Name Audrey Hepburn Date of birth 4 th
Name: Audrey Hepburn Date of birth: 4 th May 1929 Date of death: 20 th January 1993 Career: Actress, humanitarian Gigi, Roman Holiday, Always, Films: etc. Prizes: An Oscar for Best Actress
Retell the text according to the pictures.
Her early life She loved dancing and dreamt of … She worked as a model before ….
Her acting life In 1951, while acting …, Hepburn met … Hepburn’s beauty and charm …
Gigi 琪琪 Colette insisted that. . . That event marked …
Two years later, Hepburn was chosen to. . . Roman Holiday 罗马假日
. . . a big succes … and Hepburn soon became… She won …for Best Actress for ….
In 1989, Hepburn made …in her last film Always. . . Her last film
Her later life 奥黛丽·赫本精神 (Spirit of Audrey Hepburn)
he began to work for …. he spent … working losely with UNICEF to elp …
In 1991, Hepburn discovered …. . passed away…
1. Hepburn’s beauty and charm caught the writer’s attention. catch one’ attention 意思是“引起某人 的注意”。 e. g. The beautiful flowers caught her attention. 这些漂亮的花吸引了她的注意力。
2. As a child, she loved dancing and dreamt of becoming a successful ballet dancer. dream of doing sth. 梦想做某事 e. g. I dreamt of being a director when I was young. 我小时候梦想成为一名导演。
3. Colette insisted that Hepburn was the perfect girl for the lead role in Gigi, a play based upon her novel, although Hepburn had never played any major role before. 句中insist 意思是“坚持认为”，后面 可以接that引导的宾语从句。 e. g. He insisted that he was right. 他坚持认为他是对的。
insist on doing sth. 意思是“坚持做某事”。 e. g. He insists on playing football after school. 他坚持要放学后踢足球。 be based on/upon sth. 以……为基础； 以……为根据 e. g. The film is based on/upon a novel by D. H. Lawrence. 这部影片是根据劳伦斯的小说改编的。
4. Hepburn was chosen to play the lead role of a young princess in the Hollywood film Roman Holiday. play the lead role of …in… 在……中扮演……的主要角色 e. g. The local priest played a lead role in setting the dispute. 地方牧师在调解这次争端中起了 主导作用。
5. Hepburn’s achievements went beyond the film industry. 句中的go beyond 意思是“超出， 除……之外”。 e. g. As a nurse, her work goes beyond taking care of the patient. 作为护士，她的 作不仅仅是照顾 病人。
6. On 20 January 1993, she passed away peacefully in her sleep. 短语pass away 是委婉语，表示“去 世”。 e. g. Her grandpa passed away at the age of 80. 她的爷爷八十岁时去世了。
一、根据首字母或汉语提示完成句子。 insisted(坚持) on her 1. The stubborn girl ______ idea, but she failed at last. achievements (成就) went beyond 2. Her _______ the film industry at that time. 3. As we all know no one can make his fforts dream come true without e_______.
4. The event m______ arked the beginning of Hepburn’s successful career. 5. The f______ inal test is coming. 二、用所给词的适当形式填空。 1. Audrey ______ was chosen (choose) to play the lead role in Gigi by Colette.
were watering (water) the 2. They ________ flowers when I got to the garden. 3. Gong Li is one of the most beautiful actresses (actress) in China. _____ beginning (begin), we didn’t 4. At the _____ believe him at all. 5. The boy fell asleep _____ peacefully (peace) after driving some milk.
三、翻译下列短语。 1. 好莱坞一向最棒的 女演员之一 2. 因为失去…而感到 难过 3. 梦想成为一个成功 的芭蕾舞演员 4. 吸引某人的注意 5. 一部以他的小说为 基础的剧本 one of Hollywood’s alltime greatest actresses feel sad about the loss of… dream of becoming a successful ballet dancer catch one’s attention a play based upon her novel
6. 标志着…的开始 mark the beginning of… 7. 在…中扮演…的主 play the lead role of…in… 要角色 8. 赢得奥斯卡最佳女 win the Oscar for Best Actress 演员奖 9. 又四次奥斯卡提名 four more Oscar nominations 10. 最后一次露面 make one’s final appearance
11. 超出 go beyond 12. 她的最后几年 her last few years 13. 为的是，以便于 so that 14. 因为她在这个领 because of her efforts 域的努力 15. 安然辞世 in this area pass away peacefully
1. Recite this article. 2. Remember the language points in this lesson.
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