▍原文 US President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night after a gunman opened fire near a security checkpoint at the event. The suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California. He is a mechanical engineer, video game developer and an educator who had won a “teacher of the month” award. “He was probably the most gentle person on the team,” a former high school volleyball teammate said. ▍語言點 1. correspondent /ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt/ n. 記者，通訊員 ·a sports correspondent 體育記者 ·a war correspondent 戰爭記者 2. open fire 開火，開槍 3. security checkpoint （活動現場、機場、地鐵站、大樓門口的）安檢口 ·checkpoint n. 檢查站，關卡 4. evacuate /ɪˈvækjueɪt/ v. 撤離 ·evacuate somebody (from...) 讓某人從某處撤出 ·evacuate a place 讓所有人撤離這個地方 5. be identified as 確認某人的身份是…… ·identify v. 識别，認出 ·Eyewitnesses identified the gunman as an army sergeant. ...