双语阅读:冲动是魔鬼,美国宾州邻居之间因铲雪干仗导致3人全部丧命
美国宾州邻居之间因铲雪干仗,干仗3人全都丧命
翻译:涂博士
据官方消息,在一场邻居之间因铲雪导致的冲突纠纷中,宾州的一名男子将他的两个邻居枪杀。
据官员们说,这场致命的枪支暴力事件发生在斯克兰顿市西南约15英里处的平原镇,当时这里下大雪,地上覆盖了2英尺厚的大雪。

根据卢泽恩县地方检察官斯特凡妮·萨拉瓦蒂斯(Stefanie Salavantis)和普莱恩斯镇警察局长戴尔·宾克(Dale Binker)发表的联合声明,在周一上午快9点的时候,平原镇警察接到报警,说有人在居民区开枪。警察来到现场时发现50岁的詹姆斯·高伊(James Goy)和他48岁的妻子丽莎·高伊(Lisa Goy)躺在街上已经没有了气息。
官员们说,当地居民带着警察去高伊夫妇(Goys)家对面的房子,但是当他们接近前门时,房子里面想起了枪声,随后警察在屋子里发现47岁的詹姆斯·斯派德(James Spaide)已经死于明显的自我枪伤。
邻居告诉调查人员,斯派德(Spaide)和高伊夫妇(Goys)长期以来一直矛盾很深,在今年最大雪的这一天,他们之间的矛盾也达到了顶点。
萨拉瓦蒂斯(Salavantis)和宾克(Binker)在声明中说:“高伊夫妇(Goys)在给自己家停车位铲雪的时候,把铲的雪扔到了马路对面的斯派德(Spaide)的家门口。”
目击者告诉调查人员,当时斯派德(Spaide)要求这对夫妇停止这种行为,但结果却是双方对着吼骂起来。很显然,詹姆斯·高伊(James Goy)把手中用来清除汽车上积雪的工具朝斯派德(Spaide)扔了过去。据官员们说,当詹姆斯·高伊(James Goy)举着拳头走向斯派德(Spaide)时,斯派德(Spaide)退回到自己的房子里去取了一把枪。
萨拉瓦蒂斯(Salavantis)和宾克(Binker)在声明中说:“ 高伊夫妇(Goys)继续飚脏话吼斯派德(Spaide),争吵当中当事双方都在飚粗话。”他们还补充说当时事件发生的场景都被监控视频记录了下来。 “ 监控视频中可以看到高伊(Goy)先生进一步威胁斯派德(Spaide),并用下流手势对他比划。几秒钟后,斯派德(Spaide)拿着手枪回来了。”
官员们说,尽管看到斯派德(Spaide)拿着枪,詹姆斯·高伊(James Goy)和丽莎·高伊(Lisa Goy)詹姆斯还是继续站在街中央对他叫骂。
据官员说,斯派德(Spaide)向这对夫妇连开了好几枪,然后返回家中拿了另一支枪再次朝他们开火射击。
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fight - v. 打仗,战斗,打斗,打架
shovel - v. 铲,铲起
erupt - v. 突然发生,爆发
allegedly - adv. 据称,据说
fatal - adj. 致命的
occur - v. 发生,出现
fire - v. 射击,开火
residential - adj. 居住的,住宅的
neighborhood - n. 地区,邻居,邻区
property - n. 所有物,财产,房屋及院落
spark - v. 引发,触发
approach - v. 靠近,接近
retreat - v. 退却,撤退,离开
fetch - v. (去)拿来
expletive - n. (愤怒时用的)秽语,咒骂语
episode - n. (人生的)一段经历,(电视剧)一集
capture - v. 捕获
surveillance - n. 监控
obscene - adj. 淫秽的,下流的
gesture - n. 手势,姿势
retrieve - v. 取回,找回
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3 Pennsylvania neighbors dead after fight over snow shoveling, authorities say
BILL HUTCHINSON
A fight that erupted over snow shoveling allegedly led to a Pennsylvania man shooting two of his neighbors to death, authorities said.
The fatal gun violence occurred in Plains Township, about 15 miles southwest of Scranton after 2 feet of snow blanketed the area, officials said.
Just before 9 a.m. on Monday, Plains Township police officers responded to a report of shots fired in a residential neighborhood and discovered 50-year-old James Goy and his 48-year-old wife, Lisa Goy, lying dead in the street in front of their home, according to a joint statement by Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis and Plains Township Police Chief Dale Binker.
Residents in the area directed police officers to a house across the street from the Goys' home, but as they approached the front door, a gunshot rang out, the officials said. Inside the house, police found 47-year-old James Spaide deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.
Neighbors told investigators that Spaide and the Goys had been engaged in a long-running feud that reached a boiling point on the snowiest day of the year.
"The Goys were shoveling the snow from their parking spots, shoveling the snow across the road, and throwing the snow onto Spaide's property," Salavantis and Binker said in their statement.
Witnesses told investigators that Spaide asked the couple to stop, sparking a heated exchange of words. James Goy apparently threw a tool at Spaide that he had been using to clear snow from his car, according to the statement. When James Goy approached Spaide with a raised fist, Spaide reportedly retreated into his house and fetched a gun, the officials said.
"The Goys proceed to yell at him, and, using expletives, the parties called each other names," Salavantis and Binker said in their statement, adding that the episode was captured on surveillance video. "Mr. Goy then threatened Spaide and is seen making obscene gestures at him. Seconds later, Spaide returns holding a handgun."
The officials said despite seeing Spaide with a gun, James and Lisa Goy continued shouting names at him from the middle of the street.
Spaide allegedly opened fire on the couple, shooting both of them multiple times. Officials said Spaide then went back into his house and retrieved another firearm, which he reportedly used to shoot them again.