Shot Pakistan schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai
addresses UN
Malala Yousafzai, the
Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban,
has told the UN that books and pens scare extremists, as she urged education for all.
Speaking on her 16th birthday, Malala said
efforts to silence her had failed.
She was shot in the head on a school bus by
Taliban gunmen because of her
campaign for girls' rights.
The speech at the UN headquarters in New
York Pakistan
Malala has been credited with bringing the issue
of women's education to global attention. A quarter of young women around the
world have not completed primary
school.
After the shooting, Malala was flown from Pakistan UK Birmingham England
Amid several standing
ovations, Malala told the UN on Friday that the Taliban's attack had only made her more resolute.
"The terrorists thought that they would
change my aims and stop my ambitions," she said, "but nothing changed in my life, except
this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was
born."
She continued: "I want education for the
sons and daughters of the Taliban and all the terrorists and extremists."
Malala - who is considered a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize - said she was fighting for the rights
of women because "they are the ones who suffer the most".
"The extremists were, and they are, afraid
of books and pens," added Malala, who was wearing a pink shawl that
belonged to assassinated Pakistan
She called on politicians to take urgent action to ensure every
child has the right to go to school.
Who-Malala Yousafzai
What-has told the UN that books
and pens scare extremists
When- as she urged
education for all
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Keywords:
1.shot by:被射殺
2.urge:極力主張
3.girls' rights:女權
4.the UN headquarters:聯合國總部
5.resolute:堅定的
6.a contender of the Noble Peace Prize:諾貝爾和平獎得主
7.urgent 急迫的
I think Malala is a brave girl.I hope I can have enough brave to do what I want to do like her.And she said "The terrorists thought that they would change my aims and stop my ambitions," she said, "but nothing changed in my life, except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born."I was touched by this paragraph.
回覆刪除I think Malala is a girl who is worthy for us to learn.She has her own ideas ,and she expresses her thoughts though she had been shouted by Taliban. I am very surprised her determination to urge education for all. That's really admirable.
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