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CCTV9英语新闻：中国承诺提供卫星情报助尼日利亚营救被绑架女生

时间：2014-05-11 05:09:04

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The US, China, France and the UK have all pledged to assist Nigeria in rescuing the schoolgirls who were kidnapped by radical1 Islamist sect2 Boko Haram on April 14th. Meanwhile, global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has claimed that the Nigerian military had advanced warning of the kidnapping, but failed to stop it. 

 

The report by Amnesty International quotes what the watchdog described as credible3 sources confirming that the Nigerian military base in the northeastern city of Maiduguri had intelligence report of the impending4 attack on the school where the girls were abducted5 but could gather enough troops and resources to engage the militants6. The military has not yet reacted to the report.

 

As for the team from the US, It’s not known what its level of involvement will be in the search and rescue operation or whether it would begin work right away.

 

France and Britain have also offered support.But neither country has said exactly what expertise7 their teams would bring into the operation.

 

In Nigeria, people are welcoming the international support.

 

Liborous Oshoma, a political affair analyst8 says the government ought to have sort international assistance long before now.

 

"If it’s just about manpower, we have shown consistently that we have the manpower and we can do it with the manpower. But our manpower has been caught napping more than a hundred times. So it has gone beyond the level of just foot soldiers. It’s now in the realm of technology, strategy, surveillance and forensic9 analysis of even to the minutest details." Liborous Oshoma said.

 

Indeed there are signs that technology would be at the heart of the next phase of the search and rescue of the missing schoolgirls. China for instance has promised to make available any intelligence gathered by its satellite network to the Nigerian government. The British government says it is also deploying10 its satellites and advanced tracking capabilities11.

 

Boko Haram had long sought global attention. And somehow it is now getting it. There are fears this attention could further embolden12 the sect to carry out more daring vicious attacks.

 

"Yes, it’s already giving them global recognition. But them with this global recognition comes repercussion13. And I think if we could really cooperate and put our acts together, the repercussion for the sect might be more damaging than the recognition that they would get." Liborous Oshoma said.

 

In spite of the global condemnation14 of its abduction of the schoolgirls, Boko Haram launched another attack Monday in the border town of Gamboru Ngala, killing15 over 300 people.

 

For now the country’s attention is focused on freeing the over 200 abducted girls.

 

It’s been 24 days since they were kidnapped from this school and their classrooms burnt down.

 

US intelligence officials are now confirming that the girls may indeed have been split into smaller groups and possibly taken across the border.

 

If that turns out to be true, then the search and rescue team would have a much harder work to trace and free the girls.

 


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1 radical hA8zu     
n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的
参考例句：
  • The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
  • She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
2 sect 1ZkxK     
n.派别，宗教，学派，派系
参考例句：
  • When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect.他16岁的时候加入了一个宗教教派。
  • Each religious sect in the town had its own church.该城每一个宗教教派都有自己的教堂。
3 credible JOAzG     
adj.可信任的，可靠的
参考例句：
  • The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
  • Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？
4 impending 3qHzdb     
a.imminent, about to come or happen
参考例句：
  • Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时，严重的战乱爆发了。
  • The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。
5 abducted 73ee11a839b49a2cf5305f1c0af4ca6a     
劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展
参考例句：
  • Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
  • The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。
6 militants 3fa50c1e4338320d8495907fdc5bdbaf     
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
7 expertise fmTx0     
n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长
参考例句：
  • We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
  • You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。
8 analyst gw7zn     
n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家
参考例句：
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
9 forensic 96zyv     
adj.法庭的，雄辩的
参考例句：
  • The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
  • The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。
10 deploying 79c9e662a7f3c3d49ecc43f559de9424     
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用
参考例句：
  • Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
  • Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。
11 capabilities f7b11037f2050959293aafb493b7653c     
n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力
参考例句：
  • He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
  • Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
12 embolden Vpgxx     
v.给…壮胆，鼓励
参考例句：
  • Emboldened by the wine,he went over to introduce himself to her.他借酒壮胆，走上前去向她作自我介绍。
  • The Prime Minister was steadily emboldened by the discovery that he faced no opposition.发现自己并未遭到反对，首相渐渐有了信心。
13 repercussion yB6ze     
n.[常pl.](不良的)影响，反响，后果
参考例句：
  • After being put out,service has received very good market repercussion.服务推出后收到了非常好的市场反响。
  • The president's death had unexpected repercussion.总统的逝世引起出乎意料的反响。
14 condemnation 2pSzp     
n.谴责; 定罪
参考例句：
  • There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
  • The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
15 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。