And do you not know that the very first word of the Holy Quran is the word “Iqra”, which means “read”? The terrorists tried to stop us and attacked me and my friends, who are here today, on our school bus in 2012, but neither their ideas nor their bullets could win. We survived. And since that day, our voices have grown louder and louder. I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls. […] Sometimes people like to ask me why should girls go to school, why is it important for them. But I think the more important question is why shouldn’t they, why shouldn’t they have this right to go to school. […] One of my very good schoolfriends, the same age as me, who had always been a bold and confident girl, dreamed of becoming a doctor. But her dream remained a dream. At the age of 12, she was forced to get married. And then soon she had a son, she had a child when she herself was still a child – only 14. I know that she could have been a very good doctor. But she couldn’t … because she was a girl. […] My great hope is that this will be the last time we must fight for education. Let’s solve this once and for all. […] Dear sisters and brothers, dear fellow children, we must work … not wait. Not just the politicians and the world leaders, we all need to contribute. Me. You. We. It is our duty. Let us become the first generation to decide to be the last, let us become the first generation that decides to be the last that sees empty classrooms, lost childhoods and wasted potentials. Let this be the last time that a girl or a boy spends their childhood in a factory. Let this be the last time that a girl is forced into early child marriage. Let this be the last time that a child loses life in war. Let this be the last time that we see a child out of school. Let this end with us. Let’s begin this ending … together … today … right here, right now. Let’s begin this ending now. Thank you so much. (Malala Yousafzai, www.nobelprize.org, 10 December 2014; abridged) 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 Questions on the text After having read the text carefully, answer the following questions. • What are the main intentions of Malala Yousafzai? What does she want to achieve? • How did the role of education change when she was at school? • How does Malala try to convince her audience? • What does she hope for? Style In task 2, you looked at the most powerful passages of this speech. Can you identify why these passages are so powerful? Find passages that use the stylistic strategies below. Fill in a short quote and the line numbers. Quotation, line number Quotation, line number Repetition Images Rhetorical questions Formal language Quotations Temporal comparison Education for all Use the search term “Malala Nobel lecture” on the internet and locate her speech. Listen to it and take notes of passages which are not part of the extract above (see page 106 for detailed advice on note taking). Explain how these additional passages change the impression of the text. 3 Tip When you study a talk or a speech with a political theme, it is important to think carefully about “who” and “what”: • Who is speaking? What do you know about their background? • Is the speaker trying to inform/inspire/ persuade you? • What kind of language does the speaker use: factual or emotional? T 4 5 105 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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