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Newtown Connecticut, Aurora Colorado, Tucson Arizona, when a mass shooting happens, like weve seen in the those cities, the issue of gun control often comes up. 纽镇，康涅狄格，奥罗拉，科罗拉多州,亚利桑那州图森,大规模枪击事件在这些地方发生,就像我们在这些城市所看到的,枪支管制的问题常常出现。 President Obama has said he wants to take action on this, hes put Vice president Joe Biden in charge of coming up with ideas on how to reduce gun violence . 奥巴马总统表示希望采取行动,他让副总统乔·拜登负责提出如何减少枪支暴力的想法。 Vice president Bidens task force is getting input from people with many different view points. 副总统拜登的工作组正在调查人们对于这一事件的不同观点。 Yesterday, that were gun safety organizations, and victims from some of these shootings. 昨天是枪支安全组织及这些枪击事件的受害者们。 Now theyre pushing for stricter gun control, 现在他们正在推广更为严格的枪支控制措施, today, the task force is set to meet with representatives from groups that support gun rights, like the National Rifle Association, 今天,工作组将会见支持拥有枪支权利的代表团体,比如全国步枪协会, that organization says its committed to protecting people, but it thinks stricter gun laws arent the best way to do that. 这些组织表示将致力于保护人民,但认为更严格的枪支法律不是最好的解决办法。 Retail stores that sell guns are also going to be involved in these meetings. 出售枪支的零售商店也会参加这些会议。 President Obama said he wants some concrete proposals from the task force by the end of this month. 奥巴马总统称他希望在本月底工作组能够出台一些具体建议。 2012 is in the books and its in the record books, too. 2012年已经成为历史而且也被载入了历史纪录。 Last year is officially the hottest year ever for the United States. 去年是美国官方纪录以来最热的一年。 It was also the second worst for extreme weather, things like hurricanes, droughts or floods. 而且同时也是极端天气最为糟糕的一年,诸如飓风、干旱或洪水。 The average temperatures across the lower 48 states was 55.3 degrees. 48个州的较低平均温度为55.3度。 That beat the old record by a full degree. 这一温度一举打破了过去的纪录。 科学家称当天气变得很热, 就会增加极端天气的可能性。 All 48 of those states had above average temperatures last year, but some set their own superlatives. 所有的48个州高于去年同期的平均气温,但一些州已经设定他们自己的最高级。 The warmest year on record for the United States, every here, every spot here in the red, a new record for the hottest e