[音频]Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels, Belgium, on May 4, 1929. Although she was the daughter of a Dutch baroness (女男爵) and a wealthy English banker, Audrey had a difficult childhood. Her parents 1)________ when she was young and Audrey went to live with her mother in the Netherlands. Soon after, the German army 2)________ Holland. During the Nazi occupation, her family faced starvation and Audrey 3)____________ severe anemia (贫血), and respiratory problems.[音频]Audrey was sixteen when the occupation ended. She and her mother returned to London. Her big break came when the French novelist Colette 4)__________ her in a crowd and insisted that Hepburn be cast as Gigi in a Broadway adaptation of her novel. In spite of Hepburn’s 5) ____________, audiences and critics alike were captivated (迷住) by her performance.[音频]Subsequently, William Wyler chose her to be the lead in Roman Holiday, 6)_________ Gregory Peck. For her role as Princess Ann, she won the 1953 Academy Award for Best Actress and began a string of box office hits. Audrey Hepburn became a goodwill ambassador and spokesperson for UNIC EF in 1986. Traveling to areas 7) ___________ famine and devastation, Hepburn worked to raise public 8)__________ of the plight (困境) faced by children in times of crises.[音频]Her commitment to improve the welfare of children across the world was intense and genuine. This commitment earned her the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the 9)____________ Award from the Congress on Racial Equality. Soon after her trip to Somalia in 1991, Hepburn was 10)__________________ with colon cancer. In 1993, Audrey Hepburn died at the age of 63.