Given below is an extract from Malala Yousafzai’s speech at the UN General Assembly on 12 July 2013. Malala Yousafzai is a young Pakistani girl who was shot at by the Taliban because she wanted to study. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for her struggle for the right of all children to education. The teacher or one of your classmates will read out the extract. Answer all the questions after listening to the extract. Honourable UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon, respected President of the General Assembly Vuk Jeremic, honourable UN envoy for global education Mr Gordon Brown, respected elders and my dear brothers and sisters: Assalamu alaikum. Today it is an honour for me to be speaking again after a long time. Being here with such honourable people is a great moment in my life and it is an honour for me that today I am wearing a shawl of late Benazir Bhutto. I don’t know where to begin my speech. I don’t know what people would be expecting me to say, but first of all thank you to God for whom we all are equal and thank you to every person who has prayed for my fast recovery and new life. I cannot believe how much love people have shown me. I have received thousands of good-wish cards and gifts from all over the world. Thank you to all of them. Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me. Thank you to my elders whose prayers strengthened me. I would like to thank my nurses, doctors and the staff of the hospitals in Pakistan and the UK and the UAE government who have helped me to get better and recover my strength. ... There are hundreds of human rights activists and social workers who are not only speaking for their rights, but who are struggling to achieve their goal of peace, education and equality. Thousands of people have been killed by the terrorists and millions have been injured. I am just one of them. So here I stand, one girl among many. I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights ...Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated. ... the compassion I have learned from Mohamed, the Prophet of Mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha. This the legacy of change I have inherited from Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Mohammed Ali Jinnah. This is the philosophy of non-violence that I have learned from Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa. And this is the forgiveness that I have learned from my father and from my mother. This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone ... Thank you. 1. Why did the Taliban shoot Malala? 2. Why was Malala awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? 3. Who all did Malala thank in her speech and why? 4. What are the activists and social workers struggling for? 5. What rights did she talk about in her speech? Tick (✓) the right answers. (a) right to live in peace (b) right to be treated with dignity (c) right to have a safe home (d) right to equality of opportunity (e) right to fight for self (f) right to be educated 6. From whom did Malala learn (a) compassion______________________________________________________________________________________ (b) the philosophy of non-violence____________________________________________________________________ (c) forgiveness__________________________________________________________________________________________
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Explanation:
1. Taliban’s shoot Malala Yousafzai because she wanted to study.
2. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for the right to education in 2014.
3. She thanked the children that encouraged her, her elders, nurses, doctors and Pakistan hospitals staff, UAE and UK government, social workers and human rights activists.
4. The social workers and human rights activists are struggling to attain their goal of peace, equality and education.
5. (f) right to be educated.
6. From whom did Malala learn (a) compassion Mohamed (b) the philosophy of non-violence Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa (c) forgiveness father and her mother.
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Explanation:
Explanation:1. Taliban’s shoot Malala Yousafzai because she wanted to study.
Explanation:1. Taliban’s shoot Malala Yousafzai because she wanted to study.2. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for the right to education in 2014.
Explanation:1. Taliban’s shoot Malala Yousafzai because she wanted to study.2. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for the right to education in 2014.3. She thanked the children that encouraged her, her elders, nurses, doctors and Pakistan hospitals staff, UAE and UK government, social workers and human rights activists.
Explanation:1. Taliban’s shoot Malala Yousafzai because she wanted to study.2. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for the right to education in 2014.3. She thanked the children that encouraged her, her elders, nurses, doctors and Pakistan hospitals staff, UAE and UK government, social workers and human rights activists. 4. The social workers and human rights activists are struggling to attain their goal of peace, equality and education.
Explanation:1. Taliban’s shoot Malala Yousafzai because she wanted to study.2. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for the right to education in 2014.3. She thanked the children that encouraged her, her elders, nurses, doctors and Pakistan hospitals staff, UAE and UK government, social workers and human rights activists. 4. The social workers and human rights activists are struggling to attain their goal of peace, equality and education.5. (f) right to be educated.
Explanation:1. Taliban’s shoot Malala Yousafzai because she wanted to study.2. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for the right to education in 2014.3. She thanked the children that encouraged her, her elders, nurses, doctors and Pakistan hospitals staff, UAE and UK government, social workers and human rights activists. 4. The social workers and human rights activists are struggling to attain their goal of peace, equality and education.5. (f) right to be educated.6. From whom did Malala learn (a) compassion Mohamed (b) the philosophy of non-violence Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa (c) forgiveness father and her mother.
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