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VCAA 2010-LA
Professor Chris Lee's speech which was presented at the International Biodiversity Conference 2010 in Nagoya, Japan contents that because of the 'lack of unity' and 'lack of genuine commitment to action' little has been done to the achieve the aim set in 2002 to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss and 'we must' change this and 'tresure' 'biodiversity' ' before it is too late'. Lee in a cynical but calm and conservative tone and with the use of the persuasive techniques such as strong, emotive, inclusive language, rhetorical questions and appeals to human values and for action he positions the listeners of his speech to feel as if they have a responsibility to conserve biodiversity and do more than produce' wonderful word[ed], glossy brouchures and documentaries' which are not considered 'real action' in his eyes and many others in the world.
The opening slide of Lee's presentation is one which desmostrates the issue as clear and defined. The image has clearly been cleverly created to connect biodiversity to the year 2010. As biodiversity is defined as all aspects of life on earth, this has been taken and placed in the shape of 2010 to which was labelled ' The International Year of Biodiversity, by the United Nations'. Hence the relationship formed by issues and the connection made in the image presented.
Lee's speech begins with backgroud information and a small reflection to grab the listerners attention and to ultimately make it clear in their mind the topic to which is going to be further discussed in the speech. Lee states that the 'United Nations declared 2010 as the year of action' but he cleverly creates doubt in the listeners minds as to wheather or not this has actually been true by the use of a rhetorical question. He goes on to state why it was going to be a year of action and the commitment to which was made by 'many countries' to which he then lightens the mood by stating 'the next two days will be a review' and in a minor humorous tone jokes to the audience 'how well have we done' engaging them with the use of 'we' and making the speech feel interactive rather than a lecture.
The speech goes on to chance tone from light and humorous to sad and serious. Lee highlights the rate at which biodiversity is being loss in the world with the use of statistics which aims to alarm the listeners and to show the aim has actually failed. He cleverly places the blame on all humans which aims to appeal to peoples values and lead them to change the way in which they live and affect the rate of biodioversity. He goes to alarm the listeners even more by stating ' animals and plants are being driven towards extinction fasther than new species can evolve' which in the listeners mind will be shocking as people have this idea that evolution is a slow process to which is affected by humans but only to a small degree. He goes on to state the reasons why this is happening to show it humans actually have a huge impact on evolution and 'must reverse this negative trend' as it is 'essential to human wellbeing'
The speech continues by changing to a lighter tone but one to which is still concerned, to state that 'we have no excuse for inaction'. The inclusive continuation of 'we' and the statement of no excuse allows for the listeners to be motivated and thereby Lee has created awareness cleverly and demand for the issue by the previous paragraphs. He goes on to state that making 'brochures and documentaries' are not actully helping achieve the aim and 'real action' needs to be done and cleverly demostrates this with a constrasting juxtaposition of saying something and a concrete result is two different things. Lee states 'a zoo here, a national park there are faint promises'. This is presented as minimal action by Lee and in fact there they are only promises bringing in the concept of only believe it when you see it. Lee then addresses the audience directly and makes them think and question their behaviour and their countries behaviour with the use of a rhetorical question.
Lee adds to his argument by taking on a causal tone and stating that 'we know why biological diversity is so important and he musnt remind you' but he still clevely goes to remind without presenting new information and making the information seen as if it is general knowledge to the audience with the repetition of 'we know'. He states in between all of this the negatives of not conserving biodiversity to humans which only further enhances the listeners alarmness and vitally of the issue. He states they healthy ecosystems are necessary to prevent poverty to which is a soft topic in society to which must be addressed as soon as possible as it is crucial which further enhances the need for action.
Lee has a shift in tone to passionate and outraged stating clearly 'we must stop kidding ourselves' and ' hunters and gathereers must hunt less, father less, conserve and preserve more before it is too late!'. Lee states that is any of this new information and blissfully answers stating 'of course not' making it seem a silly issue as we know it is affecting the planet but the world is being lazy and not doing anything about it. He states that the time for 'talk is over. now, truly is the time for serious action' which is inspiring and hopefully leads to the listerners taking on a responsibility to fulfill and states that this needs to be reinforced to everyone in the world.
Lee finishes his speech by quoting a ecologist which states 'biodiversity is the greatest tresure we have.... its diminishment is to be prevented at all costs'. This is presented on the final slide of Lee's presentation also and is presented with a image of the world in the palm of two hands . This indicates the world as being precisous, special, important and that the action society takes will shape how the world will turn out which is ultimately the message of the speech presented by Lee.
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