Malala Yousafzais, shot, Nobel Peace Prize

Since then she has been shot in the head by the militants, and has become the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize and accepting the award in Oslo on 10 December, she said she was "humbled" and proud to be the first Pashtun and the first Pakistani to win the prize.

When she was shot in the head in October 2012 by a Taliban gunman, she was already well known in Pakistan, but that one shocking act catapulted her to international fame. She was discharged from hospital in January 2013 and her life now is unimaginably different to anything she may have envisaged when she was an anonymous voice chronicling the fears of schoolgirls under the shadow of the Taliban.

She was named one of time magazine's most influential people in 2013, put forward for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013, won the European Parliament's Sakharov price for Freedom of Thought and her autobiography "I Am Malala" was released last year, and reversion for younger audiences.

 Militants destroyed scores of girls schools in the time the Taliban wielded power over the valley. And her identity as the girl blogger from Swat eventually became known as she became more vocal on the subject of the right of girls to education

When she finally returned to Swat, Malala took advantage of the improved security and went back to school. Malala and her family were the subject of threats and it was on 9 October 2012 that these were borne out.

The Taliban said that they targeted her for "promoting secular education" and threatened to attack her again.

Shs  began attending Edgbaston High School in March and her father has been given a job with the Pakistani consulate in Birmingham for three years.

But she has continued her campaign and taken it around the world.

A fund set up in her name helps children in education around the world. Among other trips, she has travelled to Nigeria, meeting President Goodluck Jonathan to press for action to free the 200 girls held by Boko Haram Islamist militants.

It is all a far cry from the girl who wrote in her diary only four years ago: "Today, I also read my diary written for the BBC in Urdu. My mother liked my pen name Gul Makai. I also like the name because my real name means 'grief stricken'."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-23241937

What :  Women's education in Pakistan

When : 10 December 2014

Where : Pakistani

Why : to speak up for the right of education for every child and she want education for the sons and daughters of the Taliban and all terrorists and extremists.

Who : Malala Yousafzai

How :unshakable belief in the equality of genders and liberation of learning.

key word :
1 rehabilitation   復興

2 envisaged     設想
3 anonymous     無名的
4 implemented   執行
5 edict                布告/法令
6 grief stricken  悲痛欲絕   

Nepal earthquake, 2015, death toll, kill

Nepal earthquake: Death toll passes 4,800 as rescuers face challenges

In Nepal more than 4,800 people dead. More than 9,200 injured. Eight million affected across Nepal. One million children urgently in need of help.

Those are the startling numbers that indicate the scale of the devastation from the huge earthquake that struck the Himalayan nation on Saturday.

And some of the grim figures are likely to get even worse as hopes of rescuing any more survivors diminish every hour.

'Many people are crying'

Elsewhere in the city, many shaken residents are sleeping in the open. Some have lost their homes, others are afraid to stay in buildings that may be vulnerable to aftershocks.

Villagers trapped, crushed in their homes

Drava’s of World Vision said he had been told of frightening levels of damage in villages in the region surrounding Gurkha district, which is near the earthquake's epicenter. They included one where 35 out of 45 homes were destroyed and another where 70% of the houses had collapsed, trapping and crushing the people inside, most of them children and the elderly.

Terrain, weather hamper relief efforts

Nepali Home Ministry Joint Secretary Sager Mani Parajuli, who is coordinating relief efforts, said government efforts to get aid to remote areas had been hampered by rugged terrain and poor weather, which limits the use of helicopters.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/28/asia/nepal-earthquake/

What : the Nepal earthquake

When : May, 2015

Where : In Nepal

Why : with a magnitude of 7.8M earthquake

Who : Nepal victims

How : 7.8M earthquake

Key word:

1 indicate  指出

2 devastation 荒廢/蹂躪

3 survivor 倖存者

4 diminish 減少/縮減

5 shaken 動搖

6 epicenter 震央

7 coordinate 調整

Formosa Water Park/Formosa Fun Coast, explosion/ blast, injure

Hundreds injured in Taiwan water park blast 'hell'

Taipei- Witnesses described the scene at a Taiwan water park as "hell" after a ball of fire ripped through a crowd, with authorities putting the injured at nearly 500 on Sunday, more than 200 of them seriously hurt.

Horrifying amateur video footage showed crowds of young revelers dancing in front of a stage and cheering as clouds of green and yellow powder covered them at the "color party" Saturday night.

But their joy turned to terror when the powder suddenly erupted into flames engulfing the partygoers in an inferno as they ran screaming for their lives.

Some were dressed only in swimwear and images from the scene show many with severe burns being tended by those who escaped.

The injury toll from the blast sharply rose Sunday morning as officials began to track down victims who had taken themselves to the hospital or had been ferried there by others.

One male student who sustained minor injuries described the scene as "hell".

The injury toll from the blast sharply rose Sunday morning as officials began to track down victims who had taken themselves to the hospital or had been ferried there by others. Public Health Department said 498 people had been injured.

 The reason why the burns were so severe was that in addition to burns to the skin, there were also injuries caused by burns to the respiratory organs from the large amount of color powder inhaled , about this explosion and fire... was caused by the powder spray. It could have been due to the heat of the lights on the stage.

Deputy fire chief Chen Chung-yueh said Sunday the blast may have been caused by "sparks from machinery or lighting equipment".

Five people including event manager Lu Chung-chi were detained by police.

They are being questioned by prosecutors on charges of offences against public safety and negligence of duties that caused severe injuries, a police spokesman said.

Lu and a hardware technician named as Chiu Po-ming were released on bail and banned from leaving the country, China's state news agency, CNA, reported.

Color Play Asia has also run other "colour parties" in Taiwan in the past two years.

Taiwan's premier Mao Chih-kuo, who visited the injured Sunday, ordered that all such events be banned unless their safety could be assured.

http://news.yahoo.com/number-injured-taiwan-water-park-blast-rises-509-022510078.html

what : Hundreds injured by the explosion and fire

when :  June 28, 2015

where  :Taipei-Taiwan water park 

who :  Lu Chung-chi and Hundreds injured people

how ; this explosion and fire was caused by the powder spray.

key word : 

1  authorities  官方/當局

2   horrifying    令人驚恐的/使人驚駭的

3  engulfing   吞沒的/包住的

4  inferno       地獄

5 respiratory  呼吸