In a message beginning "Dear President Obama", the 86-year-old monarch said: "I have been deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the dreadful loss of life today in Newtown, Connecticut; particularly the news that so many of the dead are children."
在一封以“親愛的奧巴馬總統(tǒng)”開頭的信息中，這位86歲的女王寫道：“聽說今天發(fā)生在康涅狄格州紐敦市發(fā)生的這起重大傷亡事件后，我非常震驚和哀痛，尤其新聞?wù)f遇難者有這么多的兒童?！?/div>

The gunman, named as Adam Lanza, 20, killed 20 small children and six teachers in the Friday shooting, after walking into a school in an idyllic Connecticut town wielding at least two sophisticated firearms.
這個(gè)名叫Adam Lanza 的槍手，今年20歲，在周五的槍擊事件中，拿著至少兩種武器走進(jìn)了康涅狄格州的小學(xué)，殺死了20名兒童和6名老師。

He had earlier killed his mother, who was a teacher at the school.
此前，他殺死了他在這所小學(xué)從教的母親。

The queen, who never gives interviews and normally restricts her public comment to events in Commonwealth nations, added: "Prince Philip joins me in extending our heartfelt sympathy to you and the American people at this difficult time.
女王此前從未就聯(lián)邦國家的事件接受過采訪，也非常約束自己公開評(píng)論，本次在信息中說，“菲利普親王和我一起向您和逢此艱難時(shí)刻的美國人民表示深切的同情?！?/div>

"The thoughts and prayers of everyone in the United Kingdom and throughout the Commonwealth are with the families and friends of those killed and with all those who have been affected by today's events."
那些在今天的事件中遇害和受到影響的家人朋友，英國和全聯(lián)邦民眾的祈禱和思念和你們同在。