Unit 3 Audrey Hepburn
--- A true angel in this world
Lead-in
Do you love watching movies?
Have you ever seen this movie---Roman Holiday?
Objectives
1.To talk about Audrey Hepburn’s life story
2.To design and write a biography
Participatory Learning
1. Warming Up
What’s the name of each movie starring Audrey Hepburn according to the pictures？
Roman Holiday Breakfast at Tiffany’s Sabrina
My Fair Lady The Nun’s Story Always
2. Text Study
Stage 1: Miserable Childhood
Read paragraph 3, and fill in the blanks with the words and phrases in the text. Try to experience the misery of Audrey Hepburn.
As a young girl during the ____________of her native _______, Audrey Hepburn was aware of _____, _____, and ________of war. She was _____ and _______, as her family was ______ as a result of the ______. Audrey’s father ________ the family, and two of her uncles were taken _____ and killed. Audrey was _______ off the street by Nazis and placed in line to be sent to a work camp. When the guards glanced away she _____, barely escaping, and ______ in a _____, _____ basement full of _____.
Keys: Nazi occupation Holland brutality death destruction hungry malnourished bankrupted invasion abandoned captive grabbed darted off huddled cold foul rats
How did Audrey react to life’s horrors and fragility?(para.4)
To be afflicted by the desperate reality of her young life?
To transcended those challenges; never forget the sufferings, hunger,loneliness and helplessness?
Audrey chose the later.
Stage 2: Glorious Adulthood
1945-1952 Ballet studies and early acting roles
1953-1960 Roman Holiday and stardom
To Audrey Hepburn, What was the most significant work?
To win many Acadamy Awards and other honors?
To do humanitarian work and to be a good mother?
Of course, Audrey preferred the later.
Stage 3: Dedicative Old Age
1988-1992 diplomat for UNICEF (the United Nations International Children’s Emergenvy Fund)
Watch a video clip and think about the following questions.
Q1: What did Audrey choose to do?
To get 3 million dollars to pen her autobiography?
To accept 1 dollar a year to be a diplomat for UNICEF?
Surely, Audrey chose the later.
Q2: Where did Audrey choose to go
Peaceful, beautiful and cozy home?
The most difficult places on earth; dangerous and bleak destinations?
Certainly, Audrey chose the later.
Q3: Why did Audrey choose to work for UNICEF?
In that role, her lifelong passion for helping those in need, found its greatest calling.
Having been a victim of war, she understood the blessing of being the beneficiary of food, clothing, and most of all, hope.
3. Summary
Audrey Hepburn: A successful movie star
An exemplary mother
A UNICEF ambassador of goodwill
A true angel in this world
4. Essay writing
Step 1: Choose a person about whom you would like to write biographies.
Step 2: Search for information or important details about the person you have chosen to write about.
Step 3: Make an outline, make up a list of all the details and then umber these details according to the order in which they occurred. Select only those that can best portray the person you are describing and ignore those unimportant ones.
Step 4: Write a rough draft based on the listed details. Use time signals like when, during, soon, etc. to help connect details as you move from the beginning to the end of your narrative. In presenting details, be sure to include not only what happened but also how you or others felt about what was going on. For example, in describing Audrey’s success in the film domain in Paragraph 6, director Billy Wilder’s comments are used to indicate how she was admired by people.
Step 5: Revise and proofread the draft until you think the narrative is coherent and well developed.
Assignment
Directions:
1. Watch movies Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s
2. Write a narrative essay of no less than 200 words on one of the following topics.
Topic: A most influential movie director or movie maker
Details might be organized in chronological order:
• when he / she was born
• how and where he / she grew up
• what educational background he / she had
• how he / she started his / her career
• what he / she had achieved
