高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：枪击案话题.docxVIP

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜亚特兰大枪击案遗孤：在悲伤中活下去 3月16日，美国佐治亚州亚特兰大地区发生3起枪击事件，多人遇害，其中包括韩裔女性贤贞。暴行夺走的，不仅是受害者的生命，也是遗属们的正常生活。今天的文章中，作者用克制而隐忍的笔法向我们叙述了枪击案后一双遗孤独自摸索世界的日子。失去母亲的年轻人如何面对自己的伤痛？兄弟二人如何度过这段艰难的时间？ ‘She Died Working for Us’: Sons of Atlanta Victim Struggle to Move Forward By Juliana Kim It was already 1 p.m. when Randy Park tumbled out of bed one miserable March day. It had been another long night of TV and video games to distract himself from the emptiness swirling through the townhouse where his mother had once cooked meals between her shifts at a spa. He padded down the hallway, past her vacant bedroom, and nudged his younger brother, Eric, awake. It was past time to face another day on their own. In the immediate aftermath of the deadly shootings in the Atlanta area, the faces of Randy and Eric Park, now 22 and 21, seemed to be everywhere. They were overwhelmed by financial donations, care packages, reporters at their door, and so many calls that Eric’s cellphone froze. But in the months since, on the cusp of adulthood, the Park brothers have been largely left to navigate the world by themselves. Sorrow takes many shapes after a mass shooting. And they include Randy and Eric Park, whose anguish is compounded by the knowledge that their single mother was killed doing a job she disliked, part of her life that they knew little about and that kept her away from home for many hours. “She died working for us,” Randy said. “It’s just unfair. She already didn’t have much of a life to begin with.” The brothers were not close growing up, but their grief has drawn them to each other. One April evening, Randy invited Eric to join him and some friends at Assa Tech Karaoke, a rare night out for singing and conversation. On opposite sides of the room, they kept their eyes glued to the lyrics on the screen, avoiding eye contact. They sang in sync in Korean until the very end. “Bogoshipda” — “I miss you.” Among the most difficult parts of Hyun Jun