When she was very young Severn Cullis-Suzuki learned that the United Nations Assembly（大会）was going to meet in Brazil, Severn 1 that she wanted not only to go there but also to say something. She started to raise money for the 2 and when she was 12, she had enough for the 11, 000-kilometre journey.
Severn was sure that she had 3to say, and when she made her five-minuet speech 4 the UN Assembly, she tried very hard to make a difference. She talked about 5problems like pollution and the hunting of animals. She also talked about the 6of children in many parts of the world, especially poor children who don't have enough to eat. She compared them with children in richer countries who have more than they need and throw things 7. Severn's questions were a challenge to the world's leaders一questions about why the grown-ups who8 the world don't take more care of it and of the people who live in it.
Many people who heard her speech were crying at the end, and everyone9 with thunderous applause（掌声）when she finished.
Severn showed that young people can make a difference 10they're brave enough to believe in themselves, Who knows? Perhaps you could be another Severn.
