2007年VOA标准英语-Kidnapping of British Girl in Nigeria Provokes
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（七月）
Abuja
06 July 2007
Officials in the tense delta 1 region of Nigeria are searching for the three-year-old daughter of a British oil worker who was abducted 2 on Thursday. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the kidnapping of Margaret Hill has been widely condemned 3 in Nigeria.
The Rivers State Police Command in Port Harcourt, Nigeria is working on the kidnapping case of British oil worker's three-year-old daughter, 6 July 2007
The Nigerian authorities and British diplomats 4 are frantically 5 working to help secure Margaret's release.
The kidnapping of a toddler has provoked outrage 6 in Nigeria. Even the country's high-profile separatist group, the Movement for the Emancipation 7 of the Niger Delta, condemning 8 the act as 'an abomination.'
Niger Delta analyst 9 Charles Dokubo says it represents a total negation 10 of the politically orchestrated armed struggle for a greater share of the region's oil wealth.
"I think this is unacceptable, to have a child being kidnapped and the parents, I am a parent myself," he said. "I doubt if this will solve the problems the people of the Niger Delta are facing. Most people in the Niger Delta will frown not only at the kidnapping of this, but on kidnappings as a whole. Because the issue is, much as you want to bring attention to the issues of the Niger Delta, it also defaces the intentions and aspirations 11 of those in the Niger Delta."
Gunmen intercepted 12 a car carrying the girl to school and kidnapped her, marking the first abduction of a foreign child in Nigeria's unruly oil region.
More than a dozen foreigners are being held, including five kidnapped Wednesday from an offshore 13 oil rig.
Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, one of Niger Delta's most prominent militants 14 freed recently by the government as a conciliatory gesture, says delta crisis can only find a political solution.
"I don't want anarchy 15 in the region. As it is now, there is anarchy," he said. "What we want is; Yoruba man sit here, Itsekiri man sit here, Nupe man sit here; look this thing is not working, we can't stay together because we are different people and Nigeria itself was not created with our consent and mandate 16. Let us sit down at a discussion and arrive at a decision, and put that decision to a plebiscite."
The girl's mother, who is Nigerian, says she had been contacted by the kidnappers 17 who are demanding money to secure her release.
Kidnappings for ransom 18 are frequent in the region, but children were until now not targeted.
- He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
- The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。
- 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。
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
- She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。
- 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。
- We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation. 我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They rejoiced over their own emancipation. 他们为自己的解放感到欢欣鼓舞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- No reasonable negation can be offered.没有合理的反对意见可以提出。
- The author boxed the compass of negation in his article.该作者在文章中依次探讨了各种反面的意见。
- I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
- The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。
- Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
- Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。
- A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
- A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
- 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。
- There would be anarchy if we had no police.要是没有警察，社会就会无法无天。
- The country was thrown into a state of anarchy.这国家那时一下子陷入无政府状态。
- The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
- The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
- They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》