世界名人简介 第11期:奥黛丽·赫本

 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. Shewas 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.

奥黛丽·赫本是一位备受赞誉的女演员。美国电影学院将她视为史上第三大最优秀的女演员。她还成为了时尚和文化的标志，她的影响力仍延续至今。她还是一位极具影响力的人道主义者。对于二战的惨痛记忆让她拥有了帮助儿童的愿望，所以她担任了联合国儿童基金会的亲善大使。

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.

1929年，赫本出生于比利时布鲁塞尔，她当时的名字是奥德丽·路斯顿。她是一名英国人和一名丹麦贵族唯一的孩子。她在英格兰上了私立学校。1935年，她的父母离婚，父亲离开了她。他的离去成为了赫本一生中最难过的时刻。二战之后，赫本在伦敦学习了芭蕾。

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.

赫本高大的身高无法成为一名芭蕾舞演员，之后她走上了演艺道路。1951年，她在伦敦大剧院饰演“琪琪”一角，这使她迎来了首个演艺高峰。她获得了奖项，并提高了自己的知名度。两年之后，她出演了经典电影“罗马假日”，这让她迎来了第二个演艺高峰，凭借这一角色，她获得了奥斯卡最佳女演员奖项。

Hepburn became one of Hollywood's most successful stars and starred in many unforgettable movies. She usedher 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, becausewe're all one world.” Hepburn died in 1993 but remains⁷ a much-loved legend.

赫本成为了好莱坞最著名的影星之一，并在多部经典电影中出演主角。十几年来，她还利用自己的名声与联合国儿童基金会一同合作。她说，“1988年，当我看到埃塞俄比亚的饥荒之后，我的心碎了。”她还说：“我不喜欢第三世界这个词，因为我们都生活在同一个世界。”赫本死于1993年，如今，她还是人们喜爱的传奇影星。

1.UNICEF 联合国儿童基金会

例句：He points out that it's estimated that for every $3 you send to UNICEF, you can save a life.

他指出,据估计,你给联合国儿童基金会每寄去3美元,就能救助一个人的性命

2.serve as 担任

例句：The solutions below are descriptions of how these issues have been recurrently solved and may serveas a pattern to help you on your next project.

下面的解决方案描述了这些问题是如何循环地解决的，并且可以作为模式用于下一个项目，以助您一臂之力。

3.Goodwill Ambassador 亲善大使

例句：I would like to thank the Vienna Philharmonic for becoming our goodwill ambassador this morning.

我愿感谢维也纳爱乐乐团今天上午成为我们的亲善大使。

4.private school 私立学校

例句：This year I will have one child at home and one in private school.

今年我会让一个孩子在家学习，一个在私立学校学习。

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。