英语听力精选进阶版 16025

 

Business Matters: Abducted¹ Nigerian Schoolgirls Located 27 May 14

Tue, 27 May 14

The latest from the Nigerian capital, Lagos, where military leaders say they have located more than 200 schoolgirls, abducted by extremist group, Boko Haram. Ian Bremmer, CEO of the Eurasia Group, gives us his take on the European elections; Mark MacKinnon, Senior International correspondent of Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper is in Ukraine, where fighting has intensified² around Donetsk airport. In our Washington bureau, Alexis Goldstein from The Other 98% talks environmental conservation and hashtag Bring Back Our Girls; in our Singapore office, David Kuo of The Motley Fool, talks religious extremism and public speaking.

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 intensified   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
• The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》