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雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第17章:祈禱再長高些(10)

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General Kayani and General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, the head of ISI, were called to testify in parliament, something that had never happened.

雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第17章:祈禱再長高些(10)
基亞尼將軍和ISI局長帕夏將軍被議會找去質詢,這是之前從未發生過的事。

Our country had been humiliated and we wanted to know why.

我們的國家飽受羞辱,我們想要知道原因。

We also learned that American politicians were furious that bin Laden had been living under our noses when all along they had imagined he was hiding in a cave.

我們也得知,美國政府對於本·拉登一直都住在我們身邊,而非他們以爲的躲在洞穴裏一事感到非常憤怒。

They complained that they had given us $20 billion over an eight-year period to cooperate and it was questionable which side we were on.

美國抱怨說,在過去八年的合作過程中,他們給了我們200億美金。然而我們到底站在哪一邊,實在令人質疑。

Sometimes it felt as though it was all about the money.

有時候,讓人感覺這一切好像只與金錢有關。

Most of it had gone to the army; ordinary people received nothing.

然而,大部分的資金都流入軍方手中,平民百姓什麼都沒有得到。

A few months after that, in October 2011 my father told me he had received an email informing him I was one of five nominees for the international peace prize of KidsRights, a children's advocacy group based in Amsterdam.

本·拉登事件發生的幾個月後,2011年10月,父親告訴我他收到一封電子郵件通知:阿姆斯特丹的一個兒童維權團體——兒童權利協會提名了五位國際和平獎候選人,我是其中之一。

My name had been put forward by Archbishop Desmond Tutu from South Africa. He was a great hero of my father for his fight against apartheid.

南非的德斯蒙德·圖圖大主教提交了我的名字。他一直努力推行反對種族隔離制度,是我父親心中的大英雄。

My father was disappointed when I didn't win but I pointed out to him that all I had done was speak out;

我落選時,父親很失望。但我告訴他,我只不過是開口說說話而已,

we didn't have an organisation doing practical things like the award winners had.

而那些獲獎者們則成立了自己的組織,並採取了具體的行動。

Shortly after that I was invited by the chief minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif, to speak in Lahore at an education gala.

那之後不久,我收到旁遮普首席部長沙巴茲·謝里夫的邀請,前往拉合爾的一場教育盛會上演講。

He was building a network of new schools he calls Daanish Schools and giving free laptops to students, even if they did have his picture on their screens when you switched them on.

他正在建立一個新的學校網絡,名爲達尼斯學校。學生會獲得免費的筆記本電腦,不過一開機,就會看到桌面是他的照片。

To motivate students in all provinces he was giving cash awards to girls and boys who scored well in their exams.

爲了刺激各省的學生好好學習,他爲學習優異的男女學生提供現金獎賞。

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