世界名人故事之演员明星 第17期:奥黛丽·赫本

 6 Audrey Hepburn 6 奥黛丽·赫本

Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4，1929 in Brussels, Belgium.  奥黛丽·赫本于1929年5月4日出生在比利时的布鲁塞尔。

She really was blue-blood from the beginning with her father, a wealthy English banker, and her mother, a Dutch baroness¹. 她是贵族血统，父亲是英国富有的银行家，母亲是荷兰女爵。

After her parents divorced, Audrey went to London with her mother where she went to a private girls school. 父母离婚后，奥黛丽·赫本和母亲去了伦敦，在那里上了一所私立女子学校。

Later, when her mother moved back to the Netherlands, she attended private schools as well.  后来，母亲返回荷兰，她也继续在荷兰上私立学校。

While vacationing with her mother in Arnhem，Holland, Hitler's army suddenly took over the town.  她和母亲在荷兰阿纳姆度假时，希特勒的军队突然接管了城镇。

It was here that she fell on hard times during the Nazi² occupation.  在纳粹分子统治时期，赫本在那里过了一段艰苦的生活。

Audrey suffered from depression and malnutrition³.  她一直忍受着抑郁和营养不良的痛苦。

After the liberation, Audrey went to a ballet school in London on a scholarship and later began a modeling career. 解放后，赫本去了伦敦的一所芭蕾舞学校，获得了学位，之后就开始了她的模特生涯。

As a model, she was graceful⁴ and, it seemed, he had found her niche⁵ in life — until the film producers came calling.  作为一名模特，她的仪态优雅，她感到似乎已经找到适合她一生的位置——直到电影制片人打来电话。

After being spotted⁶ modeling by a producer, she was signed to a bit part in the European film in 1948.  1948年，被制片人发现后，她签约在一部欧洲电影里扮演一个小角色。

Later, she had a speaking role in the 1951 film, Young Wives' Tale as Eve Lester.  过后，1951年，她在电影《年轻妻子的故事》里饰演Eve Lester,是正式的演员。

The part still wasn't much, so she headed to America to try her luck there. 角色一直不很多，因此她前往美国去试试运气。

Audrey gained immediate⁷ prominence⁸ in the US with her role in Roman Holiday in 1953.  1953年，奥黛丽·赫本在“罗马假日”中的演出使她在美国变得引人注目。

This film turned out to be a smashing success as she won an Oscar as Best Actress.  这部电影取得了了不起的成功，她因此而获得了奥斯卡最佳女主角奖，

This gained her enormous popularity and more plum roles.  并且备受好评，有很多角色来找她。

One of the reasons for her popularity was the fact that she was so elf like and had class, unlike the sex-goddesses of the time. 赫本成为明星的原因之一是她那天真清纯的小精灵形象以及她那古典美，不像当时的那些性感女郎。

Audrey reached the pinnacle⁹ of her career when she played Holly¹⁰ Golightly in the delightful¹¹ film，Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1961.  1961年，奥黛丽在《蒂凡尼的早餐》中饰演令人喜爱的Holly Golighdy时，凭借这个角色她达到了她事业的顶峰，

For this she received another nomination¹².  又获得一次提名。

One of Audrey's most radiant roles was in the fine production of My Fair Lady, in 1964.  赫本最光彩的形象是在1964年名作 《窃宛淑女》中的角色。

1 baroness   

n.男爵夫人，女男爵

参考例句：

• I'm sure the Baroness will be able to make things fine for you.我相信男爵夫人能够把家里的事替你安排妥当的。
• The baroness,who had signed,returned the pen to the notary.男爵夫人这时已签过字，把笔交回给律师。

2 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

3 malnutrition   

n.营养不良

参考例句：

• In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
• It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。

4 graceful   

adj.优美的，优雅的；得体的

参考例句：

• His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
• The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。

5 niche   

n.壁龛；合适的职务(环境、位置等)

参考例句：

• Madeleine placed it carefully in the rocky niche. 玛德琳小心翼翼地把它放在岩石壁龛里。
• The really talented among women would always make their own niche.妇女中真正有才能的人总是各得其所。

6 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

7 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

8 prominence   

n.突出；显著；杰出；重要

参考例句：

• He came to prominence during the World Cup in Italy.他在意大利的世界杯赛中声名鹊起。
• This young fashion designer is rising to prominence.这位年轻的时装设计师的声望越来越高。

9 pinnacle   

n.尖塔，尖顶，山峰；(喻)顶峰

参考例句：

• Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.现在他正值事业中的顶峰时期。
• It represents the pinnacle of intellectual capability.它代表了智能的顶峰。

10 holly   

n.[植]冬青属灌木

参考例句：

• I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
• People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.人们总是在圣诞节时用冬青来装饰房屋。

11 delightful   

adj.令人高兴的，使人快乐的

参考例句：

• We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday.上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
• Peter played a delightful melody on his flute.彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。

12 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。