Nuria Blanco CabraCarla Mena Olivella

2011-2012

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THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR SIX MINUTES

1. Basic information: About the film Who is Severn Suzuki Severn’s career

2. Background information: What is ONU? Members, headquarters, official languages Main Topic

3. Glossary Words Expressions

4. Interactive exercise Cross words Missing words

5. Play the film6. Questions

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1. BASIC INFORMATION

About film

UN conference: “Earth Summit” 1992 Rio De Janeiro Severn Suzuki

Severn Suzuki (1979)

Vancouver, Canada 12 years oldT

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Severn’s career

1988 (9 years old): founded ECO (Environmental Children‘s Organization).

1992: UN conference “Earth Summit” .

1993: United Nations Environment Programme. Book “Tell the World”.

2002: Television series “Suzuki's Nature Quest”. Project "Recognition of Responsibility", to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

2010: Documentary film “Severn, the voice of our children” .

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What is UN?

International organization Aims

1. Cooperation2. Law3. Security4. Economic development5. Social progress6. Human rights7. World peace

1945: was founded (after World War II)

2. BACKGROUND INFORMATIONT

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Members, headquarters, official languages

Members: 193. NOT Vatican City. Headquarters

- New York City- Geneva- Nairobi- Vienna

Official languages:- Arabic- Chinese- English- French- Russian- Spanish

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Main Topic : Loosing the future

Speaking about: Poverty Hole in the ozone layer Pollution Devastation of the forests Extinction of so many species Wasting Greedy people Wars “We must change our ways”

“So, please make your actions reflect your words”

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Words

Stock market: a highly organized market facilitating the purchase and sale of securities and operated by professional stockbrokers and market makers according to fixed rules.

Countless: innumerable. Herd: a large group of mammals living and feeding

together, esp. a group of cattle, sheep, etc. Waste: produced in excess of what is required. Needy: in need of practical or emotional support. Shelter: something that provides cover or protection, as

from weather or danger. Greedy: excessively desirous of food or wealth in large

amounts.

3. GLOSSARYT

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Expressions

“To be willing to”: favorably disposed or inclined.

“On behalf of”: Activity, situation or speech completed for someone else.

“Going extinct”.

“I am here to speak for all generations to come”.

“For my children to see”.TH

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4. INTERACTIVE EXERCISE

Crossword

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ACROSS

1. To divide, apportion, or receive equally.3. A person who begs alms or lives by begging.6. A region of marked thinning of the ozone layer in high latitudes, chiefly in winter, due to CFCs and other atmospheric pollutants.8. The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor.9. Suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger.10. To consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit.11. A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically covered with sand.

DOWN

2. Environmental Children's Organization.4. Excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.5. To show regard or consideration for.7. Have no longer in existence.

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ANSWER - ACROSS

1. To divide, apportion, or receive equally: SHARE3. A person who begs alms or lives by begging: BEGGAR6. A region of marked thinning of the ozone layer in high latitudes, chiefly in winter, due to CFCs and other atmospheric pollutants: OZONE HOLE8. The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor: POVERTY9. Suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger: STARVING10. To consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit: WASTE11. A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically covered with sand: DESERT

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2. Environmental Children's Organization: ECO4. Excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc: GREEDY5. To show regard or consideration for: RESPECT7. Have no longer in existence: EXTINCT

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Missing words

“Losing my future is not like losing an election or a few points on the stock market”.

“I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet because they have nowhere left to go”.

“In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies, but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see”.

“In my country, we make so much waste, we buy and throw away, buy and throw away, and yet northern countries will not share with the needy.”

“In Canada, we live the privileged life, with plenty of food, water and shelter”.

“If a child on the street who has nothing, is willing to share, why are we who have everything still so greedy?

“Losing my future is not like losing an election or a few points on the stock market”.

“I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet because they have nowhere left to go”.

“In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies, but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see”.

“In my country, we make so much waste, we buy and throw away, buy and throw away, and yet northern countries will not share with the needy.”

“In Canada, we live the privileged life, with plenty of food, water and shelter”.

“If a child on the street who has nothing, is willing to share, why are we who have everything still so greedy?

Answer - Missing words

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5. PLAYING THE FILMT

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6. QUESTIONS

1. What do you think about their travel of five thousand miles from home at 12 years?

2. Do you agree with the Severn’s speech?

3. Do you think that her speech worked changing their minds?

THANK YOU!!!

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