Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmz6Rbpnu0

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmz6Rbpnu0
Very inspiring.  Her speaking skills are outstanding as well.  I
didn't know who she was, but I found out she is the daughter of David
Suzuki, a well known Canadian scientist who hosts The Nature of Things
on CBS.
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/natureofthings/
gfc

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Interesting. I don't know if and how much she was coached for that 
speech but her delivery is inspiring.  Wouldn't be the same to hear the 
same things from, say, Al Gore? Or any other adult for that matter.
Anyway, to justify the OT, thought her speech would be a good listening 
exercise  for the ICLI crowd.

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmz6Rbpnu0
Since opinions are like assholes (everyone's got one), here's mine 
(opinion).
Unfortunately, reality is way more complex. Wars, extinctions and 
greediness are not necessarily bad things in the long run. The same way 
the extinction of some species may have considerable repercussions on 
the entire world, we don't know what would happen if there were no more 
extinctions. Moreover, what would happen if the "greedy person" became 
extinct? What if the belligerent one became extinct? After all, *many* 
ways to hell are paved with good intentions.
Some people don't understand that stopping doing something is usually 
not a solution, but a requirement. You still need a solution where that 
requirement is met. Interests ruin the world. Well, interests *move* the 
world. Some people says that we should live like all the other animals. 
Well, we're already doing that.
Kiuhnm

 Well, we're already doing that.
Some people say...
VLADIMIR:
Let us not waste our time in idle discourse! (Pause. Vehemently.) Let us do
something, while we have the chance! It is not every day that we are needed.
Not indeed that we personally are needed. Others would meet the case equally
well, if not better. To all mankind they were addressed, those cries for
help still ringing in our ears! But at this place, at this moment of time,
all mankind is us , whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it,
before it is too late! Let us represent worthily for once the foul brood to
which a cruel fate consigned us! What do you say? (Estragon says nothing.)
It is true that when with folded arms we weigh the pros and cons we are no
less a credit to our species. The tiger bounds to the help of his congeners
without the least reflection, or else he slinks away into the depths of the
thickets. But that is not the question. What are we doing here , that is the
question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen to know the answer.
Yes, in this immense confusion one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for
Godot to come-
ESTRAGON:
Ah!
[from Waiting for Godot]

 Kiuhnm
A certain Jesus Christ would probably disagree. However, that sentence 
could be mankind's best eulogy  when the human race will become extinct.
Anyway, thank you for sharing only your opinion.

 Anyway, thank you for sharing only your opinion.
Some bad past experience?
Kiuhnm

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Any
Kiuhnm

 listening exercise  for the ICLI crowd.
Personalmente capisco tutto quello che dice.
In ogni caso, bella interpretazione, dimostra più del doppio della 
propria età.