AS IT IS 2016-05-19 One Chibok Girl Found, Hundreds Still Missing

AS IT IS 2016-05-19 One Chibok Girl Found, Hundreds Still Missing

A missing Chibok girl has been found alive after being kidnapped two years ago in Nigeria by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram.

The girl is among 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram from the Government Secondary School in Chibok in April 2014.

Some details of her rescue remain unclear.

An Army spokesman said Nigerian soldiers rescued the girl in a village near the town of Damboa.

However, the leader of a vigilante group in Chibok said his group found the girl near the Sambisa forest, where the girls were reportedly taken. It is said to be a stronghold of Boko Haram.

Vigilante Aboku Gaji said his men found her while they hid, waiting for militants² to appear.

He said the girl’s mother confirmed her identity. He said the girl told him that six of the kidnapped Chibok girls had died in captivity³.

He added that, “She told us that the other girls were still in the Sambrisa.”

There are conflicting reports on the girl’s name. The army identified her as Falmata Mbalala, but the vigilante leader says her name is Amina Ali.

The girl’s uncle told the Associated Press that the girl was found wandering in the forest. He said she appeared to be pregnant. He said she seemed traumatized.

Gaji said the girl had a baby with her and that she was with her husband, another Boko Haram captive, whom she married in captivity.

She was brought to Chibok on Tuesday night and reunited with her family. The girl was 17 years old when she was kidnapped.

In April, Nigeria’s Director of Defense⁴ Information, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, spoke¹ to VOA about Boko Haram kidnappings in Nigeria. He said the country’s military would not be deterred⁶ in its efforts to rescue all civilians⁸, including the Chibok girls, who were abducted¹⁰ by the Islamist terror group. The U.S. State Department has named Boko Haram as a terrorist group.

The Chibok kidnapping gained attention around the world.

It sparked protests across Nigeria, where people took to the streets, calling on the government to “bring back our girls.”

Words in This Story

vigilante – n. a civilian⁷ who tries to act as a law enforcement official by attempting to catch and punish criminals

stronghold – n. a place where a group is able to militarily defend itself

traumatized – adj. to have suffered from severe experiences and to show physical or emotional effects of those experiences

abduct⁹ – v. to take away by force and without permission

deter⁵ – v. to prevent

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 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。

3 captivity   

n.囚禁；被俘；束缚

参考例句：

• A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
• He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

6 deterred   

v.阻止，制止( deter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣，可他却不罢休。
• Jeremy was not deterred by this criticism. 杰里米没有因这一批评而却步。 来自辞典例句

7 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

8 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

9 abduct   

vt.诱拐，拐带，绑架

参考例句：

• The police caught the man who tried to abduct the boy for ransom.警察抓住了那个企图拐走这男孩以便勒索赎金的家伙。
• The news that we see those use network abduct children sometimes filled with apprehension.我们有时看到那些利用网络诱拐儿童的新闻都心惊肉跳。

10 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。