Listen to speech the first time without looking at the written speech provided below .
Video: The girl that silenced the world for 5 minutes- Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro 1992 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmz6Rbpnu0&feature=related
a. Listen to the speech one more time and fill in the blanks noted with a question mark (?). Stop and restart the video as needed.
“Hello, I am Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O – the Environmental Children’s Organization. We are a group of ? and ? year-olds trying to make a ?, Vanessa Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg and me. We’ve ? all the money to come here ourselves, ? 5,000 miles to tell you adults you must ? your ways. ? here today, I have no hidden agenda. I am ? for my future. Losing my future is not like losing an ?, or a few points on the stock market.”
“I am here to speak for all generations to come. I am here to speak ? of the starving children around the world whose cries ? ?. I am here to speak for the countless animals ? across this planet, because they have nowhere left to go. I am afraid to go out in the sun now, because of the ? in our ?. I am afraid to ? the air, because I don’t know what chemicals are in it. I used to go fishing in Vancouver, my home, with my Dad until, just a few years ago, we found a ? full of cancers. And now we hear of animals and plants going extinct every day, ? forever. In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of ? animals, jungles and ? full of birds and butterflies, but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children ?.”
“Did you have ? of these things when you were my age? All this is happening before our eyes and yet we act as if we have all the time we want and all the solutions. I’m only a child and I don’t have all the ?, but I want you to realize, neither do you. You don’t know how ? the holes in our ozone layer. You don’t know how to bring the ? back up a dead stream. You don’t know how to bring back an animal now ?. And you can’t bring back the forest that once grew where there is now a desert. If you don’t know how to fix it, please stop ? it.”
“Here you may be delegates of your governments, business people, organizers, reporters or politicians. But, really, you’re mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles and all of you are ? ?. I’m only a child, yet I know we are all part of a family, 5 ? strong, in fact 30 million species strong. And borders and governments will never change that. I’m only a child, yet I know we are all in this together and should act as one single world ? one single goal.”
“In my anger, I am not blind and in my ? I am not afraid of telling the world how I feel. In my country we make so much ?, we buy and throw away, buy and throw away, buy and throw away and yet Northern countries will not ? with the needy. Even when we have more than enough we are afraid to share, we are afraid to let go of some of our ? In Canada , we live the privileged life. ? ? plenty of food, water and shelter. We have watches, bicycles, computers and television sets. The list could go on for 2 days. Two days ago here in Brazil , we were shocked when we spent time with some children ? on the streets. This is what one child told us, ‘I wish I was rich and if I were, I would give all the street children food, clothes, ?, shelter and love and affection’. If a child on the street who has nothing is willing to share, why are we who have everything still so greedy? I can’t stop thinking that these are children my ? ?, that it makes a tremendous difference where you are born. And that I could be one of those children living in the favelas of Rio . I could be a child starving in Somalia , or a victim of war in the Middle East or a beggar in India . I am only a child, yet I know if all the money spent on war was spent on finding environmental answers ? poverty and in finding treaties, what a wonderful place this earth would be.”
“At school, even in kindergarten, you teach us how to behave in the world. You teach us to not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others and to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share, not be greedy. Then, why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do? Do not forget why you are attending these conferences, ? you are doing this for. We are your own children. You are deciding what kind of a world we are growing up in. Parents should be able to comfort their children by saying ‘Everything is going to be all right, it’s not the end of the world, and we are doing the best we can’. But I don’t think you can say that to us anymore. Are we even on your list of ? ? My dad always says, ‘You are what you do, not what you ?’. Well, what you do makes me ? at night. You grown-ups say you love us. But I challenge you, please, make your actions reflect your words. Thank you.”
