WeChat ID Readinenglish Intro 英语原著阅读平台，主推英语学习资料，服务英语考试，推广英语阅读！阅读，与书同行；悦读，以书为友！ 往期合集 VOA慢速一暑期电影或是奥斯卡有力竞争者 VOA慢速-What Effect Will Cuts to UN Peacekeeping Have? 慢速英语  | 大批委内瑞拉难民引巴西头大 慢速英语 | 青少年准备通过培训成为助理护士 VOA慢-特朗普威胁对反对耶路撒冷投票的联合国成员国取消援助 VOA慢速-Refugee Students Help Those in Need This Holiday Season 慢速英语 | 华盛顿州某列车脱轨致多人死亡 VOA慢速-New Indian Retirement Community in California VOA慢速-Civil War Leads South Sudan Closer to Starvation 慢速英语 | 加利福尼亚的新印度退休社区 慢速英语 | 美国批准一种罕见失明症的基因疗法 慢速英语 | 博茨瓦纳求助于训练有素的狗来保护野生动物 慢速英语 | 制裁副作用凸显：多名朝鲜人逃往韩国 慢速英语 | 联合国决议否决了美国关于耶路撒冷的决定 VOA慢速-Restaurants to Offer Free Food from Leftovers VOA慢速英语(翻译+字幕+讲解):3D技术进军餐饮行业 慢速英语 | 你会如何敲响新年的钟声？ Gun violence is a reality of American life. Across the country, at least 12 people were shot to death on the first day of 2018. A shooting can happen anywhere: in homes, businesses, on the street, and in schools. There were nine school shootings in the United States in 2017. They left 15 people dead and 18 others wounded. Now, a new simulation 模拟 program is designed to help keep teachers and students safe from a shooter. The program is like a million other video games available. But this one is not really a game. It is meant to let the user experience what happens when a gunman enters a school. This simulation is difficult to watch, but the programmers say it can save lives. The simulator is a project of the United States Army and Department of Homeland Security. The program is available through an online training program called EDGE. That is short for the Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment. Bob Walker works as EDGE project manager. He says the simulation lets teachers choose and test several plans of action for dealing with a gunman. Walker provided an example: the mass shooting at the Virginia Polytechnic 理工学院 Institute and State University in 2007. Thirty-two students and teachers died in the attack. Some Virginia Tech teachers found setting up barriers behind doors worked very well. "So this gives school districts the ability to try out different things, see what works for their given environment." The goal is to give teachers, administrators, and even police a chance to virtually 实际上 walk through an active shooter event at a school. Tamara Griffith works at the Army Research Laboratory. "So, experience builds survivability. The more experience you have, the better your chances of survival are. Griffith adds that the simulation helps users prepare for an attack. She says they can have different experiences, and see what works and what doesn’t work.” Griffith helped to develop the simulator. She says creating the program was difficult for everyone involved. She says the group sat down and listened to police dispatch 派遣;发送;电讯;快速处理 tapes from earlier shootings. She says they were frightened when they thought about what was happening during those attacks. But their goal was to better prepare law enforcement officers and others who have to deal with shootings. The shooters, children and administrator in the game operate using artificial intelligence 人工智能. This enables the programmers to test different safety methods to see how they work. The simulation is shocking and unpleasant. But the programmers say they are doing their best to prepare teachers for the worst that might happen. Tamara Griffith agrees. "We can prevent a lot of these deaths. We can prepare people better. We can make this a safer environment if we can get this into the hands of the right people." The program is already being used to train some emergency crews in the United States. The Army Research Lab plans to make a school version available soon, without cost to users. 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