白宫：美国正在帮助寻找尼日利亚被绑架的女孩

         白宫：美国正在帮助寻找尼日利亚被绑架的女孩 　　

        WASHINGTON, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The United States is assisting the Nigerian government to find and free some 200 schoolgirls abducted¹ by militants³, the White House said on Monday.

　　U.S. assistance to Nigeria focuses on information-sharing and improving Nigeria's forensics and investigative capacity, White House spokesman Jay Carney told a press briefing, adding that "we view what has happened there as an outrage⁴ and a terrible tragedy. "

　　Carney said President Barack Obama has been briefed several times on the issue and his national security team is monitoring the situation closely.

　　About 200 girls from Chibok community in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State were abducted in April. On Monday, militant² group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the act and threatened to sell the girls.

　　"Boko Haram is a terrorist organization with heinous⁵ and malicious⁶ intent," Carney said.

　　At a press briefing on Monday, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said information that U.S. has indicates that many of the girls have likely been moved out of the country to neighboring countries.

　　In November, U.S. blacklisted Boko Haram as a terrorist organization and slapped sanctions on it, including denied access to U.S. financial institutions, a freezing on its assets in U.S. banks and a ban on doing business with or providing support to it.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 abducted   

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。

2 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

3 militants   

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。

4 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

5 heinous   

adj.可憎的，十恶不赦的

参考例句：

• They admitted to the most heinous crimes.他们承认了极其恶劣的罪行。
• I do not want to meet that heinous person.我不想见那个十恶不赦的人。

6 malicious   

adj.有恶意的，心怀恶意的

参考例句：

• You ought to kick back at such malicious slander. 你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
• Their talk was slightly malicious.他们的谈话有点儿心怀不轨。