Greta Thunberg speech - Commentary
Cross out what is wrong (x) and highlight what is right.(✓)
The document under study is a conference/an interview/a report/a speech/a documentary.
This speech was delivered in September/October/November /two thousand and eighteen/two
thousand and nineteen.
Today, she is talking at the United Nations / Climate / Action / Summit in NY. *
The speaker is an anonymous/a famous/well-known adolescent called Greta Thunberg.
She is 16/26/60 years old and she comes from Spain/Sweden/Switzerland.
She's both a schoolgirl/university student/an actress and an activist/an ecologist/a fascist.
She has become the spokesperson of her generation/the adults: in this speech she is talking to/for
adults to/for young people.
The audience/public applauds to show that they disapprove of her acts/support her/agree with
her.
Her speech is very neutral/emotional/boring: she nearly cries/laughs/falls asleep as she delivers
it!
Which proves Greta is very much distant/involved/concerned/angry when it comes to global
warming.
The document is a denunciation/a criticism/a caricature of our leaders' action/lack of
action/inaction. According to Greta, our world leaders are/are not doing enough to
destroy/protect the environment. They are completely responsible/the ones to blame for global
warming.
The aim of her speech is to denounce/attack/convince/persuade/criticize/expose.
The key-sentence that she repeats several times is how are you/how old are you/how dare you
which means you should be ashamed of yourselves.
It shows her love/contempt (mépris)/respect for the politicians and others whom she accuses of
inaction.
She blames them for doing too much/not doing enough/lying to us/ letting us down.
Her speech ends with a promise/a threat/a condemnation: 'We will never forgive you'
Her 'strategy' is to condemn/to mock/to laugh at politicians in order to push them into action.
She is not alone in her fight/struggle (lutte): 15 other young activists/politicians and her have
decided to file a complaint to the UN/US/UK. For them the inaction of governments is a violation
of animals/human/women's rights.
Her message is clear: if nothing is made/done, we will have a mass consumption/extinction. All
life will disappear from our planet/the Earth/the blue planet.
*The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization responsible for maintaining
international peace and security