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once there was a girl who was regarded as an angel in th earth, she is the charming princess in Roman Holiday. she is the symbol of beauty ,grace and kindness ,could you please guess who she is ? Right ,Audrey Hepburn,my topic today.The real Audrey Hepburn story begins with a little girl who experienced the cruelty and consequences of World War II but never forgot what liberation and peace felt like .now,let us begin with Audrey's childhood.Audrey was born in 1929 in Brussels[ˈbrʌslz], Belgium .she was sent to boarding school in England at 5 .Her mother arranged for her to begin ballet lessons. For Audrey, this ignited [igˈnait]点燃a passion for music and dance which never left her. When England declared war on Germany in 1939, Audrey returned to Holland, a neutral country. But her father ,who abandoned the family when Hepburn was only 6, was forced to stay in England and for the next 25 years he was not able to see his daughter. In 1940 Germany invaded Holland and Audrey's childhood changed forever.At the time of Germany's invasion of Holland, hepburn's mother did her best to cheer Audrey up and enrolled her in ballet lessons . But by the fall of 1944, the import of all food into Holland was halted [hɔ:lt]n.停住，停止，暂停and the notorious [nəuˈtɔ:riəs]a.臭名昭著的“Hunger Winter” came. Audrey, was too weak to dance that she could only spent those endless days drawing pictures of happier times .Finally ,Liberation came on May 4, 1945. It was also Audrey’s sixteenth birthday. Although she was in a weak condition suffering from anemia[əˈni:miə]n.贫血，贫血症, asthma[ˈæsmə]气喘and malnutrition . the experience did not stop her from pursuing her dreams.It was now time for Audrey to begin her life anew. In 1949,she was given a scholarship to study with an eminent[pri:ˈeminənt]a.杰出的ballet teacher who had coached the world’s bestdancers in Louden, Mother and daughter set their sights on London with the expectation that Audrey’s dreams of becoming a prima ballerina might finally come true.One of the first portraits taken of Audrey after the liberation of Holland, 1946Audrey arrived in England and immersed[iˈmə:s]vt.使浸没；(in)使沉浸在，使专心于herself in study . But after months' of study, Audrey was told that she could not become a prima ballerina because of the physical dep rivation she’d suffered during the war and the limitations of her height.she was 170cm ,too tall to dance.Audrey was deeply disappointed but became determined to find a way to put her training and skills to good use..To make ends meet入不敷出, she took occasional modeling jobs and beganauditioning [ɔ:'diʃən] n.听, 听力, 试听, 试镜in movies around London.Before the end of 1951, Audrey had been cast in five movies.but her roles were so small that no one paid attention to her until the day she met the famed writer, Colette who happened to be in Monte Carlo on an international search for the right actress to star in her Broadway play. Colette took one look at Audrey and knew immediately that she had finally found her Gigi, the leading role in her play.Audrey played the young dancer ，Secret People publicityWhen first offered the role of Gigi , Audrey replied in her trademark modesty, “I’m sorry, Madame, but it is impossible. I wouldn’t be able to, because I can’t act.” But Colette thought otherwise and Audrey accepted the role.The rehearsal process was difficult as the bi-lingual cast was required to rehearse in French but be given in English. Although language is not problem for her, as she can speak French ,Germany, English ,Portuguese,Spanish and Dutch fluently, she had to supplement 增补hours of private coaching everyday to improve her performance. On November 24, 1951, Gigi opened at the Fulton Theatre in New Y ork City. It was a big success ,the next day ,everyone in New Y ork talked about Audrey Hepburn who was so beautiful and talentedA photo of Colette inscribed, "For Audrey Hepburn, a treasure which I found on a beach! Colette," 1951.After the smashing success of Gigi on Broadway, Audrey got her first starring role in a Hollywood film . As Princess Anne in Roman Holiday, Audrey was immediately sought the limelight 一跃成为风头and won the 1954 Oscar for Best Actress. Audrey’s cherished friendships with co-star Gregory Peck lasted a lifetime. In fact, it was Gregory Peck who introduced Audrey to her future husband, Mel Ferrer, at a dinner he hosted in London celebrating the opening of Roman Holiday.Audrey’s next film, Sabrina, reinforced her star status and brought her a very important man,a young French designer, Hubert De Givenchy. The clothes designed by Givenchy were so gorgeous and fitted Hepburn so well that he made Audrey the synonym/ ˈsɪnənɪm/ of grace and beauty. Hepburn wore the clothes designed by Givenchy in nearly every film of her since then and she left us so many charming and classical images. Except the collaboration,their friendship also became a lifetime and although both of them have already passed away ,they are still effecting the world now. Givenchy now becomes one of the top clothing brand while Hepburn was regarded as the wind vane of fashion and her clothing style has been imitated for nearly a century.in September, 1954., Audrey and Mel Ferrer wed in Switzerland. The couple also prepared to star together in the screen adaptation of Tolstoy ['tɔlstɔi] 托尔斯泰(俄国小说家)’s epic, War andPeace. And audrey played the role of Natasha.Since then, Audrey’s acting career was in full bloom and these were years of tremendous creative energy and artistic growth characterized by hard work and dedication. For her efforts,Audrey received both Academy A ward and Golden Globe nominations.No doubt ,Hepburn's role as an actress was a success ,but she can not be regarded as an' angel in the earth 'only resorted to her beauty and talence. I believe the reason why she was respected by the world was her another great role as a UNICEF(United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund 联合国儿童基金会International Goodwill Ambassador since 1988..For five years, Audrey traveled to over 20 countries witnessing innocent children struggling for survival. She reported these conditions to world leaders, governments and the international media,Audrey’s work on behalf of UNICEF has served to inspire many others to reach out and commit their time to improving the lives of the world’s children.Today, the Audrey Hepb urn Children’s Fund continues her work to bring help and hope to children around the world by raising funds and supporting organizations with the health, well being and education of children as their central mission.Audrey's drawing of an african mother and child was used as a UNICEF greeting card.Toward the end of 1992, after Audrey's last mission for UNICEF, she felt progressively more and more ill and, at the time,was diagnosed [ˈdaiəgnəuz]with inoperable colon ˈkəulən]n.冒号；结肠cancer. And On January 20, 1993 ,with two sons and her lover by her side, Audrey Kathleen Hepburn gracefully slipped away.From her very first performance on film in 1948 as an airline stewardess to her last in 1989 as an angel, Audrey Hepburn withstood over forty years of artistic scrutiny.[ˈskru:tini]n.详细检查，仔细观察. As a humanitarian hjuːˏmænɪˈteərɪən, she aroused public attention to the poor and brought hope to them. She owned marvellous beauty but she never become arrogant ,on the contrary, modesty was her trademark . She was appointed the goodwill ambassador but she never took advantage of her reputation for private benenfit ,in fact ,she did as a humanitarian should did. Today Audrey Hepburn is not only a name but remains the personification[pə:ˌsɔnifi'keiʃən] of irresistible charm, grace, and dignity.。