THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD IN SIX MINUTES
This is an incredible video of a Canadian girl who spoke to the United Nations and left them completely silent and speechless for five minutes. Her name is Severn Cullis-Suzuki, and her speech was given at a U.N. assembly in Brazil when she was twelve years old. She had raised all the money to travel to the delegation, five thousand miles from her home, herself.
Speaking about the hole in the ozone layer, pollution, the devastation of the forests and extinction of so many species, Severn charges that we adults have no idea how to fix these things, in fact can’t fix them, and that we must change our ways. “If you don’t know how to fix it, stop breaking it,” she pleads.
Her speech became known as The Girl Who Silenced the World for 6 Minutes. It is as important today as it was then. Listen…
ESL VIDEO QUIZ (SOURCE:eslvideo.com)
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