英语名人堂：奥黛丽·赫本

奥黛丽·赫本（Audrey Hepburn），1929年5月4日出生于比利时布鲁塞尔，英国电影和舞台剧女演员。

1948年，赫本在一部时长仅39分钟的荷兰风光纪录片《荷兰七课》中出镜，开始电影生涯。1954年，她在影片《罗马假日》中第一次出演女主角，并获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。同年，她因在舞台剧《美人鱼》中的表演，获得托尼奖的最佳女主角。1955年，她凭借电影《龙凤配》再度获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖的提名。1961年，她主演了电影《蒂凡尼的早餐》。1964年，她主演了歌舞片《窈窕淑女》。1989年，息影多年的奥黛丽客串出演最后一部电影《直到永远》。

晚年时，奥黛丽·赫本投身慈善事业，是联合国儿童基金会亲善大使的代表人物，为第三世界妇女与孩童争取权益。1992年被授予美国“总统自由勋章”，1993年获奥斯卡人道主义奖[1]  。1993年1月20日，奥黛丽·赫本因阑尾癌病逝，享年63岁。

赫本一生中共获得五次奥斯卡最佳女主角提名。1999年，她被美国电影学会评为“百年来最伟大的女演员”第三位。2002年5月，联合国儿童基金会在其纽约总部为一尊7英尺高的青铜雕像揭幕，雕像名字为奥黛丽精神（The Spirit of Audrey），以表彰赫本为联合国所做的贡献。

 

Audrey Hepburn was an award-winning actress. The American Film Institute considered her to be the third greatest actress of all time. She also became a fashion and cultural icon¹, and continues to be so today. She was also a magnificent humanitarian². The memories of World War II horrors shaped her desire to help children and so she served as a UNICEF Goodwill³ Ambassador.

 

Hepburn was born in 1929 as Audrey Ruston in Brussels, Belgium. She was the only child of an Englishman and a Dutch aristocrat⁴. She was educated at a private school in England. Her parents divorced in 1935 and her father left. His leaving was the most traumatic moment of her life. After World War II, Hepburn studied ballet in London.

 

Audrey was too tall to be a ballerina and went into acting⁵. In 1951, her first big break came when she starred as Gigi in a London theatre. She won an award and lots of publicity⁶. Her second break came two years later in the movie classic ‘Roman Holiday’, for which she won an Oscar for best actress.

 

Hepburn became one of Hollywood's most successful stars and starred in many unforgettable movies. She used her fame to work with UNICEF for several decades. She declared, "I have a broken heart”, after seeing Ethiopia’s famine in 1988. She also famously said: “'Third World' is a term I don't like very much, because we're all one world.” Hepburn died in 1993 but remains⁷ a much-loved legend.

 

1 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

2 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

3 goodwill   

n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉

参考例句：

• His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
• We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。

4 aristocrat   

n.贵族，有贵族气派的人，上层人物

参考例句：

• He was the quintessential english aristocrat.他是典型的英国贵族。
• He is an aristocrat to the very marrow of his bones.他是一个道道地地的贵族。

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

6 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。