[00:00.10]Since 2009, when it began a campaign to overthrow the government of Nigeria

[00:05.66]and replace it with a regime based allegedly on a strict interpretation of Islamic law,

[00:10.19]the criminal terrorist group commonly known as Boko Haram has wreaked death and destruction across much of that nation’s northern half.

[00:18.24]The group’s insurgency has claimed the lives of more than 4,000 people and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.

[00:24.93]At first targeting police and other government officials and facilities,

[00:30.48]Boko Haram has broadened its attacks to churches, mosques, schools, media outlets, markets,

[00:34.04] and other civilian sites, leaving a trail of blood wherever it strikes.

[00:38.24]On April 14 the group varied its tactics yet again,

[00:42.25]attacking a school for girls in the northern state of Borno and abducting more than 250 students,

[00:48.36]some as young as 15-years old.

[00:50.24]The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, released a video brazenly claiming credit for the raid and threatening to sell the girls,

[00:57.88]saying they should not have been in school, but rather should get married.

[01:01.82]Even then the attacks on civilians continued,

[01:06.95] with hundreds feared dead in a community on Nigeria’s border with Cameroon where Boko Haram fighters stormed the town,

[01:11.15]setting fire to shops and houses and shooting residents as they tried to escape.

[01:15.42]Long a close friend of the Nigerian people, the United States has been aiding the government in its fight with the militants,

[01:25.40]providing law enforcement training, communications equipment and intelligence assistance.

[01:26.99]Boko Haram leaders have been sanctioned and a reward of up to $7 million for information leading to Shekau’s location.

[01:34.11]With the kidnapping of the Chibok students, more assistance still will be provided.

[01:38.81]U.S. officials are assembling a team of military and law enforcement specialists and investigators to help in the search for the abducted girls.

[01:46.12]The group has arrived in Nigeria to provide officials there with expertise in a number of key areas to aid with the search.

[01:52.67]Boko Haram’s actions are a blow not only to the families of the missing girls and their countryman, but to the civilized world as a whole.

[02:00.01]President Obama has directed that the U.S. do everything it can to help find and free the young women.

 

詞匯解析

interpretation

難度：2星擴(kuò)展詞匯，屬常用10000詞

英漢解釋

n.解釋；翻譯；闡釋；(藝術(shù)的)演繹

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

I found no evidence to back your interpretation.

我找不到證據(jù)來支持你的解釋。

His interpretation of the music was rather too literal.

那音樂他演奏得未免太乏味了。

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commonly

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adv.一般地；通常地；普通地

參考例句

用作副詞 (adv.)

Commonly referred to as The Gita, it is a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna which takes place on a battlefield, just prior to the start of a climactic war.

一般地，提到了博伽梵歌，就會有一段奎師那和阿爾諸那之間在戰(zhàn)場上的對話，剛好是在一場高潮戰(zhàn)爭的開始。

Hence, Ganesha figures are most commonly seen with four hands which signify their divinity.

從而，甘尼薩通常地被看成是擁有四臂，象征著他們的神性。

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credit

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.信用；榮譽(yù)；學(xué)分；贊揚(yáng)；貸款；賒欠；貸方；存款

(復(fù))credits: 演職員名單.

v.歸功于；相信；記入貸方

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

Credit counseling helped us get out from under.

信用咨詢使我們免除了憂慮

用作動詞 (v.)

At the time, we used to credit everything to one person.

那時大家把什么都?xì)w功于一個人。

 

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