万花筒 2012-12-17&12-21 揭秘美国康州小学枪击案凶手

 Senseless, unthinkable, inconceivable, there are no shortage of words to describe the tragedy that struck.

At the elementary school right here in Newtown, Connecticut today.

But we've heard one word repeated over and over again--Why. ABC's chief investigator¹ reporter Brian Ross has spent the day uncovering the details about the 20-year-old shooter. Brian.

He was armed to the teeth with legally purchased guns and went from obscurity to infamy². Until today, Adam Lanza was known mostly to his neighborhood as someone who did noy play well with others. 

Adam Lanza was a child of an affluent³ Connecticut town and a child of divorce. A family Friend, Babara Frey, told ABC's Jim Avila that the son was troubled and the mother was demanding of him. 

揌e was not connected with other kids. My son played with him when they were young. And in her home, I know she was very particular. I just think she maybe had too high of standard, or something, or focused overly too much for whatever reason.?

揝o was there a conflict? Was there some kind of tension between two of them??

揟he parent and the child??

揘ot that I know of, but I think the fact that the parents were divorced must have contributed to it.?

Tonight, Adam's brother Ryan and his father Peter, a GE tax lawyer were questioned by the FBI and police in New Jersey⁴, looking for clues as to what led the youngest member of the family to kill. Someone believed to be Ryan Lanza left the station tonight without comment.

揑 think the most important thing to point out was this kind of individual is that he did not snap just this morning and decided⁵ to act out violently. These crimes involve planning and thoughtfulness and strategizing in order to put the plan together. So what may appear to be snap behaviour is not that at all.?

After first killing⁶ his mother at the family home, authorities say the young man headed to the Sandy Hook Elementary School, wearing a bullet-proof vest. Authorities say he was armed with a semi-automatic assault rifle and 2 high power pistols like these. Police say both his mother and his father legally owned a number of guns of the same kind. A relative said Adam was obviously not well.

揥e'll go backwards⁷ as far as we have to go in this investigation⁸, and hopefully we'll stumble on answers.?

But what even the crime profilers were having a hard time trying to figure out tonight is why the attack on the children--most of them killed on the spot according to authorities. The only theory is based on reports that his mother, divorced 3 years ago and unemployed⁹, may have worked as a teacher's aid at the school.

揟he children didn't harm him, but they抮e associated with his mother and his mother I believe maybe the real focus of all of this that the anger and rage and resentment¹⁰ has built up in him over a number of years. And he decided I抳e been powerless all this time and now I抦 going to empower myself.?

But so far it is only a theory, following a day of confusion and misinformation about the tragedy. Starting when state and federal authorities first to identify the shooter as Adam's older brother Ryan, now a New York accountant. That led to Ryan posting messages on his Facebook page. "It wasn't me, I was at work, It wasn't me." But when Ryan arrived at his home at Holbrook in New Jersy, police took him into custody¹¹ for questioning. Authorities want to know if Ryan or anybody else in the family had any idea Adam was threatening to become violent.

Typically I抳e heard people say "Yes, he said that. But I didn't take him seriously. Yes, he said that. I though he was joking. I couldn't believe that anyone would do that. I just ignored him." It's not known that Adam Lanza made any such threats. In the end, he apparently¹² killed himself at the school after killing so many others. What crime profilers say is the expected outcome in cases like this one.

Everyone of them either, they know when they go that they are gonna die at the scene either by the hands of the police or they kill themselves.

Police know in horrifying¹³ detail what happened inside that school but they don't yet have any idea what happened inside the damaged-mind and broken soul of Adam Lanza.

1 investigator   

n.研究者，调查者，审查者

参考例句：

• He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
• The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。

2 infamy   

n.声名狼藉，出丑，恶行

参考例句：

• They may grant you power,honour,and riches but afflict you with servitude,infamy,and poverty.他们可以给你权力、荣誉和财富，但却用奴役、耻辱和贫穷来折磨你。
• Traitors are held in infamy.叛徒为人所不齿。

3 affluent   

adj.富裕的，富有的，丰富的，富饶的

参考例句：

• He hails from an affluent background.他出身于一个富有的家庭。
• His parents were very affluent.他的父母很富裕。

4 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

8 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

9 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

10 resentment   

n.怨愤，忿恨

参考例句：

• All her feelings of resentment just came pouring out.她一股脑儿倾吐出所有的怨恨。
• She cherished a deep resentment under the rose towards her employer.她暗中对她的雇主怀恨在心。

11 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

12 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

13 horrifying   

a.令人震惊的，使人毛骨悚然的

参考例句：

• He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was. 他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。
• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate. 战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。