Pakistan
AFP
October 12, 2013, 12:02 am TWN
October 12, 2013, 12:02 am TWN
In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour at a
sold-out public event, she also said winning Friday's Nobel Peace Prize would
be a “great honor.”
Asked about her conflicting dreams of becoming a doctor
or a politician, and whether she would like to become premier, Malala said she
wanted to help her homeland.
“I want to become a prime minister of Pakistan
“I think it's really good because through politics I can
save my whole country,” she added.
“I can spend much of the budget on education and I can
also concentrate on foreign affairs.”
Malala was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban on
Oct. 9, 2012, for speaking out against them, demanding that girls have the
right to go to school.
She was flown to Britain
The 16-year-old has written an autobiography, addressed
the United Nations and set up the Malala Fund.
On Thursday, she won the prestigious Sakharov human
rights prize from the European parliament and has been tipped as a firm
favorite for the Nobel Peace Prize.
“If I got the Nobel Peace Prize I think it would be such
a great honor and more than I deserve,” she said.
“The Nobel Peace Prize would help me to begin this
campaign for girls' education.”
The real prize, she said, would be to see every child,
black or white, Christian or Muslim, boy or girl, go to school and “for that I
will struggle and work hard.”
She paid tribute to previous Nobel laureates, including
scientist Abdus Salam who in 1979 won the prize for physics — Pakistan
“Everyone who has got a Nobel prize, they deserve it but
when I think of myself I think I have a lot to do,” she told Amanpour.
The Pakistani Taliban have threatened to try to
assassinate her again and security was tight for her public event in New York
“They can only shoot a body, they cannot shoot my
dreams,” Malala said.
Her appearance coincided with the International Day of
the Girl Child.
According to UNICEF, around one in three females in the
developing world is forced to marry as a young teenager or child, making them
more likely to leave school early.
Providing mothers with even just a primary education
could save 1.7 million children from stunted growth and malnutrition each year,
the United Nations says.
Structure of the Lead：
who-Malala Yousafzai
when-Thursday
what-she would like to become prime minister of Pakistan
why-to save the country
where-in New York
how-not given
Keywords：
1. sold-out 滿座2. conflicting 矛盾的
3. premier 總理；首相
4. ambassador 大使
5. assassinate 暗殺
6. coincide with 與...一致
7. malnutrition 營養不良
Malala develops herself on improving girls' education even though she is just a child.
回覆刪除She is very brave and praiseworthy.
“They can only shoot a body, they cannot shoot my dreams,” Malala said.
"Keep going forward, fighting Malala." I said.
I think she is the greatest but youngest person I have ever seen. What she had said are so touched and meaningful to all of the world. The sentence I most agree is "Everyone who has got a Nobel prize, they deserve it but when I think of myself I think I have a lot to do,"
回覆刪除It is very touching to me. Malala is just a 16 year-old girl, but she could do many great thing for her homeland, for girl's education. I think we are very lucky because we can receive education. I hope Malala's strive will influence the whole world.
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