英语选修八第四单元课文原文

窈窕淑女(MYFAIRLADY)

audreyhepburnwasbornonmay4,1929inbrussels,belgium,withthegivennameofeddakathleenvanheemstrahepburn-ruston.shereallywasblue-bloodfromthebeginningwithherfather,awealthyenglishbanker,andhermother,adutchbaroness.afterherparentsdivorced,audreywenttolondonwithhermotherwhereshewenttoaprivategirlsschool.later,whenhermothermovedbacktothenetherlands,sheattendedprivateschoolsaswell.whilevacationingwithhermotherinarnhem,holland,hitler'sarmysuddenlytookoverthetown.itwasherethatshefellonhardtimesduringthenazioccupation.audreysufferedfromdepressionandmalnutrition.aftertheliberation,audreywenttoaballetschoolinlondononascholarshipandlaterbeganamodelingcareer.asamodel,shewasgracefuland,itseemed,shehadfoundhernicheinlife--untilthefilmproducerscamecalling.afterbeingspottedmodelingbyaproducer,shewassignedtoabitpartintheeuropeanfilmnederlandsin7lessen(1948)in1948.later,shehadaspeakingroleinthe1951film,youngwives'tale(1951)asevelester.thepartstillwasn'tmuch,sosheheadedtoamericatotryherluckthere.

　　audreygainedimmediateprominenceintheuswithherroleinromanholiday(1953)in1953.thisfilmturnedouttobeasmashingsuccessasshewonanoscarasbestactress.thisgainedherenormouspopularityandmoreplumroles.oneofthereasonsforherpopularitywasthefactthatshewassoelflikeandhadclass,unlikethesex-goddessesofthetime.romanholidaywasfollowedbyanothersimilarlywonderfulperformanceinthe1957classicfunnyface(1957).sabrina(1954),in1954,forwhichshereceivedanotheracademynomination,andloveintheafternoon(1957),in1957,alsogarneredravereviews.in1959,shereceivedyetanothernominationforherrolein_nun'sstory(1959).audreyreachedthepinnacleofhercareerwhensheplayedhollygolightlyinthedelightfulfilm,breakfastattiffany's(1961)in1961.forthisshereceivedanothernomination.oneofaudrey'smostradiantroleswasinthefineproductionofmyfairlady(1964),in1964.herco-starrexharrisononcewasaskedtoidentifyhisfavoriteleadinglady.withouthesitation,hereplied,audreyhepburninmyfairlady.afteracoupleofothermovies,shehitpaydirtandanothernominationin1967'swaituntildark(1967).

　　bytheendofthesixties,afterherdivorcefromactormelferrer,audreydecidedtoretirewhileshewasontop.latershemarrieddr.andreadotti.fromtimetotime,shewouldappearonthesilverscreen.onefilmofnotewasrobinandmarian(1976)withseanconneryin1976.in1988,audreybecameaspecialambassadortotheunitednationsuniceffundhelpingchildreninlatinamericaandafrica,apositionsheretaineduntil1993.shewasnamedtopeople'smagazineasoneofthe50mostbeautifulpeopleintheworld.herlastfilmwasalways(1989)in1989.audreyhepburndiedonjanuary20,1993intolochnaz,switzerland,fromcoloncancer.shehadmadeatotalof31highqualitymovies.hereleganceandstylewillalwaysberememberedinfilmhistoryasevidencedbyherbeingnamedtoempiremagazine'sthetop100moviestarsofalltime.