奧黛麗.赫本—美麗、風格與優(yōu)雅的化身
by Jerri Graham
Audrey Hepburn's legendary beauty has been an inspiration for fashion and style for years. There has never been another actress like her and most likely there never will be. Born in May of 1929, the beautiful actress was a major star during the 1950s and 60s and was the epitome of glamour. Her tale is one of struggle, triumph, blessings, and courage.
In the film Roman Holiday, Audrey portrayed a princess. In real life, she wasn't exactly a princess, but she was a descendant of French nobility and English kings. In 1935, Audrey's father left the family, and her mother decided to move the family to Arnhem, the Netherlands. Events here would forever change Audrey's life.
In 1940, the Nazis invaded the city of Arnhem. The world as everyone knew it changed overnight. War ripped the world apart, and in Arnhem, Audrey saw its destruction firsthand. She witnessed people being shot, and as a child, she had no way of doing anything about these horrible crimes. Despite the ugliness of what she witnessed, the dark-haired girl still found beauty in dancing. Having trained as a ballerina prior to and during the war, Audrey kept up her studies and was moving towards a career as a ballerina. She even used her gifts as a dancer to raise money to fight the Germans.
Devastation struck in 1944, the year of the Dutch famine. The Nazis had cut the city off, taken the food and fuel supply for themselves, and left thousands of people to starve. It is estimated that 10,000 people died as a result of the Nazi blockade.
單字小鋪
1. legendary a. 傳奇性的
2. epitome n. 縮影
3. glamour n. 魅力
4. triumph n. 勝利
5. descendant n. 子嗣,后代
6. nobility n. 貴族階層
7. invade vt. 侵犯,入侵
8. overnight adv. 一夜之間
9. firsthand adv. 第一手地,直接地
10. ugliness n. 丑陋
11. ballerina n. 女芭蕾舞者
12. devastation n. 破壞,毀滅
13. famine n. 饑荒
14. starve vi. 挨餓
15. blockade n. 封鎖
精解字詞詞組
1.portray vt. 飾演
例: Renée Zellweger portrayed the creator of Peter Rabbit in the film.
(瑞妮.齊薇格在電影中飾演彼得兔的創(chuàng)造者。)
2.rip...apart 將……撕裂
例: The divorce ripped our family apart.
(離婚讓我們的家庭分崩離析。)
3.witness vt. 目擊 & n. 證人
bear witness to... 為……做見證,證明……
例: His gentle manner and politeness bear witness to his fine upbringing.
(他的溫文有禮證明他很有教養(yǎng)。)
4.prior to... (時間)在……之前
例: Prior to working here, where were you employed?
(你來這里上班前在哪里高就呢?)
5.keep up... 繼續(xù)……
例: You've got to keep up your studies if you want to get into that university.
(如果你想進那所大學就讀,就得繼續(xù)好好讀書。)
6.cut...off/cut off... 切除……;阻隔……
例: Police cut this area of town off because of a gas leak.
(因為瓦斯漏氣,因此警方將小鎮(zhèn)的這個區(qū)域隔離。)
7.supply n. 供應(yīng),補給
be in short supply 供給短缺
例: Food was in short supply during the war.
(戰(zhàn)爭期間食物供應(yīng)短缺。)
8.It is estimated + that 子句 據(jù)估計……
例: It is estimated that 50 people were involved in the theft of the Mona Lisa.
(據(jù)估計有五十人涉入蒙娜莉薩的竊盜案。)
中文翻譯
奧黛麗.赫本傳奇性的美麗一直都是時尚界的靈感來源。在她之前沒有其它女演員有這本事,恐怕日后也不會有了。這位美麗的女演員出生于 1929 年 5 月,是 1950 和 1960 年代的首席明星,也是魅力的化身。她的故事充滿了奮斗、勝利、祝福與勇氣。
在電影《羅馬假期》中,赫本飾演一位公主。在現(xiàn)實生活中,她并非公主,但她是法國貴族和英國國王的后代。1935 年,赫本的父親離家棄子后,她的母親決定全家搬到荷蘭的阿納姆居住。在此發(fā)生的事件永遠改變赫本的一生。
1940 年,納粹入侵阿納姆,大家所熟悉的世界一夕之間變了天。戰(zhàn)爭將世界撕裂,而在阿納姆,赫本親眼目睹戰(zhàn)爭的破壞力。她看見人們被殺害,但身為孩子,她對這些恐怖的罪行無能為力。盡管看盡生活的丑陋,這位黑發(fā)女孩仍在舞蹈中找到美感。赫本在戰(zhàn)前和戰(zhàn)爭期間都接受芭蕾舞蹈的訓練,她持續(xù)練習,并朝著職業(yè)芭蕾女舞者的目標前進。她甚至以自己身為舞者的天賦來募款打擊德軍。
1944 年這一年荷蘭遭到饑荒的蹂躪。納粹將該城阻絕,把食物和燃料占為己有,讓數(shù)千人挨餓。據(jù)估計大約一萬人因納粹的物資斷絕而亡。