International Day of the Girl worksheet

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Designed by Cari 2017/10/28
Let’s celebrate the International Day of the Girl, Shall We?
I. International Day of the Girl— adapted( ) from https://goo.gl/fN2aUq
On Oct. 11, 2017, the world celebrated the International Day of the Girl. This is a
movement to support more opportunities (機會) for women and to become aware (意識到)
of the disadvantages (不利條件) women face because of inequality (不平等). The Global Goals
(全球永續發展) YouTube channel released(推出) a video called Freedom- International Day of
the Girl. Using the song Freedom by Beyonce, it featured (以…為特色) young girls from all
over the world performing to the song. Statistics (統計數據) at the end of the video showed
some very moving (令人感到撼動的) facts. For example, one in four females(女性) are married
as a child.
The video itself is so moving on its own, but the facts and statistics (數據) in the video prove
(證明) some powerful points. It’s such a shock that to this day we suffer from (因…而受苦) so
many disadvantages (不利條件). It’s important for everyone to watch and understand there
are many girls suffering (受苦) just because they are girls.
1. What is “International Day of the Girl” in Chinese?
_______________________________________________________.
2. When is International Day of the Girl every year?
It is ___________________________________________________.
3. Why do we have to celebrate this day? What is “International Day of the Girl”
trying to tell us?
¨ It is the day to tell us to help the girls in need by donating money to the
girls with difficulties in life.
¨ It is the moment to remember the inequality(不平等) between genders and
support for the rights of women.
¨ It is very important for us to watch the video because it shows many
shocking news of the facts about women.
4. What does the word “movement” mean here in the article( )?
¨ activities working toward a certain aim or goal
¨ a national holiday people don’t have to go to school
¨ some international rules people have to follow and obey
5. What’s your female role model? Why? What did she do? Share with us!
________________________________________________________.

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6. What do the facts and statistics ( ) show us? Watch the video and fill in the
blanks.
If we ______ together, we can achieve (達成) the ________ ______ by _______.
________________________________________________
End all forms of ___________ against girls.
終結各種不利女孩的暴力形式
_______ all girls in school.
讓所有女孩上學
End the ________ epidemic
終結愛滋傳染病
End ________ __________
終結童婚
Girls around the world are fighting for their freedom every day.
______________________________________________
Ø_______________ girls gets married _____ a child.
Ø________ of human trafficking victims (人口販賣受害者) are __________.
Ø _________ girls have undergone (遭受) female genital mutilation (割禮).
Ø130 million girls are ____________________.
ØGirls are ______ as likely (比…高出幾倍) to become infected (被感染) with HIV.

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II. The International Day of the Girl Video
Freedom Lyrics by Beyonce
Tryna rain, tryna rain on the ___________(hunter/thunder)
Tell the storm I'm ________(new/few)
I'mma ________(talk/walk) and ________(mark/march) on the regular
Painting white flags __________(blew/blue)
Lord forgive me, I've been running
Running blind in _________
I'ma rain, I'ma rain on this bitter love
Tell the sweet I'm new
I'm telling these __________(fears/tears), "Go and fall away, fall away"
“ ”
May the last one ____________________(put into words/ burn into flames)
___________! Freedom! I can't ___________(love/move)
Freedom, ___________________ (cut me loose/break me free)!
Freedom! Freedom! ____________(Where/How) are you?
Cause I ___________(need/want) freedom too!
I break ________(chance/chains) all by ____________(by yourself/by myself)
Won't let my freedom _________(rot/lot) in hell
Hey! I'ma keep ____________(run/running)
Cause a _________ don't _________(quite/quit) on themselves
I'ma wade, I'ma wave through the ___________(fires/waters)
Tell the tide, "Don't move" “ ”
I'ma riot, I'ma riot through your borders
Call me _________________(bulletproof/waterproof)
Lord forgive me, I've been runnin'
Runnin' __________ in truth
I'ma wade, I'ma wave through your ___________(shallow/shadow) love
Tell the deep I'm new

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III. Quotes from Malala Yousafzai
IV. My Life Quotes

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Malala Yousafzai – the girl shot by Taliban Designed by Cari 2017/10/28
I. The Girl Shot By Taliban
1. Who is Malala Yousafzai? (video clip 1)
Malala Yousafzai _________________________
(made a bed/made a mark) on history now as a children’s
and women’s rights ____________ (activist/activity). She was
a girl _________(shut/shot) by Taliban in 2012 because she
____________ (spoke in/ spoke up) for the___________________
(rights of education/rights of emotion).
2. What did she do to the girls/kids/the world?
She was a girl, born on ________ 12th,1997, in Mingora, Pakistan in Swat Valley.
Malala thinks it’s ____________(impossible/important) for every kid to get education,
but the Taliban don’t think so. They __________(stopped/started) girls from going to
school, and if they did, they would be __________(kissed/killed). Many schools
________________ (shut down/shut up) because of the Taliban and people were
afraid they would kill ___________(young/old) girls.
This didn’t stop Malala from going to school. In September 2008, she gave a
__________(speech/speak) asking “How dare( ) the Taliban take away my basic
right( ) to ______________(information/education)?” She started to use the
_________(vlog/blog) to tell the world about the ________(life/live) with Taliban. She
used the blog to __________(choice/voice) her opinion( ) and she wrote under the
name— Gul Makai, to hide her identity( ) from Taliban or anyone who didn’t like her
blogging.
In 2011, she was nominated( ) for the International Children’s Peace Prize,
and awarded( ) Pakistan’s National Youth( ) Peace Prize. This made Taliban
very unhappy because they like to spread( ) ________, not love.
On the 9th of ___________(August/October),
2012, a man ___________(hanging/wearing) a mask
rushed onto Malala’s school bus and
_________(shot/shoot) her badly on the
________(cheek/forehead). Malala was terribly
__________(hurt/killed) and sent to the hospital. The
doctors there helped her get better and saved her life. After her treatment( ), Malala
returned( ) to school.

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On her 16th birthday, with many people supporting her from around the world,
Malala gave a speech in the U d N n (UN ) with many supporters( ).
Later, she put her life on display( ) with an autobiography( )— “I Am
Malala, the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban”. Malala
would continue to speak up for the ________(lights/rights) of children and women
around the world. At the age of ______, she was awarded the N P P ,
becoming ___________________________(young/younger/the youngest) person ever
to receive( ) it. Malala now continues to work ___________ _______(for/in) global
education and being the ________ in the world that all people
_________ and all children have ______ __________ _______
_______________( ).
II. Malala Day and Malala’s UN Speech (video clip 2)
III. Think and share. (video clip 3 from Voicetube)
1. From the 15 sentences above, which one do you like the most?
2. What do you think about Malala?
3. If you had a chance to meet her, what would you say to her?
1. Dear Friends, on the 9th of October 2012,
the Taliban shot me on the _______ side of my forehead .
2. They shot my friends too.
3. They thought that the __________ would silence( … ) us.
4. But they _________ .
And then, out of that silence( ) came, ___________ _____ voices.
6. The terrorists( ) thought that they would change our _______( ) and stop
our ____________( ) but nothing changed in my life except( … ) this:
7. Weakness, fear and hopelessness ________.
8. Strength, power and courage was ________.
9. I am the same Malala.
10. My ambitions( ) are _______ ________.
11. My ________ are the same.
12. My ________ are the same.
13. I am here to ___________ _______ for the right of education of every child.
14. One _________, one ________, one ________ can __________ the world.
15. Education is the only ___________ . Education ________. Thank you.