Verginia Tech Massacre
We had heard another tragedy. This event has sparked to numerous debates.One student said "I had an interesting debate in my English class today and the question was raised what if we armed everyone? What if all the students were armed? Would this still have happened? Doubtful. ""If everyone was armed, he likely wouldn't have tried anything, because someone would have put an end to it right quick.""Of course there could be a million things wrong with arming students but its still something to think about."Then, came up a different opinion with a man.He said, "I don't think everybody "should" be armed. I don't see what would be so wrong with a professor or other staff being armed. The same thing with airline cockpits. I don't have a problem with that either. We have police officers who are armed. What makes them so special?"また、悲劇が起こってしまいました。わが家の子供のハイスクールも、近頃は、クラスの中へは、バックパックを持って入れないなど厳しくなっています。すべて、学校の入り口にあるオフィスに預けて入らなければなりません。アメリカと言ってもいろんな地域がありますけれど、ハイスクール全体がフェンスで囲まれている学校などや、フェンスはないけれど、学校の入り口には、怖そうな黒人のセキュリティーガードがいて部外者はいちいちチェックされる学校もあります。特に学校に通う子供を持つ日本人家族は、出来るだけ安全な地域に住みますが歩いて登校できるような安全な地域もあります。銃を持っているのは、「アメリカ人の40%」という数字が出ていますが、私の友達に聞いても、持っていない人はいますし、「40%なんていないよ」という人もいます。やはり地域によるのでしょうね。犠牲者のご冥福をお祈りします。------------------------------------------------------------------------------------◆今日のニュースGunman raged at women, rich kids, reports sayApril 17, 2007ASSOCIATED PRESS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------massacre 大虐殺sullen さレン(不きげんに)黙り込んだ,(生れつき)むっつりした,気むずかしい,機嫌の悪そうなloner 人と交わらない人twisted 〈心が〉ねじ曲がった,ゆがんだ,異常なdrenched ずぶぬれたrambling note とりとめもなく書かれたメモchillig ぞっとするemerge イまーぁジ(…から)〈事実が〉明らかになる,現れるerratic イぅらティック〈言行が〉とっぴな,風変わりな,変な;常軌を逸した 〈人・心が〉ふらついているbloody 残虐なaftermath(災害・大事件などの)余波,結果,後遺症,痛手《 of, to... 》deadliest deadly〈敵などが〉相手を斃(たお)さずにはおかない,和解できない;執念深いrampage 狂暴な行動------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre was a sullen loner who alarmed professors and classmates with his twisted, blood-drenched creative writing and left a rambling note in his dorm room raging against women and rich kids, according to news reports today.That was the chilling picture that emerged today of Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old senior majoring in English, a day after authorities say he shot to death 32 people on the campus before killing himself.News reports said that he may have been taking medication for depression and that he was becoming increasingly violent and erratic.Despite the many warning signs that came to light in the bloody aftermath, police and university officials offered no clues as to exactly what set Cho off on the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history.