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I kept losing my place as the pages danced in my Friend: What did the news show?
shaking hands, but as I ended I looked up at my father. Malala: Entire villages had been turned to dust.
He was smiling. When the judges announced the Landslides blocked access to the worst affected parts
results, Moniba had won. I came in second. and all the phones and power lines were down. Around
three and a half million people had lost their homes.
Track 71 (Practice 10, Activities 14 and 15) Roads, bridges, water and power had all gone.
Friend: Did you do something to help?
Locutora: On our way back from Islamabad, our bus Malala: Yes, we started raising money at school in the
hit a pothole. It sounded like an explosion. My brother following days. Everyone brought what they could. My
Khushal, who had been asleep, jerked awake. 'Was that father went to everybody he knew, asking for donations
a bomb blast?' he asked. This was the fear that filled our of food, clothing and money. I helped my mother collect
daily lives. Any small disturbance or noise could be a blankets.
bomb or gunfire. I mean that we were so scared, that we Friend: Were you in shock?
were worried all the time about everything. Malala: Yes, we all were. The whole nation was in shock
for a long time after the earthquake. Already so unlucky
Track 72 (Practice 10, Activities 14 and 15) with our politicians and military dictators, now, on top of
everything else, we had to deal with a natural disaster.
Locutora: On our way back from Islambad, our bus hit Friend: It sounds like it was quite a difficult experience.
a pothole. It’s a hole in the ground. It sounded like an Malala: It sure was.
explosion. My brother Khushal, who had been asleep, Friend: Thank you for sharing it with me.
jerked awake. 'Was that a bomb blast?' he asked.
That was the fear that filled our daily lives. Any small
disturbance or noise could be a bomb or gunfire.
I mean that we were so scared, that we were worried all
the time about everything.
Track 73 (Practice 10, Activity 29, Reader’s Book
Practice 10)

Narrador: The 2005 Kashmir Earthquake
Friend: Do you remember the 2005 Kashmir
earthquake?
Malala: Yes, I do! How could I forget?!
Friend: Where were you?
Malala: I remember that one fine day in October, when I
was still in primary school, our desks started to tremble
and shake. Our classes were still mixed at that age, and
all the boys and girls yelled, “Earthquake!” We ran
outside as we had been taught to do. All the children
gathered around our teachers, like chicks swarm to a
mother hen.
Friend: Are you used to earthquakes?
Malala: Yes, we are because Swat lies in a geological
fault line and we often have earthquakes, but this felt
different. All the buildings around us seemed to be
shaking and the rumbling didn’t stop.
Friend: So, you knew it would be more severe than
other earthquakes.
Malala: Well, I guess I did, even though it took me a
while to realize how bad it was.
Friend: What did you do afterwards?
Malala: Once the shaking had stopped we were all sent
home. We found our mother sitting on a chair. She was
relieved to see us and hugged us, tears streaming down
her face. But the aftershocks kept coming all afternoon,
so we remained very scared.
Friend: When were you able to understand the
devastation?
Malala: We saw the effects of the earthquake on the TV
news and it was overwhelming.

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