跟读练习: 2 hostages released as California bank standoff situation continues - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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This morning we're monitoring a tense standoff outside a bank in Southern California.
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This morning we're monitoring a tense standoff outside a bank in Southern California.
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Right now police are responding to an active hostage situation there.
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Officials say the suspect barricaded himself with several people inside and it's not clear exactly how many.
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CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti joins us live from Bakersfield with more on all of this.
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Jonathan, good morning.
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What can you tell us?
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And Errol, good morning to you.
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We're here in downtown Bakersfield,
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about a block away from that chase bank.
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You can see here the scene has quieted down quite a bit.
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And this is we're hearing unconfirmed reports this morning that the suspect has been removed from the building.
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A nightmare scenario unfolded in Bakersfield, California, Tuesday.
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It appears he's going to be on the second floor west end.
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He has a hostage.
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After police say a man entered a chase bank around 1
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PM local time with an apparent bomb strapped to his body and began making threats.
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They say he barricaded himself in the building with several community members trapped inside overnight.
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Bakersfield police revealed two of those hostages had been released.
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We were able to negotiate the release of a second hostage,
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and it does appear that everybody else in the building is still in good health.
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But police say the situation is far from over,
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as an unknown number of hostages still remain inside the building.
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New video shows what appears to be a woman in distress inside that building,
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kneeling to the ground.
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Then another woman appears and seemingly kneels to the ground out of sight.
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Earlier in the day, police swarmed the area and locked down several government buildings, including City Hall.
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The most violent robberies, the ones you worry about are the real true takeover robberies or the hostage situations such as this.
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It is rare that these happen.
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CBS News law enforcement contributor Lance Lysing says that law enforcement team's main concern is getting everyone out safely.
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The more communication gives you more opportunities to understand the motivation and then maybe squeeze in some ability to,
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hey, let's release a hostage in return for this.
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And two hostages were released overnight as a result of those successful hostage negotiations.
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According to officials, there were no injuries.
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It's still unclear how many people are inside,
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if they remain inside that building as part of this ongoing investigation.
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I can tell you there are a number of family members
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here anxiously awaiting word as we now await official confirmation from police
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and authorities on the status of the suspect and the motive here, Errol.
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Yeah, such an anxious morning for those family members.
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Jonathan Vigliotti, they're on the scene for us in Bakersfield.
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Jonathan, thank you.
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关键词汇与短语
- 人质 (hostage) - 被绑架或被困的人。
- 谈判 (negotiate) - 通过对话来解决问题或达成协议。
- 封锁 (barricade) - 用障碍物封住某个地方。
- 威胁 (threat) - 可能造成伤害的言辞或行为。
- 现场 (scene) - 事件发生的地点。
- 紧张局势 (tense situation) - 令人不安或有风险的环境。
- 调查 (investigation) - 对事件进行系统性研究和分析。
- 确认 (confirmation) - 对某事的确认或证实。
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- 使用shadow speech技巧，跟读讲话者的语句，同时注意语气及情感表达，提升您的英语交流能力。
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