Americans rally demanding new gun control measures

Monday, June 13, 2022 - 01:00

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Thousands of people rallied on the National Mall and across the United States on Saturday in a renewed push for gun control measures after recent deadly mass shootings from Uvalde, Texas, to Buffalo, New York, that activists say should compel Congress to act.

数千人周六聚集在国家广场和美国各地，再次推动枪支管制措施。此前，从德克萨斯州的乌瓦尔德到纽约州的布法罗，最近发生了多起致命的大规模枪击事件，活动人士说，这些事件应该迫使国会采取行动。

Compel /kəm'pel/强迫；迫使；使必须

“Enough is enough,” District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser told the second March for Our Lives rally in her city. “I speak as a mayor, a mom, and I speak for millions of Americans and America’s mayors who are demanding that Congress do its job. And its job is to protect us, to protect our children from gun violence.”

哥伦比亚特区市长穆丽尔·鲍泽(Muriel Bowser)在该市举行的第二届“为我们的生命游行”(March for Our life)集会上说：“受够了！我作为一名市长、一名母亲发言，我代表数百万美国人和要求国会履行职责的美国市长们发言。它的职责是保护我们，保护我们的孩子免受枪支暴力。”

Speaker after speaker in Washington called on senators, who are seen as a major impediment to legislation, to act or face being voted out of office, especially given the shock to the nation’s conscience after 19 children and two teachers were killed May 24 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

华盛顿的一个又一个发言人呼吁被视为立法主要障碍的参议员采取行动，否则将面临被投票罢免的命运，尤其是考虑到5月24日乌瓦尔德的罗布小学19名儿童和两名教师被杀对美国良知造成的冲击。

impediment /ɪmˈpedɪmənt/ n. 1.~ (to sth) 妨碍；阻碍；障碍•The level of inflation is a serious impediment to economic recovery. 通货膨胀是影响经济复苏的严重障碍。2.口吃；结巴•a speech impediment 言语障碍

“If our government can’t do anything to stop children from being killed and slaughtered in their own school, and decapitated, it’s time to change who is in government,” said David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 shooting that killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

“如果我们的政府不能做任何事情来阻止孩子们在自己的学校里被杀害和屠杀，并被斩首，那么是时候改变政府里的人了。”大卫·霍格说，他是2018年佛罗里达州帕克兰马乔里·斯通曼·道格拉斯高中枪击案的幸存者，这起枪击案导致17名学生和工作人员死亡。

slaughter /ˈslɔːtə(r)/n.（对动物的）屠宰；（对人的）屠杀；<非正式>彻底击败，一边倒的比赛。v. 宰杀（动物）；屠杀，杀戮；<非正式>（在体育比赛中）使惨败；<非正式>严厉批评

decapitate /dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/ v. 杀头；斩首

A co-founder of the March For Our Lives organization that was created after that shooting and held its first rally in Washington not long afterward, Hogg led the crowd in chants of “Vote them out.”

霍格是枪击事件后成立的“为我们的生命游行”组织的联合创始人，不久后在华盛顿举行了第一次集会，他带领人群高喊“把他们都投出去”的口号。

chant /tʃɑːnt/v. 反复唱，反复呼喊；唱圣歌，诵经文n. 反复喊的话，反复唱的调子；圣歌，颂歌

Added Yolanda King, granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr.: “This time is different because this isn’t about politics. It’s about morality. Not right and left, but right and wrong, and that doesn’t just mean thoughts and prayers. That means courage and action.” President Joe Biden, who was in California when the Washington rally began, said his message to demonstrators was “keep marching” and added that he is “mildly optimistic” about legislative negotiations to address gun violence. Biden recently delivered an impassioned address to the nation in which he called for several steps, including raising the age limit for buying assault-style weapons.

马丁·路德·金的孙女约兰达·金补充说:“这一次不一样，因为这与政治无关。这是关于道德。不分左右派，而是对与错，这不仅仅意味着思考和祈祷。这意味着勇气和行动。”华盛顿集会开始时，美国总统拜登正在加州。他说，他向示威者传递的信息是“继续游行”，并补充说，他对解决枪支暴力问题的立法谈判“持温和乐观态度”。拜登最近向全国发表了一场充满激情的演讲，他在演讲中呼吁采取几项措施，包括提高购买攻击性武器的年龄限制。

In New York City, Mayor Eric Adams, who campaigned on reining in violence in the nation’s largest city, joined state Attorney General Letitia James, who is suing the National Rifle Association, in leading activists across the Brooklyn Bridge.

在纽约市，市长亚当斯与州总检察长詹姆斯一起，带领活动人士穿过布鲁克林大桥。亚当斯曾在全国最大的城市发起控制暴力活动的运动。詹姆斯正在起诉美国步枪协会。

rein in：控制；放慢；止住

State Attorney 州检察官

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