Noble prize winner Malala Yousafzai renews call for education for all
BY DANIEL KELLEY
PHILADELPHIA Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:01pm EDT
(Reuters) - Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, renewed her call for world peace and universal education on Tuesday at a ceremony in which she was awarded the Liberty Medal.
“No girl, no child, anywhere, anywhere in this world should be deprived of education,” said Yousafzai, who is 17.
The Liberty Medal honors people who “strive to secure the blessings of liberty," according to the website of the National Constitution Center, which presents the award each year in Philadelphia.
The medal comes with a $100,000 cash prize, which Yousafzai said she would donate to education and humanitarian relief efforts in her native
Pakistan.
The award comes two weeks after Yousafzai became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She rose to prominence as an 11-year-old girl who advocated for girls' rights to education as a blogger on the BBC's Urdu service. Shot in the head in October 2012 by Taliban gunmen intent on silencing her, she settled in Britain amid ongoing threats by extremists in
Pakistan.
She now runs the Malala Fund, which is dedicated to empowering girls through education.
The teen spent Tuesday night being honored by dignitaries who saw her through the lens of their professions and passions. University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutman said Yousafzai underscored the importance of education.
Legal scholar Jeffrey Rosen said she mirrored the values found in the U.S. Constitution, and ABC News Correspondent Martha Raddatz said she was a living example of the power of words and the power of a free press.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/22/us-nobelprize-peace-malala-idUSKCN0IB05920141022
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WHO-Malala Yousufzai
WHEN-on Tuesday
WHAT-renewed her call for world peace and universal education
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WHERE-a ceremony in which she was awarded the Liberty Medal.
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3. humanitarian：人道主義
4. underscore：強調
5. advocate：提倡
6. silence：壓制
I thought Malala is really a remarkable girl in the world.She struggled to spread the importance of education.Her idea that one pen and one teacher can replace the weapon was really good.after seeing this article ,I am glad that I live in Taiwan and I have the chance to learn.
回覆刪除I thought Malala was a brave girl. In order to fight for girls' education equity, she was shot by the terrorist,Taliban.However, it didn't stop her from doing this,she still
回覆刪除tried her best to fight for rights to education.
Despite the threat of Taliban, Malala still decided to keep advocating for girls' rights to education. It was her efforts that made the whole world pay attention to the fact that there were still many people in the world didn't have a chance to study. As a 17 years old girl, I think she was really brave and "One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world." also impressed me, too. All in all, I think all of us should be grateful to having the chance to study.
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