 people and then himself.
这是美国学校发生的第二最严重的枪击案，2007年，弗吉尼亚理工大学一名学生杀死32人后自杀。

What happened in Newtown has once again reopened debate about gun control and issues like mental health services. President Obama spoke Sunday at a memorial service in the town. He said he will use whatever power he has as president "in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this."
纽镇惨案再次引发人们对强制控制和诸如精神健康服务等问题的谈论，总统奥巴马周日在该镇追悼会上讲话，他说将利用总统的一切力量来“阻止更多此类惨案发生。”

On Wednesday, he named Vice President Joe Biden to lead an administration team in developing proposals to reduce gun violence.
周三，他任命副总统乔•拜登负责一个政府小组商讨减少枪支暴力的办法。

Students at Sandy Hook Elementary are expected to return to school in a neighboring town in January after winter break. Sandy Hook will remain closed until further notice.
桑迪胡克小学的学生将在寒假后的一个月返校，这所学校将关闭，直到另行通知为止。

In the gunfire last week, a community lost a school for the most tragic of reasons. Days earlier, another community not very far away regained a school in a story of hope, renewal and the strength of the human spirit.
在上周的枪击事件中，一个社区因为最悲惨的原因失去了一所学校。几天前，不远处另一个社区的学校在经历了希望、新生和人性力量后重新开放。

Flooding from Hurricane Sandy nearly destroyed Saint Camillus School in the Rockaway area of Queens, in New York City. The Catholic school stands just a short distance from the Atlantic Ocean. The more than 200 students and teachers went to another school while Saint Camillus was closed for six weeks.
在纽约皇后区洛克威地区，圣卡米勒斯学校几乎被飓风桑迪全部摧毁。这所天主教学校距离大西洋不远，在圣卡米勒斯学校关门6周期间，这里的200多名学生和教师来到另一所学校。

Many people remain displaced in the area. But the reopening of the school on December 10 was a victory for the community.
该地区很多人仍流离失所，但12月10日学校重新开放就是社区的一大胜利。

"So good morning boys and girls.
“早上好，孩子们！”

"Good morning, Sister Agnes!"
“艾格尼丝修女，早上好。”

Sister Agnes White is principal of Saint Camillus.
艾格尼丝•怀特修女是圣卡米勒斯学校的校长。

 "We're all together. We're back home, and we are ready to start anew."
“我们重聚了，我们回来了，准备重新开始。”

Earlier, Sister Agnes gave cut-out paper stars to students to tape anywhere they wanted on the school walls.      
早些时候，艾格尼丝修女把剪纸星星发给学生们，让他们贴在学校墙上任何地方。

"Between now and Christmas, this building should be filled with stars, a symbol of light. We all lost light. We know what it's like to be without light. But now we have light in this building and we need the light that you're going to put up with the stars, a symbol of the light of Jesus Christ."
“从现在到圣诞节期间，整个学校满是星星，这是光明的象征。我们曾经失去光明，明白失去光是多么可怕。但现在教学楼里再次有了光，我们需要你们在墙上贴上星星，这是耶稣基督之光的象征。”

Parts of the school remain damaged beyond repair. Some students lost their homes as a result of the storm.
学校的一些地方仍然受损，需要修补。有的学生因为飓风失去了家园。

School secretary Kerry Montero says the message from Hurricane Sandy is clearest in the many recent acts of kindness.
学校秘书克里•蒙特罗称飓风桑迪显然带来了很多善行。

"It's touching, you know, the outpouring of help that we've received from everyone.  I mean, we've had people from Connecticut, California, Brooklyn, all over the place, coming and helping us."
“要知道出现了很多感人的行为，我们各方收到源源不断的帮助。我是说，人们从康涅狄格州、加州、布鲁克林等地前来帮我们。”