step up
銃の惨禍がまた。米ネバダ州スパークスの中学校で、男子生徒が銃を乱射した末に自殺し、止めようとした教師１人が死亡、生徒２人が負傷した事件がありました。
step upは「ステップアップ」というカタカナで日本語でも「だんだん上がる」という意味で使われています。しかしここのstep upは文字通り、「（少しずつ）近づく、近寄る」という意味合いで用いられています。銃を持った生徒に先生が「さあ銃口を降ろして」と説得しながら、近づいていくイメージが思い浮かびます。残念です。（UG）
Sparks Middle School teacher Michael Landsberry died protecting his students
It came as no surprise to Michael Landsberry’s family that the Sparks Middle School math teacher is being called a hero for trying to get a student to put his gun down before being shot and killed.
“To hear he was trying to protect those kids, that he stepped up and tried to stop the situation, doesn’t surprise me at all,” said Chanda Landsberry, who is married to Michael’s younger brother, Reggie. “He could have ducked and hid, but he didn’t.
That’s not who he is.”
“He was trained to help.”
