Elegance, Class & Grace

Among numerous beauties, I admire Audrey Hepburn most. Just as someone said, "Her appearance, clothing and hair styles were an inspiration to millions of American girls and young women. Hepburn accepted her Academy Award in her usual gracious and self-effacing manner":

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Narrator: Sounds different? Yes, it's Hepburn's voice. Hepburn was vivacious, elfin, beautiful and portrayed whimsical young woman very effectively. Her appearance, clothing and hair styles were an inspiration to millions of American girls and young women, including Jackie Kennedy (Jackie and Hepburn even resembled each other). Here Hepburn is accepting her Academy Award in her usual gracious and self-effacing manner.

"It's too much. I - I want to say thank you to everybody who these past months and years have helped, guided and given me so much. I'm truly, truly grateful. I'm terribly happy."

Narrator: Here is a sound from Hepburn, quotation from the second sound track of the movie "Roman Holiday"

Interviewer (in the movie scene):"Which of the cities visited did your highness enjoy the most?"

Hepburn:"Each in its own way was unforgettable. It would be difficult to - Rome, by all means Rome. I will cherish my visit here, in memory - as long as I live."

Regard him as my superstar

• resolve: a strong determination to succeed in doing sth. The recent events strengthened her resolve to find out the truth.


• willpower: the ability to control your mind and body in order to achieve sth that you wanna do. It took all his willpower to remain calm.


• terrific: very good especially in a way that makes you very excited and very happy. That is a terrific idea; very large in size or degree. He drank a terrific amount of beer.

very good: excellent, fantastic, wonderful, great, terrific, neat American English, superb, amazing, outstanding, brilliant, impressive, fine, first-class, out of this worldof good quality: high quality, top quality, superior, deluxe, classymorally good: decent, virtuous, respectable, honourable British English/honorable American English, upright, beyond reproach

• vigorous: using a lot of energy strength or determination: Vigorous efforts are being made to find a solution to this problem. (vigorously)


• nourish: to give sb or other living things the food or other substances they need to live, grow and stay healthy. A well nourished baby. The cream contains vitamin A to nourish the skin. We need to nourish our hopes and dreams. (nourishing)

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methodical/ precise/ punctual/ temperate/ sensible

• methodical: a methodical way of doing sth is careful and uses an ordered system: He always checks every detail in a methodical way: She's a methodical person. (methodically)


• precise: precise information, details etc are exact, clear, and correct: "She is a lot older than you, isn't she?" "Fifteen years, to be precise." ; At that precise moment, she walked in. The precise cause of the disease is unknown. The precise nature of their agreement. A precise careful woman.


• punctual: She is always punctual for appointment. the punctual payment of invoices. (punctually/punctuality)


• temperate: a type of weather or a part of the world that is never very hot or very cold. Behaviour that is temperate is calm and sensible.


• sensible: reasonable, practical, and showing good judgement: It's sensible to keep a note of your passport number. (to be sensible instead of sensitive: a people who is reasonable and show good judgement) : Eat a sensible diet and exercise daily. A woman in sensible shoes. He was very sensible of the difficult situation she was in. (sensibly)

expressive/faithful/genteel/ingenious/motivated

• expressive: showing very clearly what sb thinks or feels: her wonderfully expressive eyes; Her poem is expressive of calm days and peace of mind. (expressively/expressiveness)


• faithful: remain loyal to a particular person, belief, political party etc or continuing to support them: years of faithful service to the company. (faithfulness)


• genteel: polite, gentle, or graceful: She broke into a genteel run. (genteelly)


• ingenious: an ingenious plan, idea, or object works well and is the result of clever thinking and new ideas: an ingenious device


• motivated: very keen to do sth or achieve sth, especially because you find it interesting and exciting: The students are highly motivated. (economically motivated/ financially motivated/ politically motivated)

aspiring/audacious/diplomatic/energetic/dependable

• aspiring: hoping to be successful in a particular job, activity or way of life: the aspring young writers; the aspiring middle classes. (aspire)


• audacious: showing great courage or confidence in a way that is impressive or slightly shocking: The risk involved in such an audacious operation. (audaciously)


• capable: having the quality or ability needed to do sth: I am perfectly capable of looking after myself; able to do sth well: a strong, capable woman (capably)
• diplomatic: concerning or involving the work of diplomats: She was hoping for a diplomatic post in the Middle East. dealing with people politely and skillfully without upsetting them: They were always very diplomatic with awkward clients. (a diplomatic answer) (diplomatically/diplomat)


• energetic: having or needing a lot of energy or determination: be energetic in doing sth (energetically)


• dependable: able to be trusted to do what you need or expect: our most dependable ally (dependably/dependability)

Vocabularies Trip

Excellent Personalities：

1. amiable: friendly and likeable: The driver was an amiable young man. (amiably/amiability);



2. amiacable: an amicable agreement, relationship etc is one in which people feel friendly towards each other and do not want to quarrel: an amicable settlement that was acceptable to both sides;

1. apprehensive: anxiety about the future, especially the worry that you will have to deal with something unpleasant or bad: feeling a little apprehensive about the treatment; I waited apprehensively for his reply. (apprehensively/apprehension)



2. preoccupied: thinking about sth a lot, with the result you don't pay attention to other things: He's completely preoccupied with all the wedding preparations at the moment.

similar words: anxious, concerned, apprehensive, uneasy, bothered, preoccupied, stressed (out)