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Track 68 (Practice 10, Activity 2, Reader’s Book
speech was more emotional and poetic than mine,
though mine might have had the better message. Practice 10)
Atal: Yes, I listened to it while you were practicing and I
liked it very much! Were you nervous? Narrador: The Trip to Islamabad
Malala: I was very nervous. I was trembling with fear.
Atal: Were you nervous because Grandfather went to Moniba: What did you do on vacation?
see you? He was very excited. Malala: Adam took us to Islamabad.
Malala: Yes, I knew he really wanted me to win the Moniba: Really? What fun! Had you been there before?
competition, which made me even more nervous. Malala: No, it was the first time I had ever visited.
Atal: Did you calm down? What did you do? Moniba: And how was it? They say it’s amazing.
Malala: I remembered what Father had said about Malala: Yes, it is. Islamabad is a beautiful place with nice
taking a deep breath before starting, but then I saw that white bungalows and broad roads, though it has none
all eyes were on me and I rushed through. of the natural beauty of Swat.
Atal: Hahaha! Oh, no! Moniba: Wow! I love cities. What places did you visit?
Malala: I kept losing my place as the pages danced in Malala: We saw the Red Mosque, the wide, wide
my shaking hands, but as I ended I looked up at Father. Constitution Avenue leading to the white-colonnaded
He was smiling. buildings of the Parliament House and the Presidency.
Atal: What happened next? Moniba: That sounds great. What else did you do?
Malala: When the judges announced the results, Malala: We went to shops where I bought school
Moniba had won. I came in second. It didn't matter. books and Adam bought me DVDs of American TV
I was used to being top of my class. programmes like Ugly Betty.
Atal: Don’t be too harsh on yourself. You still got second Moniba: What’s that about?
place, congratulations! Malala: It’s about a girl with big braces and a big heart.
Malala: Thanks! Moniba: Oh, OK. Did you go to any museums? You like
those a lot!
Track 67 (Practice 10, Activity 2, Reader’s Malala: Yes! We visited the Lok Virsa museum, and it
Book Practice 10) was a joy to celebrate our national heritage once again.
I miss our museum here in Swat.
Narrador: The Attack Moniba: Everything sounds incredible.
Malala: Well, actually, I have a scary story. We were
Reporter: What happened on October 9, 2012? riding the bus on our way back, when suddenly, the bus
Malala: I was on my way home from school when a man hit a pothole and the tire exploded. My brother Khushal,
boarded the bus I was riding in and demanded to know who had been asleep, jerked awake. 'Was that a bomb
who Malala was. blast?' he asked. Then, my mom calmed him down and
Reporter: Did your classmates point at you? explained what had happened.
Malala: No, they didn’t, but they looked towards me, so Moniba: That must have been terrifying!
he knew who I was, they gave me away.
Reporter: Then what happened? Track 69 (Practice 10, Activities 14 and 15)
Malala: The gunman fired at me, hitting me on the left
side of my head; the bullet then travelled down my neck. Locutora: There was a public speaking competition and
Reporter: Was anyone else hurt? Moniba, my friend, and I both decided to enter.
Malala: Yes, two of my friends were also injured in She spoke well She did a good job, but I was so
the attack. nervous before the speech, I was trembling with fear.
Reporter: What happened next? I remembered what my father had said about taking a
Malala: After the shot I don’t remember anything, but my deep breath before starting, but then I saw that all eyes
parents told me that I was in critical condition. So, I was were on me and I rushed through.
flown to a military hospital in Peshawar. To receive further I rushed through. I kept losing my place as the pages
care, I was transferred to Birmingham, England. Once I danced in my shaking hands, but as I ended I looked up
was in the United Kingdom, I was taken out of a medically at my father.He was smiling.
induced coma. Though I would require multiple He was smiling. When the judges announced the
surgeries, I had suffered no major brain damage. results, Moniba had won. I came in second.
Reporter: When were you able to go back to school?
Malala: Five months later. In March 2013, I began Track 70 (Practice 10, Activities 14 and 15)
attending school in Birmingham.
Reporter: I’m so glad that you were able to go back Locutora: There was a public speaking competition and
to school. Moniba, my friend, and I both decided to enter. She
Malala: Me, too. spoke well, but I was so nervous before the speech, I
was trembling with fear. I remembered what my father
had said about taking a deep breath before starting
but then I saw that all eyes were on me and I rushed
through.

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