VOA慢速英语：火车袭击中，美国人由"本能"驱使采取行动

Three Americans, a Briton and a French citizen stopped a heavily-armed gunman on a high-speed train in Francelast week. The Americans said later that gut instinct -- a feeling they had -- made them jump into action to stop the gunman.

上周，在法国高速列车上，三名美国人、一名英国人与一名法国公民制服了一位全副武装的枪手。美国人后来表示，是他们拥有的本能驱使他们立即行动，阻止该枪手。

Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler told their story on Sunday to reporters at the United States Embassy in Paris. They described how they overpowered Ayoub El-Khazzani on the train. Spencer Stone wore a thick bandage on his thumb that was almost cut off during their struggle.

上周日，斯宾塞·斯托内（Spencer Stone）、亚历克·斯卡拉托斯（Alek Skarlatos）与安东尼·萨德勒（Anthony Sadler）向美国驻巴黎大使馆记者讲述了他们的故事。他们描述了他们是如何在火车上制服Ayoub El-Khazzani的。斯宾塞·斯托内（Spencer Stone）拇指上裹着厚厚的绷带，在斗争中，他的拇指差点被砍断。

French President Francoise Hollande awarded the Legion of Honor medal on U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and their years-long friend Anthony Sadler, who subdued the gunman as he moved through the train with an assault rifle strapped to his bare chest. The British businessman, Chris Norman, also jumped into the fray. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

Both Mr. Stone and Alek Skarlatos have military training. But Mr. Skarlatos says the training did not influence their actions. Instead, he says it was a survival instinct -- wanting to stay alive -- that drove them to act.

斯宾塞与亚历克·斯卡拉托斯先生都受过军事训练。但斯卡拉托斯（Skarlatos）先生表示，训练并没有对他们的行动产生影响。相反，是一种想活下去的生存本能驱使他们采取行动。

"I feel our training mostly kicked in after the assailant was already subdued, frankly. When it came to medical care and things like that, and providing security and making sure there wasn't another shooter. But in the beginning, it was mostly gut instinct."

“坦率地说，我觉得我们的训练主要是在攻击者被制服后才开始生效，即当涉及到医疗护理等类似事情、提供安全保障、确保不会出现另一个射手时。但在一开始，主要是依靠本能。

The Americans, the Briton and the French citizen have been praised for stopping what could have been abloodbath. On Monday, French President Francois Hollande presented France's highest honor – the Legion of Honor – to the four foreigners. The president also honored the Frenchman, who first discovered the gunman near a restroom on a train car.

美国人、英国人与法国人因阻止可能发生的大屠杀而受到赞扬。周一，法国总统弗朗索瓦·奥朗德（Francois Hollande）授予四名外国人法国的最高荣誉- 荣誉军团勋章。总统也给予了这名法国人荣誉，他首先发现了在火车车厢洗手间附近的枪手。

The train was carrying 554 people to Pariswhen the man started his attack, firing his weapons. Ayoub El-Khazzani was heavily armed. But no one died in the attack. Mr. Skarlatos says he thinks the gunman had little experience using weapons. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

当该枪手开始发起攻击、进行射击时，列车上载有554人通往巴黎。Ayoub El-Khazzani进行全副武装。但在攻击中无一人死亡。 斯卡拉托斯（Skarlatos）先生说，他认为该枪手几乎没有使用武器的经验。

"He clearly had no firearms training whatsoever, and yes, if he knew what he was doing—or even just got lucky and the did right thing—he would have been able tooperate through all eight of those magazines and we would have been in trouble and probably wouldn't be here today, along with a lot of other people."

“他显然没有受过任何枪械训练，是的，如果他知道他正在做什么，或甚至只是很幸运，做了恰当的事——他能够操作这八个弹匣，我们就会陷入麻烦，或许今年天也就不会与其他这么多人一起在这儿。

French officials are still questioning the Moroccan-born gunman. He is believed to have links to Islamic extremists and may have travelled to Syria. On Sunday, his lawyer told French TV that Mr. Khazzani is shocked to be linked to terrorism. She says he said he found the weapons, and wanted to rob passengers on the train.

法国官员仍在质疑这位出生于摩洛哥的枪手。他被认为与伊斯兰极端分子相关联，并可能到过叙利亚。上周日，他的律师向法国电视台透露，Khazzani先生对自己与怖主义有关的言论感到震惊。她说，Khazzani先生说，他发现了武器，并且想在火车上抢劫乘客。

I'm Anne Ball.

我是安妮。

Reporter Lisa Bryant wrote this story for VOANews.com. Anne Ball adapted it for Learning English. George Grow was the editor.

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Words in This Story

gut instinct – n. a way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is not learned

bandage – n. a piece of cloth protecting a part of the body that is injured

bloodbath – n. the killing of many people

magazine - n. a part of a gun that hold bullets