奧黛麗赫本小傳(中英對照)
 
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奧黛麗赫本小傳(中英對照)

Mini-Biography for Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, 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.

奧黛麗赫本小傳

奧黛麗赫本出生于1929年5月4日的比利時布魯塞爾，教名是Edda Kathleen Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston。她是貴族血統，父親是英國富有的銀行家，母親是荷蘭女男爵。父母離婚后，奧黛麗赫本和母親去了倫敦，在那里上了一所私立女子學校。后來，母親返回荷蘭，她同樣在荷蘭上私立學校。她和母親在荷蘭阿納姆度假時，希特勒的軍隊突然接管了城鎮。在納粹分子統治時期，奧黛麗赫本在那里過了一段艱苦的生活。她一直忍受著抑郁和營養不良的痛苦。解放后，赫本去了倫敦的一所芭蕾舞學校，獲得了學位，后來就開始了她的模特生涯。作為一名模特，她的儀態優雅，她感到似乎已經找到適合她一生的位置---直到電影制片人打來電話。1948年，被制片人發現后，她簽約在一部歐洲電影里扮演一個小角色，“7 lessen”(1948)。過后，1951年，她在電影“Young Wives' Tale”里飾演Eve Lester，是正式的演員。角色一直不很多，因此她前往美國去試試運氣。

* blue-blood 貴族（或王族，名門）出身
* Nazi (n.) 納粹分子，法西斯分子
* malnutrition (n.) 營養不良
* niche (n.) 合適的職務（或地位等）

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 ***-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).

1953年，奧黛麗赫本在“羅馬假日”(1953)中的演出使她在美國變的引人注目。這部電影取得了了不起的成功，她因此而獲得了奧斯卡最佳女主角獎，并且備受好評，有很多角色來找她。赫本成為明星的原因之一是她能那天真清純的小精靈形象以及她那古典美，不象當時的那些性感女郎�！傲_馬假日”后是另一部同樣極好的電影杰作“甜姐兒”(1957)。1954年，“莎賓娜”(1954)讓她獲得了一個奧斯卡獎提名，1957年的“午戀”(1957)也得到了很多好評。1959年，“修女傳”(1959)讓她又獲得一次提名。1961年，當奧黛麗赫本在“帝凡尼的早餐”中飾演令人喜愛的Holly Golightly時，達到了她事業的頂峰。這次她又獲得一次提名。赫本最光彩的形象是在名作“窈窕淑女”(1964)中的角色。她的合作者Rex Harrison曾被問及他最喜愛的女主角。他毫不猶豫地回答，“‘窈窕淑女’中的奧黛麗赫本。”兩部其他電影之后，她又碰到了好運，因為1967年的“盲女驚魂記”而再次獲得提名。 * prominence (n.) 突起，凸出，顯著，杰出，卓越，聲望

* plum (n.) 李子，紫紅色，佳品，令人垂涎的東西，意外收獲
* elf (n.) 可愛的小精靈
* garner (n.) 獲得，得到

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 Tolochnaz, 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".

60歲時，她和演員梅爾費勒離婚，想在她事業頂峰時期退休。后來與Andrea Dotti博士結婚。有時，也會出現在銀幕上。著名的一部電影是1976年和肖恩康納利合演的“羅賓和瑪麗安”(1976)。1988年，奧黛麗赫本成為聯合國兒童基金會特使，對拉丁美洲和非洲的兒童給予幫助，一直做到1993年。她被人物雜志評為世界上最美麗的50人之一。她的最后一部電影是1989年的“直到永遠”(1989)。1993年1月20日，奧黛麗赫本因結腸癌死于瑞士的洛桑。她生前主演過31部優秀的電影。赫本被帝國雜志選為“永遠的100位影星”之一，她的高雅和時尚將總遠銘刻在電影史上。

* ambassador (n.) 大使
* UNICEF 聯合國兒童基金會，United Nations Children's Fund