VOA标准英语2012--Nigeria Sees Bloodiest Year of Boko Haram Attacks
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
Nigeria Sees Bloodiest 1 Year of Boko Haram Attacks
The building was the office of ThisDay, a prominent Nigerian newspaper. While a suicide bomber 2 rammed 3 a car into the building, an accomplice 4 stood by with a camera, later posting the destruction on YouTube.
Rosemary Ufayo Lawani was working at her store nearby when she heard the blast. Her building shook and she saw flames and smoke. Since then, she says she has been kept afraid by constant news of bombings, executions and gunmen firing at civilians 5.
She said, "We are afraid because we think 'anytime.' We are not really sleeping with our two eyes closed. Everybody is sleeping with one eye, thinking, 'Where is going to be the next place to attack?'"
At the beginning of the year, the group boasted ties to al-Qaida, but many people thought Boko Haram was inflating 6 its image. But after so many attacks in 2012, analysts 7 generally agree that Boko Haram has operational ties with other militant 8 groups, like al-Qaida, al-Shabab and al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.
Clement 9 Nwankwo, executive director of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Center in Nigeria, says that if Boko Haram joins forces with Islamist militants 10 controlling most of Mali, governments across West Africa could be in danger.
“It’s an international problem. I think that if the Nigerian government were to be serious about curtailing 11 this, then it would actually need to work with the various international moves to end terrorism - not just in Africa, but worldwide," he said.
Boko Haram communicates with the public through YouTube, blocked telephone lines and hard to trace emails. At least twice this year, the government has reported that the group's “spokesperson” was killed. Boko Haram says he is still alive.
Sa’ad Abdulmumin, a Muslim missionary 12, says Boko Haram attacks are inflaming 13 sectarian violence that has killed thousands of people during the past decade.
“It has segmented the people of religions into cleavages between the Christians 14 and the Muslims, and it has generated the hatred 15 and animosity.”
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the United States, which has classified three Boko Haram members as international terrorists, to help Nigeria find “lasting solutions to these problems.”
- The Russians were going to suffer their bloodiest defeat of all before Berlin. 俄国人在柏林城下要遭到他们的最惨重的失败。 来自辞典例句
- It was perhaps the bloodiest hour in the history of warfare. 这也许是战争史上血腥味最浓的1个小时。 来自互联网
- He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
- Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
- Two passengers were injured when their taxi was rammed from behind by a bus. 公共汽车从后面撞来，出租车上的两位乘客受了伤。
- I rammed down the earth around the newly-planted tree. 我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
- He is suspected as an accomplice of the murder.他涉嫌为这次凶杀案的同谋。
- 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。
- I felt myself inflating slowly with rage, like a tyre. 我感到自己体内的怒气正慢慢膨胀，像一只轮胎那样。 来自互联网
- Many are already overheating, with prices rising and asset bubbles inflating. 随着物价日益上涨、资产泡沫膨胀，很多新兴国家经济已经过热。 来自互联网
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- 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。
- A clement judge reduced his sentence.一位仁慈的法官为他减了刑。
- The planet's history contains many less stable and clement eras than the holocene.地球的历史包含着许多不如全新世稳定与温和的地质时期。
- 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。
- They will be curtailing the discussions at two thirty. 他们将把讨论缩短至两点半。 来自互联网
- Individually, banks are acting rationally by retaining their capital and curtailing lending. 此外，银行们正在合理地保留其资本和减少贷款。 来自互联网
- She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
- I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。
- And, by inflaming the liver, hepatitis can adversely affect dozens of life processes. 而肝脏的炎症又会对数十种生命过程产生有害影响。 来自辞典例句
- Your throat are inflaming. 你的喉部发炎了。 来自互联网
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。