Malala Yousafzai, shot by Taliban, still campaigning for women's education
By ASHE SCHOW (@ASHESCHOW) • 7/8/14 1:48 PM
Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani activist[1] who was shot in the head two years ago, has not slowed down in her quest[2] to bring education to girls around the world.
In a video released Tuesday, Yousafzai called on[3] people
around the world to celebrate “Malala Day” on July 14 and show that they are
not afraid of the people who tried to silence[4] Yousafzai
and others fighting for human rights.
“This is a story of strength,” Yousafzai says at the
beginning of the video.
Children then recall[5] the
story of Yousafzai wanting to obtain an education while Images of children in
classrooms and footage[6] from
Yousafzai’s shooting are shown.
“They were afraid education would give her power,” one of
the children says.
On her website, Malala.org, Yousafzai says Malala
Day (which takes place on her birthday) is a chance to “raise our voices for
those under oppression[7],
to show our own power and that courage is stronger than their campaign of
fear.”
On her birthday last year, Yousafzai spoke about the need
for education before the United Nations. And although much of the mainstream[8] media
has since forgotten about this brave young woman, it has not stopped her from
continuing her activism.
In October 2013, one year after she was shot by the
Taliban while traveling to school, Yousafzai received the prestigious[9] human
rights award known as the Sakharov Prize. She was also a finalist[10] for
the Nobel Peace Prize, although she did not win.
Yousafzai is asking people around the world to
participate with the Twitter hashtag[11] “#StrongerThan”
to send a message that they are “stronger than the enemies of education ...
than fear, hatred[12],
violence and poverty.”
Even though the hashtag will probably disappear into the
Internet like so many before it, at least we know that Yousafzai will continue
her fight for human rights.
Structure of the Lead：
- WHO-Malala Yousafzai
- WHAT-was shot in the head
- WHEN-two years ago
- HOW-has not slowed down in her quest
- WHY-not given
- WHERE-not given
Keywords：
[1] activist：積極分子
[2] quest：追求
[3] call on：號召
[4] silence：壓制
[5] recall：回憶起…
[6] footage：(影片的)連續鏡頭
[7] oppression：壓迫
[8] mainstream：主流的
[9] prestigious：享有聲望的
[10] Finalist：參加決賽者
[11] hashtag：(Twitter中用來作為訊息的分類和彙整的功能)
[12] hatred：憎恨
