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Teenagers join ISIS

三名土生土長的英國籍少女響應網上號召，聯袂出走，相信已前往伊斯蘭國打算下嫁聖戰士。朋友紛紛指她們「勤力、好辯、有上進心」，何解會受極端思想影響，離鄉別井跑到戰區？

The apparent trend of studious, seemingly driven young women leaving home to join violent jihadists has become disturbingly familiar.

(adjective 形容詞)

例子：The apparent agreement between the two political groups allowed everyone to relax a little.

seemingly 似乎

(adverb 副詞)

例子：Lucy is seemingly intelligent with her sharp reactions.

disturbingly 令人擔憂

(adverb 副詞)

例子：Terrorist attacks have become disturbingly common.

不過，三位女孩的決定，並未得到父母認同。雖然同樣信仰伊斯蘭教，但她們的家庭在公開聲明表示她們出走有違教義：

“Your actions are a perverted and evil distortion of Islam,” the family said in their statement.

(adjective 形容詞)

例子：That coach has a perverted way of shouting at his team.

distortion 歪曲

(noun 名詞)

例子：The music was so loud that it distorted the sound.

三位女子被指「勤力（studious）、好辯（argumentative）、有上進心（driven）」，為什麼會投身極端主義活動？學者反指，這樣的青少年更容易變得激進：

“It is those young people who are liked, who are smart, who think, who are caring, who are ripe for radicalisation,” he said, not the outcasts.

(adjective 形容詞)

例子：Teenagers are like ripe peaches, ready for eating.

radical 激進的

(adjective 形容詞)

例子：Radicalism is defined as opinions and behaviour of people who favour extreme changes especially in government.

加入伊斯蘭國的女人，會有什麼任務？

Women who join the Islamic State try to entice other women to marry militants and help them build a new, retrograde Islamic society.

(verb 動詞)

例子：Many young ladies get into trouble when bad men entice them with attractive gifts.

(adjective 形容詞)

例子：One reason why Islam is considered retrograde is because of the way they treat their women.

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