Hepburn Dress Auction

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2 Hepburn Dress Auction 赫本晚装拍卖 A Very Expensive Little Black Dress 价格高昂的黑色晚装 Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文, 然后完成练习 An anonymous telephone bidder has paid 467,200 (or about 7,008,000 Yuan) for the black dress made for Audrey Hepburn for her role in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's. The dress was sold at a London auction and the proceeds from the sale will go to charity. The black sleeveless dress was expected to be sold for 70,000 (that's about 1,050,000 Yuan) but there were gasps, laughter and applause as the price broke through barrier after barrier, before finally coming to rest at 410,000 (with the remainder of the sale price made up of buyer's fees). This iconic garment has been described as the ultimate little black dress. It's plain and simple but sophisticated. It's demure yet very sexy. Audrey Hepburn was seen as a new kind of star when she burst onto the scene in Most other stars then were in the Marilyn Monroe mould blonde, curvaceous and overtly sexy. In the film Roman Holiday, Hepburn unveiled her look for the first time. She was tall and slim, with elfin features and looked almost androgynous. She had big, innocent dark eyes and her attraction was much less obvious than Monroe's. Hepburn started a trend that has been continued by many ever since. The model Kate Moss and actress Winona Ryder are two who many think have been influenced by her style. But what is the lasting appeal of a woman whose final acting role was in 1989? Why was she voted the most beautiful woman of all time in a magazine poll earlier this year? Her granddaughter Claire Goldsmith says 'It's about those eyes, those big, brown, warm eyes. Women relate to her because she was unthreatening and for men she had that innocence.' For the founder of the charity that will benefit from the sale of the dress, the attraction is perhaps more down to earth. The French author, Dominique Lapierre, set up a charity, The City of Joy Aid, to help poor people in India. After the auction Dominique said 'I am absolutely dumbfounded that a piece of cloth which belonged to such a magical actress will now enable me to buy bricks and cement to put the most destitute children in the world into schools.' So it seems this little black dress has turned into a rather large pot of gold. 2

3 Glossary 词汇表 anonymous 匿名的 gasps 喘息, 气喘 coming to rest 终止 sophisticated 精致的 mould 模具 overtly 公开的, 公然的 elfin 小巧玲珑 unthreatening 不具威胁的 down to earth 实际的 destitute 贫穷的 bidder 出价人, 投标人 barrier after barrier 层层阻碍 iconic garment 偶像化的服饰 demure 娴静端庄的 curvaceous 曲线美的 unveiled 显示 androgynous ( 雌雄 ) 两性的 innocence 天真, 单纯 dumbfounded 惊讶 pot of gold 一罐黄金, 指一笔巨款 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真? 哪句是假? 请圈出正确答案 1. The person who paid the most for the dress is a very well-known film star. True / False 2. The dress was basic but beautiful. True / False 3. Audrey Hepburn was very different from other film stars of the 1950's. True / False 4. Claire Goldsmith thinks Hepburn appealed to both men and women for the same reason. True / False 5. Dominique Lapierre was very surprised that the dress raised so much money. True / False 3

4 2. Vocabulary 词汇 All of the words below are related to films. Match the words to their definitions. 下列词汇都同电影相关. 请将单词和相应的定义配对 1. a film-buff a. the first time that a film is shown 2. a film critic b. a person who knows a lot of very detailed information about films 3. a film-maker c. a person who writes his or her opinion of a film in, for example, a newspaper or magazine 4. a film premiere d. a person who makes films, a film director or producer Now use the words to complete the following sentences. 请用下列词语填空 1. I'd love to go to. It would be great to be one of the first people to see a film and to see lots of Hollywood stars too! 2. She was for many years. She was very honest and said exactly what she thought of actors, directors and their films. 3. Ask Kate, she's and knows everything you could ever want to know about James Bond movies. 4. He's been for more years and directed more than 25 movies. 4

5 3. Write the questions 把问题写下来 Here are some mixed up questions and answers about films. Match the correct answer for each question. 为下列的 6 个问题找出正确答案. 1. What's is called? 2. What's it about? 3. Who's in it? 4. Who's it by? 5. What's it like? 6. Is it any good? a. No, I thought it was pretty dreadful, actually. b. Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. c. Well, the main actors were good but the ending wasn't very believable. d. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. e. It's about two young girls growing up in America in the 1960s. f. Steven Spielberg wrote and directed it. 5

6 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 Try to find the words associated with films in the puzzle below. There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally (g), vertically (i) or diagonally (m). 请在下面的字谜游戏中, 找出与电影有关的英语单词来 共有 10 个单词, 其组成方式可能以水平的 (g) 垂直的 (i) 或对角的 (m) 形式出现 c k s e c f b b c r p a i c m o v i e u a i r b n s f i l l q f m t e u e a t s a l u e e i m f m r o s t a r r r c i g a p r e m i c i a d e d c p r b m o v t f i r c a f a b u f l p o r e r e i p r e f e r e r t i s l c a m e f c r i t t t m k d i r e c t o r i a v s t a a r p r e m c director actor critic premiere buff movie film star camera cinema 6

7 Answers 答案 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真? 哪句是假? 请圈出正确答案 1. The person who paid the most for the dress is a very well-known film star. False 2. The dress was basic but beautiful. True 3. Audrey Hepburn was very different from other film stars of the 1950's. True 4. Claire Goldsmith thinks Hepburn appealed to both men and women for the same reason. False 5. Dominique Lapierre was very surprised that the dress raised so much money. True 2. Vocabulary 词汇 All of the words below are related to films. Match the words to their definitions. 下列词汇都同电影相关. 请将单词和相应的定义配对 1. b 2. c 3. d 4. a 1. I'd love to go to a film premiere It would be great to be one of the first people to see a film and to see lots of Hollywood stars too! 2. She was a film critic for many years. She was very honest and said exactly what she thought of actors, directors and their films. 3. Ask Kate, she's a film-buff and knows everything you could ever want to know about James Bond movies. 4. He's been a film-maker for more years and directed more than 25 movies. 3. Write the questions 把问题写下来 Here are some mixed up questions and answers about films. Match the correct answer for each question. 为下列的 6 个问题找出正确答案. 1. d 2. e 3. b 4. f 5. c 6. a 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 c c p c i m o v i e a r n m e e e m m s t a r r i a c a e b t r c f u o e r i f r i l f t m d i r e c t o r i c 7