VOA慢速英语2014 马拉拉和印度活动家获2014诺贝尔和平奖

 

AS IT IS 2014-10-11 Malala and Indian Activist¹ Win Nobel Peace Prize 马拉拉和印度活动家获2014诺贝尔和平奖

A child rights campaigner and a child education activist will share the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.                                

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the two winners on Friday. They are Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and India’s Kailash Satyarthi. The Nobel committee said the prize was awarded for “their struggle against the suppression of children and young people, and for the right of all children to an education.” It added that the committee considers it important “for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism.”                                             

Malala Yousafzai becomes the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. She is only 17 years old. She had been pushing for girls’ education in Pakistan for several years when Taliban gunmen shot her in the head in 2012.

Doctors in Pakistan and later Britain treated Malala. She has since recovered and continues to fight for women’s rights.                                                        

Kailash Satyarthi has been leading a peaceful movement to end abuse² of children for financial gain. The Nobel Committee says he also has assisted³ in the development of important international agreements on children’s rights.

The two winners will split⁴ the $1.1 million in prize money. Nobel officials will present the award on December 10th in Oslo, Norway.

Words in this Story 

child – n. a baby; a boy or girl

education – n. the act of teaching⁵

struggle –n. a great effort; a fight; v. to try with much effort; to fight with

split – v. to separate into two or more parts; to divide or break into parts

1 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

2 abuse   

vt.滥用；辱骂；诋毁；n.滥用；恶习；弊端

参考例句：

• You can't make personal abuse on her.你不可对她进行人身攻击。
• She screamed abuse at me.她尖声责备我。

3 assisted   

adj.[计]辅助的v.帮助，促进( assist的过去式和过去分词 )；为…的助手；为…当帮手；辅助

参考例句：

• We were ably assisted by a team of volunteers. 我们得到一批志愿者的大力协助。
• The nurse assisted with the preparation of the medicine. 护士帮助准备药品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 split   

n.劈开，裂片，裂口；adj.分散的；v.分离，分开，劈开

参考例句：

• Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了？
• The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。

5 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。