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2020考研英语时事阅读:日本再现无差别持刀砍人
【原文节选】
A Japanese man carrying two knives waded into a crowd of schoolgirls at a bus stop outside Tokyo on Tuesday and began stabbing them one by one, killing an 11-year-old and an adult and wounding at least 17 others. The middle-aged man then apparently committed suicide by stabbing himself in the neck.
The children, between the ages of 6 and 12, are students at a private Catholic school and were lining up to board their school bus when the man attacked about 7:45 a.m. in Kawasaki city, Japanese media reported. NHK reported that the adult who was killed was a Japanese Foreign Ministry official, Satoshi Oyama, 39, whose daughter attends the school. The broadcaster said 16 children and an adult were wounded.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described the attack as “extremely harrowing” and promised to increase efforts to secure the safety of children commuting to and from school. Violent crime is rare in Japan, and gun ownership laws are strict, but there are occasional high-profile attacks, often involving knives or vehicles.
文本选自：The Washington Post(华盛顿邮报)
作者：Simon Denyer and Akiko Kashiwagi
原文标题：Man kills 2, wounds 17 in knife attack on Japanese schoolgirls outside Tokyo
【重点单词】
stab
英 [stæb] 美 [stæb]
v. (用刀等锐器)刺，戳，捅;(用手指或尖物)戳，刺
n. 刺;戳;捅;刺(或戳、捅)的伤口;突然一阵剧痛(或难受的感觉);尝试;企图
harrowing
英 [ˈhærəʊɪŋ] 美 [ˈhæroʊɪŋ]
adj. 令人肠断的;使人十分难过的;恐怖的
v. 耙地;折磨，使苦恼(harrow的现在分词)
commute
英 [kəˈmjuːt] 美 [kəˈmjuːt]
v. (乘公共汽车、火车、汽车等)上下班往返，经常往返(于两地);减刑;代偿
n. 上下班路程
occasional
英 [əˈkeɪʒənl] 美 [əˈkeɪʒənl]
adj. 偶尔的;偶然的;临时的
【参考翻译】
周二，一名携带两把刀的日本男子在东京郊外一个公交车站冲进一群女学生中间，开始一个接一个地刺伤她们，造成一名11岁的儿童和一名成人死亡，至少17人受伤。这名中年男子貌似刺伤脖子自刎。
据日本媒体报道，这些孩子年龄在6岁至12岁之间，是一所私立天主教学校的学生，早上7点45分左右，这名男子在川崎市袭击了他们，当时他们正在排队上校车。NHK报道称，遇害的成年人是日本外务省官员大山哲(Satoshi Oyama)，39岁，他的女儿在这所学校上学。广播说，16名儿童和一名成人受伤。
日本首相安倍晋三(Shinzo Abe)称这起袭击“极其令人痛心”，并承诺将加大努力确保往返学校的儿童的安全。暴力犯罪在日本很少见，枪支所有权法律也很严格，但偶尔也会发生一些引人注目的袭击，通常涉及刀具或交通工具。
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