向美国影院枪击案遇难者默哀

AURORA, Colo. — President Obama came to this city on Sunday to meet with survivors of the shooting rampage at a movie theater last week, visiting the victims and their families and leading the country in mourning the 12 people killed in the attack.

奥巴马总统周日来到奥罗拉，科罗拉多市，探望了在上周枪击案中幸免的民众，祭拜了枪袭受害者并同民众一起为这12名在枪袭中遇难的人们进行了哀悼。

Mourners placed flowers at a makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora on Sunday.

周日，来这里哀悼的人们将鲜花放在电影院门口附近的简易纪念碑上。

“Even in the darkest of days, life continues and people are strong,” Mr. Obama said. He described sharing hugs, tears and laughs as he heard stories about loved ones lost and acts of heroism.

奥巴马总统说，“即使是在最黑暗的岁月里，生活还是得继续，人们真的很坚强。奥巴马与幸存者们分享了遇难者的故事和英雄行为，并时而给予拥抱，时而感动地流泪，时而又露出笑容。

“I come to them not so much as president as I do as a father and as a husband,” he said.

奥巴马说“作为总统，我没有做到像一个丈夫和一个父亲那样时常关心他们。 ”

Across the city, residents gathered at makeshift memorials to grieve as a community while condolences poured in from near and far, from Hollywood to the Vatican. As the families of victims struggled with their loss, new details emerged about the shooting suspect, James E. Holmes, and what happened when a gunman fired into a crowded theater during a midnight premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises” on Friday.

很多居民从四处赶来并聚集在这里像一家人一样进行哀悼，，他们中有人从好莱坞来，有人从梵蒂冈来。遇难者家属们强忍悲痛，讲述了一些有关抢袭嫌疑犯的细节，以及在上周五午夜时爆满的电影院里电影《黑暗骑士崛起》首映时，一名持枪歹徒开枪扫射观众的情景。

The carnage could have been worse, but one of Mr. Holmes’s weapons, a high-powered semiautomatic rifle, jammed during the shooting, a law enforcement official, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue, said Sunday.

一位不愿透露姓名的执法人员上周日说道，如果不是因为扫射期间霍姆斯的一部高性能半自动步枪卡壳，这场灾难会更糟糕的。

Police Chief Dan Oates of Aurora said that while they were making progress in the case, the investigation would take time.

奥罗拉警察局长丹·奥茨说，案件正在进行中，调查取证还工作需要一定时间。

“We’re focusing on how he got the materials that he got that were used in the shooting, that were used in the apartment,” he said in an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “We’re focusing on anyone who knew him and statements he may have made. We’re building a case to show that this was a deliberative process by a very intelligent man who wanted to do this.”

他在CBS采访中说：“我们现在正在全力调查他是如何获得抢袭中和住宅中使用的材料。我们仔细盘问了每一个认识他的人并分析了他说过的话。我们正在形成一个脉络，这是一个非常聪明的人精心设计的行动。 ”

The police believe that Mr. Holmes began planning his rampage for months, when he began acquiring the materials that he would use in both the shooting and to rig his apartment.

警方认为霍姆斯几个月前就开始计划这场大屠杀，当时他就开始购买这些他会在射杀行动中和住宅装配中会使用的材料。

There were also clues as to how Mr. Holmes might have paid for the weapons and other materials he acquired. He was receiving a $26,000 stipend, in monthly installments of $2,166, for a National Institutes of Health neuroscience training grant for the graduate program he was enrolled in at the University of Colorado-Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, a spokeswoman said. Mr. Holmes withdrew from the program last month without explanation, the university said.

也有线索指明霍姆斯是如何付钱购买所使用的枪支和其他材料的。科罗拉多大学——丹佛安舒茨医学分校的发言人说，霍姆斯获得了26，000美元的奖学金并每月支付2,166美元的美国国家卫生研究院神经学培训基金以完成研究项目。校方说，霍姆斯上月就退出了该项目并没有做任何解释。

Mr. Holmes was being held in solitary confinement at an Aurora jail, awaiting his arraignment Monday morning.

霍姆斯现被单独拘禁在奥罗拉监狱，等候周一上午的传讯。

Mr. Obama never mentioned Mr. Holmes by name during his remarks, instead referring to “the perpetrator of this evil act.”

奥巴马语言间从未提及霍姆斯的名字，而只是提到“这次罪恶行径的罪犯 ”。

“In the end, after he has felt the full force of our justice system, what will be remembered are the good people who were impacted by this tragedy,” Mr. Obama said.

奥巴马说，“最后，当他感受到我们法律的公正性后，永远被人们记住的是我们这些受到这场灾难影响的好人。”

“Most of the conversation was filled with memory,” Mr. Obama said. “It was an opportunity for families to describe how wonderful their brother or their son or daughter was, and the lives that they had touched and the dreams that they had held for the future.”

奥巴马说，“大部分对话里充满了回忆，受害者的家人描述着他们的兄弟和儿女们是多么的优秀，生活是多么的幸福，对未来有多少希望。”

He told the story of one girl he met, Allie Young, 19, who was shot in the neck. She survived, Mr. Obama said, because her 21-year-old friend, Stephanie, laid by her side and stanched her bleeding even as shots continued to ring out.

他讲述了他遇见的一个女孩的故事，阿莉·扬被击中颈部。她活了下来。因为她21岁的男朋友斯蒂芬妮在枪声响起时挡在了她前面。

The president spoke at the University of Colorado Medical Center, where 23 of the victims from the shooting were treated. By the time he arrived on Sunday, one was dead, 12 had been released, leaving 10 patients: 7 still in critical condition and 3 in good condition, a hospital spokesman said.

奥巴马总统在科罗拉多大学医学院进行了讲话，被送入医学院的23名伤者正在那里接受治疗。一名医院方面发言人说，截至周日，23名伤者中有1名死亡，12名已出院，目前仍有10名在医院继续治疗，其中7名情况危险，3名状况较好

The president, along with his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, suspended all campaigning for the weekend. Mr. Romney, speaking at a fund-raiser in San Fransisco Sunday night, praised Mr. Obama’s decision to travel to Aurora.

奥巴马总统和他的共和党竞选者——米特·罗姆尼本周暂停了一切竞选活动。米特·罗姆尼在周日晚的旧金山慈善募捐会上赞扬了奥巴马的此次奥罗拉之行。

Condolences poured into the small Colorado city from across the country and around the world. Pope Benedict XVI added his condolences during his Sunday morning blessing.

这座城市涌来了来自全美及世界各地的哀悼。教皇本笃十六世在他周日的早拜中进行了哀悼。

In Aurora, hundreds of people gathered throughout the day around a growing memorial across the street from the theater. A collection of teddy bears, flowers, posters, candles and notes steadily grew as friends, families and strangers gathered, seeking solace in community.

在奥罗拉，成百上千的人们整天聚集在电影院附近的纪念碑旁进行哀悼。随着受害人亲朋好友以及陌生人越来越多地加入，纪念碑旁边堆放的泰迪熊，鲜花，蜡烛以及便签也越来越多，以为受害者带去慰藉。

In the evening, thousands of people, including families of the victims, members of the military and elected officials, attended a prayer vigil held at the Aurora Municipal Center

傍晚，包括受害者家属军人和官员在内的数以千计的人们在奥罗拉市中心进行了不眠夜祷告。

Several young people wearing Batman T-shirts lined up and held a sign that read, “Like the Dark Knight we will rise again.”

几个身穿蝙蝠侠T恤的年轻人一字排开并手举标志，上面写着“让我们像黑暗骑士一样重新站起来。”