1- Read the following stanzas from the song “Truth to Power” by OneRepublic and answer the questions

below.

I could tell you I was fragile

I could tell you I was weak

I could write you out a letter

To tell you anything you need

[...]

I could tell you I was ageless

But I know you see the light

I could tell you I'm immune to everything

But that's a lie

Dust don't turn to flowers

Skies don't disappear

But I've seen truth to power

A- Who/what is the I present in the song? Who is the you?  How do you know?  Watch the video of the song
to check your predictions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4DFXUndvbw (00:10 - 00:32 and 01:15 -
01:50) 

B- What do you think about the video? And  about the rhythm of the song? 

C- What do you think the lines “I could tell you I was ageless/ but I know you see the light” refer to?  

D- What does the phrase “I’ve seen truth turn to power” mean? What message does the song give?

2- Look at the picture of the song. How do you think it

relates with the lyrics?
 What action (if any) do you think governments and world leaders should take to manage climate
change? 

Watch Leonardo DiCaprio’s speech at the opening of Climate Summit 2014. From what he says, what would
you say his answer to the previous answer is? Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=vTyLSr_VCcg (00:25 - 02:30)

Watch/listen to his speech again and complete the phrases below with ONE word (it has to be the word he
uses).

1- “I stand before you, not as an ________________ but as a concerned

________________.”

2-“I believe mankind has looked at ________________ 

________________ in that same way: as if it were a ________________,
as if pretending that climate change wasn’t real would somehow make it
go away. 

3- “Every week we are seeing new and undeniable climate

________________ , evidence that accelerated climate change is here
right now.” 

4- “None of this is rhetoric, and none of it is hysteria. It is a ________________. The ________________

________________ knows it, industry knows it, governments know it.”

5- “Admiral Samuel Locklear recently said that climate change is our single greatest ________________
threat.”

6- “To be clear, this is not about telling people to change their ________________  bulbs or buy a hybrid car.
This disaster has grown beyond the choices that individuals make. This is now about our industries, and
________________ around the world taking decisive, ________________  action. Now must be our moment
for action.” 

Which of the statements from the previous exercise do you agree with? Is there anything you disagree
with? Why?