1. THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
Nuria Blanco Cabra
Carla Mena Olivella
2011-2012
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2. STRUCTURE
THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 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 film
6. Questions
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3. 1. BASIC INFORMATION
THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
About film
 UN conference: “Earth Summit”
 1992
 Rio De Janeiro
 Severn Suzuki
Severn Suzuki (1979)
 Vancouver, Canada
 12 years old
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4. Severn’s career
THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
 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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5. 2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
What is UN?
 International organization
 Aims
1. Cooperation
2. Law
3. Security
4. Economic development
5. Social progress
6. Human rights
7. World peace
 1945: was founded (after World War II)
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6. Members, headquarters, official languages
THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
 Members: 193. NOT Vatican City.
 Headquarters
- New York City
- Geneva
- Nairobi
- Vienna
 Official languages:
- Arabic
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Russian
- Spanish
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8. THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
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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9. 3. GLOSSARY
THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
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.
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10. THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
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”.
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Crossword
4. INTERACTIVE EXERCISE

12. THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
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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13. ANSWER - ACROSS
THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
1. To divide, apportion, or receive equally: SHARE
3. A person who begs alms or lives by begging: BEGGAR
6. A region of marked thinning of the ozone layer in high latitudes, chiefly in
winter, due to CFCs and other atmospheric pollutants: OZONE HOLE
8. The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support;
condition of being poor: POVERTY
9. Suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger: STARVING
10. To consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to
no avail or profit: WASTE
11. A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically
covered with sand: DESERT
ANSWER - DOWN
2. Environmental Children's Organization: ECO
4. Excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc: GREEDY
5. To show regard or consideration for: RESPECT
7. Have no longer in existence: EXTINCT
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14. Missing words
THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
“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?
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15. Answer - Missing words
THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
“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?
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5. PLAYING THE FILM

17. 6. QUESTIONS
THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 6 MINUTES
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?
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THANK YOU!!!