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ナイジェリアの女子生徒誘拐事件

I'm absolutely sickened by it and the thought of them out there right now, terrified and being abused and sold.

sicken … 吐き気を催させる、むかつかせる、うんざりさせる
terrify … 脅かす、恐れさせる
abuse … 虐待する、酷使する

It's infuriating and it kind of goes beyond understanding that somebody could do this.

infuriating … ひどく腹立たしい

The abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria has prompted widespread condemnation.

prompt … 駆り立てる、引き起こす、促す
condemnation … 非難

And public anger has mounted after another eight girls were taken by the same militant group.

public anger … 国民（大衆）の怒り
mount … 高まる

Actress Angelina Jolie is the latest high-profile name to reflect on the crime.

high-profile … 人目を引く、注目度の高い
reflect on … ～を非難する

I think it speaks of a bigger problem which is that because of a lack of impunity and because people believe they can get away with this, people will commit these kind of crimes.

speak of … 〈物・事が〉（事実などを）物語る、伝達する
impunity … 刑罰を免れること、刑事免責
get away with … （悪いことをしたのに）逃げきる、何の罰も受けないで済む、罰を逃れる

We want security to be doubled up in schools. We want these girls to be rescued with immediate effect. We want them back alive because they are tomorrow.

with immediate effect … 直ちに

Nigerian police have offered a $300,000 reward for information that leads to the girls' rescue.

reward … 懸賞金

Boko Haram, the Islamic group which has claimed responsibility for the kidnappings, has threatened to sell them on the black market into slavery.

claim responsibility … 犯行声明を出す、犯行を認める

The group is fighting for an Islamic state in the northeast of the country at least.

fight for … ～のために戦う

Western nations have offered their help with the US and UK sending security experts.

security expert … 安全対策の専門家

However, there isn't an offer to help in any rescue operation as yet.

as yet … 今のところ