Statement

美国总统奥巴马含泪哽咽就康涅狄格州校园枪击案发表讲话

A Tearful President Obama Makes a Statement on the School Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut
编注：这是美国史上最严重的校园枪击案之一！据美国媒体报道，这个丧心病狂的枪手是Adam Lanza，现年20岁。他先在家中枪杀了自己的母亲，然后去母亲任教的小学杀害了20名5-10岁的小学生以及6学校教职工，最后开枪自尽！Foxnews say gunman, identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, shot his mother in head at their Connecticut home, then went to her elementary school and killed 20 children and six adults before taking his own life.
THE PRESIDENT: This afternoon, I spoke with Governor Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation, and made it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate this heinous crime, care for the victims, counsel their families.
奥巴马：今天下午，我已同康涅狄格州州长丹·马洛伊和联邦调查局局长罗伯特·米勒通话，将调集联邦所有必要资源，调查这一案件、拯救受害者、慰问受害者家人。
We've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would -- as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there's not a parent in America who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.
在过去几年，我们承受了太多这样的悲剧。每次听到这样的消息，我的反应不只是作为总统会有的，也是每个作为家长都会有的反应，在今天尤其如此。我知道整个美国没有家长能不如我这般感到巨大的悲痛。
The majority of those who died today were children -- beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them -- birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers -- men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams.
今天死去的大多是儿童，都是5到10岁漂亮的小孩，他们原本有前面有着长远的人生：生日、毕业、结婚、生儿育女。
So our hearts are broken today -- for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children's innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain.
因此，今天我们的心都破碎了，为这些死去的孩子的父母、祖父母、兄弟姊妹以及成年死者的家属悲伤。我们的心也为幸存孩子的家长而破碎，因为今晚他们为孩子能安全在家而祝福的同时，也知道他们孩子的纯真过早地被撕碎了，然而没有任何言语能够缓解他们的痛苦。
As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it's an
elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago -- these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children.And we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.This evening, Michelle and I will do what I know every parent in America will
do, which is hug our children a little tighter and we'll tell them that we love
them, and we'll remind each other how deeply we love one another. But there are families in Connecticut who cannot do that tonight. And they need all of us right now. In the hard days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as Americans. And I will do everything in my power as President to help.
今晚，米歇尔和我将像每个美国家长那样，将自己的孩子抱得更紧一些。我们会告诉她们 我们爱她们，我们会互相提醒，我们彼此有多爱对方。但是在康涅狄格州的受害者家庭今晚再也无法这么做了，他们现在需要我们。
Because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need -- to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories but also in ours.
May God bless the memory of the victims and, in the words of Scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.