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Nigerian schoolgirls kidnap

 

尼日利亞逾百名女學生遭武裝分子擄走，所為何事？一切由主事極端組織Boko Haram的名字說起：
The name of the extremist group, "Boko Haram", loosely translated to "western education is forbidden".

 

組織的領袖Ababa kar Shekau拍片承認責任，言論令人驚訝：

"I abducted the girls at a western education school...I will sell them in a market...I will sell women..."

 

Ababa聲言要對抗西方勢力，一再擄劫接受西方教育的女學生，無怪乎有媒體形容：
Ababa kar Shekau is described as the leader of the most brutal insurgency to have emerged in Africa.

 

brutal 殘暴的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子： It was a brutal storm that damaged the houses.

例子： They used brutal force to take the girls.

 

insurgency 暴動、暴力行徑

(noun 名詞)

 

例子： The insurgency in Nigeria is making it a very dangerous country.

 

 

Financial Times (May 10, 2014) 摘自《金融時報》

"On April 14th, more than 209 schoolgirls were abducted at gunpoint from Chibok community in Borneo State, Nigeria.

26 days later, the girls are still missing.

We urge all local, national and regional governments, with the full support of the international community, to dedicate their expertise and resources - from satellite imagery to intelligence services to multinational corporations' supply chains to...

#BringBackOurGirls

 

urge 要求/ 爭取

(verb 動詞)

 

例子： The parents urged for a ban on playing video games at school.

 

urge 慾望

(noun 名詞)

 

例子： I have a strange urge to eat something spicy

 

dedicate 致送/ 向某人致意

(verb 動詞)

 

例子： I would like to dedicate this song to my best friend.

 

expertise 專業知識

(noun 名詞)

 

例子： They need to find someone with the expertise on dog therapy to find out why his puppy is acting so strange.

 

 

一波未平！　Another kidnap!

 

New York Times (May 12, 2014) 摘自《紐約時報》

11 girls, 12 to 15 years old, had been abducted from two villages, Warabe and Wala, on Sunday night by members of Boko Haram.

 

abduct 擄走

(verb 動詞)

 

 

Hashtag (#) 的社交媒體現象  Social media phenomenon on hashtags: 

 

就此事件，國際間聲援者眾，尤以社交網絡（如Facebook, Instagram等）為甚。可是網上發起的社會運動，成效如何？一般有兩種看法：

 

1. Hashtag activism is a weak stand-in for real engagement in a complex and often violent world.

 

2. Hashtag activism is indeed slight, but can be powerful – and force large institutions to take action.

 

slight 輕微的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子：  There is a slight difference between the different shades of grey.

 

slight 苗條的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子： Susie looks good in anything she wears because she has a slight figure.

   
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