常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

not clipping my wings and for letting me to fly

以前,ゼミで学んだスピーチといい,彼女の英語にはなんとも心に残るフレーズがいつも盛り込まれています。(Ume)

Peace Prize Winner Malala Thanks Dad for 'Not Clipping' Her Wings

"I’m proud that I am the first Pakistani and I am honored that I am the first young woman or the first young person to be receive this award,” she said in a press conference from Britain, where she is still receiving treatment for her injuries. “I’m thankful to my father for not clipping my wings and for letting me to fly.”

She said she was in chemistry class when she learned of the award.

"I was totally sure that I hadn’t won it," she explained, saying that she was accepting the award on behalf of children everywhere. "When I found that I got the Nobel peace prize.. I decided that I would not leave my school I would continue to learn.”

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/peace-prize-winner-malala-thanks-dad-not-clipping-her-wings-n222746