B. Grammar
Prepositions of time
| Preposition | Use | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| in | in months | in July; in September |
| year | in 1985; in 1999 | |
| seasons | in summer; in the summer of 69 | |
| part of the day | in the morning; in the afternoon; in the evening | |
| duration | in a minute; in two weeks | |
| at | part of the day | at night |
| time of day | at 6 o'clock; at midnight | |
| celebrations | at Christmas; at Easter | |
| fixed phrases | at the same time | |
| on | days of the week | on Sunday; on Friday |
| date | on the 25th of December* | |
| special holidays | on Good Friday; on Easter Sunday; on my birthday | |
| a special part of a day | on the morning of September the 11th* | |
| after | later than sth. | after school |
| ago | how far sth. happened (in the past) | 6 years ago |
| before | earlier than sth. | before Christmas |
| between | time that separates two points | between Monday and Friday |
| by | not later than a special time | by Thursday |
| during | through the whole of a period of time | during the holidays |
| for | period of time | for three weeks |
| from ... to from... till/until | two points form a period | from Monday to Wednesday from Monday till Wednesday from Monday until Wednesday |
| past | time of the day | 23 minutes past 6 (6:23) |
| since | point of time | since Monday |
| till/until | no later than a special time | till tomorrow until tomorrow |
| to | time of the day | 23 minutes to 6 (5:37) |
| up to | not more than a special time | up to 6 hours a day |
| within | during a period of time | within a day |
Prepositions at, in, on
| Preposition | Examples |
|---|---|
| in | We sit in the room. |
| I see a house in the picture. | |
| There are trouts in the river. | |
| He lives in Paris. | |
| I found the picture in the paper. | |
| He sits in the corner of the room. | |
| He sits in the back of the car. | |
| We arrive in Madrid. | |
| He gets in the car. | |
| She likes walking in the rain. | |
| My cousin lives in the country. | |
| There are kites in the sky. | |
| He plays in the street. (BE) | |
| She lives in a hotel. | |
| The boys stand in a line. | |
| There is a big tree in the middle of the garden. | |
| He is in town. | |
| I have to stay in bed. | |
| You mustn't park your car in front of the school. | |
| The robber is in prison now. | |
| at | She sits at the desk. |
| Open your books at page 10. | |
| The bus stops at Graz. | |
| I stay at my grandmother's. | |
| I stand at the door. | |
| Look at the top of the page. | |
| The car stands at the end of the street. | |
| Can we meet at the corner of the street? | |
| I met John at a party. | |
| Pat wasn't at home yesterday. | |
| I study economics at university. | |
| The childen are at gandmother's. | |
| He's looking at the park. | |
| He always arrives late at school. | |
| on | The map lies on the desk. |
| The picture is on page 10. | |
| The photo hangs on the wall. | |
| He lives on a farm. | |
| Dresden lies on the river Elbe. | |
| Men's clothes are on the second floor. | |
| He lives on Heligoland. | |
| The shop is on the left. | |
| My friend is on the way to Moscow. | |
| Write this information on the front of the letter. | |
| When she was a little girl people saw unrealistic cowboy films on television. |
Prepositions of place and direction
| Preposition | Use | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| above | higher than sth. | The picture hangs above my bed. |
| across | from one side to the other side | You mustn't go across this road here. There isn't a bridge across the river. |
| after | one follows the other | The cat ran after the dog. After you. |
| against | directed towards sth. | The bird flew against the window. |
| along | in a line; from one point to another | They're walking along the beach. |
| among | in a group | I like being among people. |
| around | in a circular way | We're sitting around the campfire. |
| behind | at the back of | Our house is behind the supermarket. |
| below | lower than sth. | Death Valley is 86 metres below sea level. |
| beside | next to | Our house is beside the supermarket. |
| between | sth./sb. is on each side | Our house is between the supermarket and the school. |
| by | near | He lives in the house by the river. |
| close to | near | Our house is close to the supermarket. |
| down | from high to low | He came down the hill. |
| from | the place where it starts | Do you come from Tokyo? |
| in front of | the part that is in the direction it faces | Our house is in front of the supermarket. |
| inside | opposite of outside | You shouldn't stay inside the castle. |
| into | entering sth. | You shouldn't go into the castle. |
| near | close to | Our house is near the supermarket. |
| next to | beside | Our house is next to the supermarket. |
| off | away from sth. | The cat jumped off the roof. |
| onto | moving to a place | The cat jumped onto the roof. |
| opposite | on the other side | Our house is opposite the supermarket. |
| out of | leaving sth. | The cat jumped out of the window. |
| outside | opposite of inside | Can you wait outside? |
| over | above sth./sb. | The cat jumped over the wall. |
| past | going near sth./sb. | Go past the post office. |
| round | in a circle | We're sitting round the campfire. |
| through | going from one point to the other point | You shouldn't walk through the forest. |
| to | towards sth./sb. | I like going to Australia. Can you come to me? I've never been to Africa. |
| towards | in the direction of sth. | We ran towards the castle. |
| under | below sth. | The cat is under the table. |
| up | from low to high | He went up the hill. |
| A. Write the correct prepositions into the gaps. Example: Look! The people are getting ___ the train. Answer: Look! The people are getting on the train. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2. Click on the following link and do the exercises in class: http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/elt/catalogue/9780194317184-c.pdf
3. More exercises on Prepositions
Choose the correct preposition from the word list below to fill in the blanks for each sentence.
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over into at behind beside under by from between up on
during outside of through without toward until onto near in
among before across after along for with opposite as around
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1. I ride my bicycle to work, all the way ______________ the mountain.
2. The sign says, "Please don't sit _____________ the grass."
3. He ran as fast as he could _____________ catch the bus.
4. Be careful you don't fall _____________ the stairs. They are very steep!
5. It began to rain, so we all ran _____________ the house.
6. He gave us directions and suggested we drive about 5 miles _____________ the sunset, then
turn left _____________ we reach the town _____________ Highlands.
7. We can't get _____________ the concert hall _____________ our tickets. Someone
_____________ our group will need to go back _____________ the hotel to get them.
8. The United States of America is located _____________ Canada and Mexico.
9. Let's have a picnic _____________ the lake. The water is so warm that we could jump
_____________ and go _____________ a swim. Let's wait _____________ _____________
we eat though.
10. If you go _____________ the bridge, you will be _____________ a different country!
11. Would you like to go _____________ a walk _____________ the river _____________ me?
12. The reference section is located _____________ the fiction section, _____________ the
second floor, directly _____________ the kids' section on the first floor of the library.
Review the following page in class and answer all questions with the correct preposition: http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/learning/primary_worksheets/prepositions.pdf and
http://englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/Prepositions_of_Place_2.pdf
