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When she was very young Severn Cullis-Suzuki learned that the United Nations Assembly（大会）was going to meet in Brazil, Severn ____ that she wanted not only to go there but also to say something. She started to raise money for the ____ and when she was 12, she had enough for the 11, 000-kilometre journey.

Severn was sure that she had ____ to say, and when she made her five-minute speech _____ the UN Assembly, she tried very hard to make a difference. She talked about ____ problems like pollution and the hunting of animals. She also talked about the ____ of 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 ____. Severn’s questions were a challenge to the world’s leaders—questions about why the grown-ups who ____ 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 everyone ____ with thunderous applause（掌声）when she finished.

Severn showed that young people can make a difference ____ they’re brave enough to believe in themselves. Who knows? Perhaps you could be another Severn.