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Nobel Peace Prize Winners Call for Action on Children’s Rights

LONDON— The Indian and Pakistani winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize have called on political and religious leaders to make children’s rights a priority, and to improve the lives of millions of children caught in a cycle of poverty, child labor and lack of education.

The Peace Prize winners told an Oslo news conference that the Nobel Committee’s decision has put a global spotlight on children’s issues.

Seventeen-year-old Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan was nearly killed by the Taliban two years ago for her advocacy for girls’ education. Sixty-year-old Kailash Satyarthi of India founded a charity that frees bonded child laborers and provides them with training and education.

Malala had invited the prime ministers of the two countries to Wednesday’s award ceremony, but they have not responded.

“I would have thought of it as a big opportunity to ask them to have good relationships and to make education together their top priority and work on it together,” she said.

Satyarthi issued a broader appeal.

“I would definitely urge all the religious leaders in the world, and all the religions in the world, that if you really want to worship God and want to see a better world, begin with the children,” he said.

Satyarthi’s charity operates in 144 countries and has rescued thousands of children, many of them in his home country, India. He said Tuesday the Nobel Peace Prize has already brought welcome attention on the plight of poor, uneducated and enslaved children worldwide.

“When we are talking here, and addressing this press conference, millions of children cannot talk in freedom, cannot enjoy the freedom and smile as a child. We have to work for them,” said Satyarthi.

Malala Yousafzai campaigned for girls’ education in northern Pakistan, after the Taliban moved into the area and closed schools. An alleged Taliban militant shot her in the head.

“There are so many countries where children are not asking for any iPad or computer or anything else," she said. "What they are asking for is just a book and just a pen. So why can’t we do that? Why can’t we just give a book and a pen? Why can’t we just give a school to children, which can really change their future, really change their world?”

Malala said people like her attacker, who think Islam forbids educating women, were themselves uneducated.

“In Islam, education is not only a child’s right, but it is their duty. There is a hadith from the Prophet that you should get education, you should get knowledge. It’s not just limited to men,” she said.

Much has been made of the fact that the Nobel Committee gave the Peace Prize to an Indian and a Pakistani, a Hindu and a Muslim. On Tuesday, Satyarthi said he considered Malala his daughter. And Malala said just because India and Pakistan had a border between them, they did’t have to hate each other.

詞匯解析

capacity

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.容量；容積；能力；職位；資格

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用作名詞 (n.)

That bowl has a capacity of two pints.

那只碗的容量有兩品脫。

She alone was in a capacity to begin the negotiation.

只有她有資格開始談判。

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prominent

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.顯著的；杰出的；突出的

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

That school is prominent in baseball.

那個學(xué)校以棒球著稱。

She is having a lean, gaunt frame with prominent bones.

他骨瘦如柴的身材又細又瘦,骨骼突出的

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invest

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

v.投資；投入

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用作動詞 (v.)

I won't invest my money in his company.

我不會把我的錢投資到他的公司。

Everyone should invest some time in community service.

每個人都應(yīng)該花些時間在社區(qū)服務(wù)上。

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principal

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

adj.主要的；首要的

n.本金；資本；校長；主角；委托人；主犯

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

Our principal problem is lack of time.

我們的主要問題就是缺少時間。

用作名詞 (n.)

Mr.Charlie Wang is a Principal of Pangaea and responsible for capital management.

王巖先生現(xiàn)任磐石基金執(zhí)行董事，負責(zé)資本管理。

Shall I work underground, bribing the paltry assistants in that foul conspiracy, until I find my way to the thrice guilty principal?

我要不要秘密進行追究，賄賂那骯臟密謀中的可鄙助手，直至我找到線索挖出那三倍有罪的主犯？

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recognize

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

vt.承認(rèn)；認(rèn)出；意識到；表示感激；識別

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用作及物動詞 (vt.)

His thorough knowledge and competence were recognized.

他的淵博的學(xué)識和工作能力得到了承認(rèn)。

The firm recognized Tom's outstanding work by giving him an extra bonus.

公司發(fā)給湯姆一筆額外獎金以表彰他出色的工作。

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available

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

adj.可利用的；可得到的；有空的；有效的；<貶>【政】有資格的，適合的

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

The Prime Minister was not available for comment.

首相無暇作出評論。

The round trip ticket is available for two months.

返程票兩個月有效。

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trade

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

n.貿(mào)易；交易；行業(yè)；同行；顧客；營業(yè)額；交易量

v.做生意；從事貿(mào)易；購物；營業(yè)；(在證券交易所)交易；交換

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用作名詞 (n.)

China does a lot of trade with many countries.

中國和許多國家進行多方面貿(mào)易。

用作動詞 (v.)

I refuse to trade with that company again.

我拒絕再度和那家公司做生意。

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