LISTENING MALALA YOUSAFZAI'S UN SPEECH QUESTIONS

United Nations Listening Activities- MALALA YOUSAFZAI’S UN SPEECH

I.    As you watch Malala Yousafzai’s UN speech, answer the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SClmL43dTo

1.  Why is Malala so grateful to so many people?

a.        Prayers for a fast recovery and strength

b.        Prayers for peace and love

c.        Prayers for equality and encouragement

d.        Prayers of gratitude

2.  For her, Malala Day represents a day for …

a.        celebration of life and peace among the people of Pakistan

b.        women, boys and girls to raise their voices for rights

c.        her to be honored for her bravery

d.        the world to unite against terrorism

3.  How was she injured?

a.        In a bombing at her school during the Pakistan Civil War

b.        In a car accident caused by a terrorist attack

c.        By a terrorist suicide bomber

d.        Shot in the forehead by the Taliban

4.  Malala mentions 4 rights. In addition to being treated with dignity, what are the other three?

a.        health care, equality of opportunity and education

b.        live in peace, health care and no poverty

c.        equality of opportunity, education and live in peace

d.        health care, no poverty and education

5.  According to Malala, what “died” on the day of the attack?

a.        Innocence, hope and love

b.        Peace, hope and love

c.        Fear, weakness and hopelessness

d.        Innocence, fear and love

6.  What “voices” arose from the silence?

a.        Courage, love, forgiveness

b.        Hope, strength, tolerance

c.        Fervor, courage, strength

d.        Fervor, forgiveness, hope

7.  Explain the saying “The pen is mightier than the sword”.

8.  She mentions that the extremists fear the power of the voice of women, education and what 2 other things?

a.        Courage and change

b.        Courage and the voice of the new generation

c.        Equality and change

d.        Equality and the voice of the new generation

9.  What 3 things stand in the way of many children’s education?

a.        society, child labor and wars

b.        poverty, child marriages and destruction of schools

c.        terrorism, poverty and society

d.        child marriages, child labor and wars

10.  What does she state is the solution to poverty and equality?

a.        Equal opportunity for men and women

b.        Fair taxes for every country

c.        Good wages for both men and women

d.        Education for all children