Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education who was born in 1997 and lived in Mingora, Pakistan with her family as a child. When the Taliban banned girls from attending school, closing and destroying some schools, Malala began writing a blog at age 11 to express her feelings and advocate for her rights to education. In 2012, she was shot three times by the Taliban while on a school bus but recovered from her injuries. She has since continued campaigning for access to education and other human rights, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17, making her the youngest recipient.
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education who was born in 1997 and lived in Mingora, Pakistan with her family as a child. When the Taliban banned girls from attending school, closing and destroying some schools, Malala began writing a blog at age 11 to express her feelings and advocate for her rights to education. In 2012, she was shot three times by the Taliban while on a school bus but recovered from her injuries. She has since continued campaigning for access to education and other human rights, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17, making her the youngest recipient.
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education who was born in 1997 and lived in Mingora, Pakistan with her family as a child. When the Taliban banned girls from attending school, closing and destroying some schools, Malala began writing a blog at age 11 to express her feelings and advocate for her rights to education. In 2012, she was shot three times by the Taliban while on a school bus but recovered from her injuries. She has since continued campaigning for access to education and other human rights, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17, making her the youngest recipient.
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education who was born in 1997 and lived in Mingora, Pakistan with her family as a child. When the Taliban banned girls from attending school, closing and destroying some schools, Malala began writing a blog at age 11 to express her feelings and advocate for her rights to education. In 2012, she was shot three times by the Taliban while on a school bus but recovered from her injuries. She has since continued campaigning for access to education and other human rights, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17, making her the youngest recipient.
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Name: Ana Maria Rojas Castaño ID:000414400
MALALA YOUSAFZAI – NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2014
She a. was born 12th July 1997 and she is a Pakistani activist for female education who b. lived _ in Mingora during her childhood with her Muslim family. Her parents are Ziauddin and Tor Peka and her younger brothers, Khushal and Atal. The Talibans occupying Pakistan banned girls from going to school; some schools c. closed _ and some were destroyed. As a consequence, at the age of 11 Malala d wrote _ a blog to express her feelings and fight for her rights. An afternoon on 9th October 2012 the girl e. took the bus to school and she was shot three times. Luckily she f. could recover from the attack and became the most famous teenager in the world. She then g. kept on fighting for the access to education and other human rights. Because of her activism Malala h.won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. She was the youngest person to win this prize.
1- Write the past tense of the following verbs and complete the text. WIN won _ - KEEP kept - BE _ was_ - LIVE lived_ - CLOSE _closed _ - TAKE took- CAN _could- WRITE _wrote
2. Answer the questions.
a. When was she born? She was born on July 12, 1997. b. Where did she live? She lived in Mingora during her childhood with her Muslim family. c. What did she do to fight for her rights? Malala, wrote a blog to express her feelings and fight for her rights. d. What happened in 2012? In 2012, Malala took the bus to school and was shot three times. Fortunately, she was able to recover from the attack, becoming the most famous teenage girl in the world. e. How old was she when she won the Nobel Prize? The text does not specifically inform how old Malala was, but having been born in 1997, it would seem that in the 2014, she was about 17 years old. 3. A.Find out about another important activist and fill in the following chart. NAME Greta Tintin Eleanora Ernman Thunberg DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 2003 NATIONALITY Swedish FOUGHT FOR Greta fights climate change and asks people to reason about the global climate crisis. It also calls on the authorities to take immediate action. PRIZES 1. Fritt Ord Award (2019) 2. Rachel Carson Award (2019)
3. Ambassador of Conscience Award (2019)
4. Right Livelihood Award (2019)
5. International Children's Peace Prize (2019)
6. Person of the year (2019)
7. Nordic Council Environment Award (2019)
8. Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity (2020)
B.Write sentences with the ideas from the
chart. 1. Grate is an activist against global warming. 2. Grate was born on January 3, 2003 3. Grate just 13 years old and already has 8 awards for his fight. 4. Grate, not only did he win awards for fighting against global pollution, he also won an international award for Children's Peace in 2019. 5. Grate is a Swedish national