卖花女

卖花女伊莉莎.杜利特尔，长得眉清目秀，聪明乖巧，但出身寒微，家境贫寒。她每天到街头叫卖鲜花，赚点钱补贴家用。一天，伊莉莎低俗的嗓音引起了语言学家希金斯教授的注意，教授夸口只要经过他的训练，卖花女也可以成为贵夫人。伊莉莎觉得教授说的话对她是一个机会，就主动上门请求教授训练她。教授的朋友皮克林和他打赌，如果让伊莉莎以贵夫人的身份出席6个月后将举办的大使游园会而不被人识破真相，那么皮克林愿意承担一切试验费用和伊莉莎的学费，这激起了教授的斗志，希金斯欣然接受了挑战。他是不甘示弱的，他从最基本的字母发音开始教起。希金斯是个精力旺盛和讲究科学的学者，对每一感兴趣件事都能废寝忘食。他胸怀坦荡、丝毫不怀任何恶意，但他又象孩子一样，毫不顾及他人的感情，对伊莉莎严加训练。 有一次，希金斯带伊莉莎去参加母亲的家宴时,年轻的绅士弗雷迪被伊莉莎的美貌和谈吐自若的神情深深打动,一见倾心,竟然丝毫也认不出她就是曾经在雨中向他叫卖的肮脏的卖花姑娘。希金斯已经40多岁，还未结婚，他从来看不上年轻姑娘，可现在在生活上竟然离不开伊莉莎了。他的衣服饮食和约会安排，全凭伊莉莎照料。 然而使伊莉莎气恼的是希金斯简单粗暴的脾气。他教她温文尔雅的用语，却从不用温文尔雅的态度对待她。 6个月后，希金斯满怀信心地带伊莉莎和皮克林一起出席希腊大使举办的招待会。伊莉莎是以皮克林上校和希金斯教授的远房亲戚的身份参加这次大使的招待会的，她全力以赴，谈笑自若，风度翩翩，光彩照人。当她出现在大家面前时，人们停止了交谈，欣赏着她令人倾倒的仪态。她的待人接物圆熟而老练，而又恰到好处，希金斯的第一个学生尼波姆克用尽看家本领与伊莉莎周旋，却被伊莉莎弄得晕头转向，失败而归，希金斯成功了。 但当回到家里后，由于希金斯无视疲惫不堪的伊莉莎的存在，而是只顾和朋友庆祝打赌的成功，伊莉莎自尊心受到了伤害，委屈之下，愤然离开了希金斯的家。她在门口遇到了痴情的弗雷迪－他每天晚上都来到伊莉莎窗下徘徊，默默地关注着伊莉莎，伊莉莎为他的痴心感动。 虽然希金斯态度暴躁，然而却是真情实意地对待伊莉莎，在伊莉莎赌气出走之后因此而十分苦闷，他到母亲家找她，两人却又吵了一架。伊莉莎表示要嫁给弗雷迪，希金斯既惊讶又生气，愤然离去。但是回家途中却又不可抑制地想起伊莉莎，当他一人在家中听着当初伊莉莎的录音时，伊莉莎回来了！她还是爱着希金斯！
Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929 in Br

ussels, Belgium, with the given name of Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston. She really was blue-blood from the beginning with her father, a wealthy English banker, and her mother, a Dutch baroness. After her parents divorced, Audrey went to London with her mother where she went to a private girls school. Later, when her mother moved back to the Netherlands, she attended private schools as well. While vacationing with her mother in Arnhem, Holland, Hitler's army suddenly took over the town. It was here that she fell on hard times during the Nazi occupation. Audrey suffered from depression and malnutrition. After the liberation, Audrey went to a ballet school in London on a scholarship and later began a modeling career. As a model, she was graceful and, it seemed, she had found her niche in life--until the film producers came calling. After being spotted modeling by a producer, she was signed to a bit part in the European film Nederlands in 7 lessen (1948) in 1948. Later, she had a speaking role in the 1951 film, Young Wives' Tale (1951) as Eve Lester. The part still wasn't much, so she headed to America to try her luck there.

Audrey gained immediate prominence in the US with her role in Roman Holiday (1953) in 1953. This film turned out to be a smashing success as she won an Oscar as Best Actress. This gained her enormous popularity and more plum roles. One of the reasons for her popularity was the fact that she was so elf like and had class, unlike the sex-goddesses of the time. Roman Holiday was followed by another similarly wonderful performance in the 1957 classic Funny Face (1957). Sabrina (1954), in 1954, for which she received another Academy nomination, and Love in the Afternoon (1957), in 1957, also garnered rave reviews. In 1959, she received yet another nomination for her role in _Nun's Story (1959). Audrey reached the pinnacle of her career when she played Holly Golightly in the delightful film, Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) in 1961. For this she received another nomination. One of Audrey's most radiant roles was in the fine production of My Fair Lady (1964), in 1964. Her co-star Rex Harrison once was asked to identify his favorite leading lady. Without hesitation, he replied, "Audrey Hepburn in MY FAIR LADY". After a couple of other movies, she hit pay dirt and another nomination in 1967's Wait Until Dark (1967).

By the end of the sixties, after her divorce from actor Mel Ferrer, Audrey decided to retire while she was on top. Later she married Dr. Andrea Dotti. From time to time, she would appear on the silver screen. One film of note was Robin and Marian (1976) with Sean Connery in 1976. In 1988, Audrey became a special ambassador to the United Nations UNICEF fund helping children in Latin America and Africa, a position she retained until 1993. She was named to People's magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Her last film was Always (1989) in 1989. Audrey Hepburn died on January 20, 1993 in Toloc

hnaz, Switzerland, from colon cancer. She had made a total of 31 high quality movies. Her elegance and style will always be remembered in film history as evidenced by her being named to Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time".