US marks 10 years since Columbine 美国纪念克伦拜校园时间10周年
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Events are being held to mark 10 years since the massacre1 at Columbine High School, where two former pupils killed 12 students and a teacher.

人们举行活动纪念克伦拜校园时间发生10周年,当年一个学生在这里杀害了12位学生和1位老师。

 

Memorial events were held to mark the 10-year anniversary of the shooting

A private service for victims' families was held in the town of Littleton, Colorado, and flags flew at half-mast across the state.

On Sunday, hundreds attended an open-air candle-lit vigil(值夜) in a nearby park.

On 20 April 1999, teenagers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold rampaged(狂暴地乱冲) through the school before shooting themselves dead.

More than 20 other people were injured during the incident, the worst high school massacre in US history.

Columbine High School was closed on Monday, as it has been on every 20 April since the massacre out of respect for the victims.

Another vigil was scheduled for Monday night in Clement2 Park, next to the school.

 

Gun-law debate

On Monday a rally3(集会,示威运动) was held outside Colorado's state Capitol, including a wreath(花环,花钱)-laying ceremony to commemorate4(纪念) the dead.

The organiser of Sunday's memorial event, Kirsten Kreiling, president of the Columbine Memorial Foundation, said: "It is a time for the community to come back together again as they did following the shootings 10 years ago."

The daughter of the only teacher who died, Dave Sanders, said the anniversary marks the time to finally move on.

"We've spent 10 years, every year, remembering the day of his death. And I think from here on out we're really going to try to celebrate his life," said Connie Sanders.

The school's long-serving head teacher, Frank DeAngelis, who has vowed5 to remain in the job until every student who was in kindergarten on the day of the attack has graduated, was among those attending Monday's service.

The Columbine massacre reignited(重新激起) a debate about gun-ownership laws in the US that still continues.



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1 massacre i71zk     
n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀
参考例句:
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀,大屠杀就有可能再次发生!
2 clement AVhyV     
adj.仁慈的;温和的
参考例句:
  • A clement judge reduced his sentence.一位仁慈的法官为他减了刑。
  • The planet's history contains many less stable and clement eras than the holocene.地球的历史包含着许多不如全新世稳定与温和的地质时期。
3 rally ZTnxh     
n.集会,公路汽车赛;v.集合,恢复,振作
参考例句:
  • The grand mass rally was held on the square.广场上举行了盛大的群众集会。
  • The team captain vainly tried to rally his troops.队长试图振作部队的士气,但没有成功。
4 commemorate xbEyN     
vt.纪念,庆祝
参考例句:
  • This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
  • We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。
5 vowed 6996270667378281d2f9ee561353c089     
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
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