Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor, producer and environmental activist born in 1974 in Los Angeles. He won an Oscar for best actor and has founded the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to raise awareness about climate change. As a UN Messenger of Peace, DiCaprio delivered a speech stating that climate change is a fact, not hysteria, and is a serious threat.

1. Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
11/11/1974, LA .
Producer, Actor & An
Environmentalist.
Oscar winner
Founder of Leonardo
DiCaprio Foundation.
Also worked for UN as a
Messenger of Peace.
‘‘Climate change is a fact not
a hysteria’’.

2. Glossary
• Fiction – Something that is invented or untrue.
• Pretend – Behave so as to make it appear real.
• Deny – Act of denial.
• Precedent – An earlier event or action, that is regarded as an
example or guide to be considered in other situation.
• Rhetoric – The art of persuasive speaking.
• Hysteria – Uncontrollable emotion.
• Threat – Danger.

3. Questions
• Who is the speaker in this given speech?
• Where did DiCaprio delivered his speech on climate change?
• What is the main theme of the speech?

4. Activity & Assignment
• Prepare a table on ‘ what causes climate change’ and ‘how to
prevent climate change’.
• Prepare the profile of Leonardo DiCaprio.