Showing posts with label oral presentations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oral presentations. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

AUDREY HEPBURN (memory)

Audrey Hepburn was born in 4th of May in Brussels in 1929.

Her father, a traveler has to set for his job, so she has moved to very frequendly.

When he was 6 years old his parents were separated and she was sent to a boarding school in England.

At 8 years, she and her half-brothers went to live in the Netherlands, where he remained with his mother during WWII. It was a very difficult stage because he suffered from malnutrition. That did not stop to study dance.

Once the war was continuing to study dance in England and participated in several plays. I was intrudoir the fashion world with their physical condisions.

In nineteen years, began in the cinema world by participating in a Dutch documentary.
Paritcipant went to some small productions. Do not just decide the race between the dancer and actress.

Finally, when I was twenty-two years during the filming in France to Monte Carlo Baby, the writer Colette was proposed to interpret the role of the protagonist of his work Gigi, who is new to Brodway. Hepburn was accepted and won a great success.

The twenty-four years, she starred Roman Holidays, a romantic comedy. The film, which xplica the love story between a princess and a European American journalist, was a success Hepburn won numerous awards, among them his only Oscar, and became a Hollywood icon.
During the 50s he also stars in War and Peace, and History of a nun.

At twenty-five years she married actor and director Mel Ferrer. Worked together to film twice: War and Peace meeting in Paris. Four years after making the latter film is divorced. They had a son, Sean, born in 1960.

The 60 would be equally prolific for Audrey Hepburn, intervened on emblematic titles as Breakfast with diamonds (1961), charade (1963), My Fair Lady (1964), How to steal a million dollars (1966) or in the Sola 'darkness (1967). Acted alongside actors such as Burt Lancaster, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Fred Astaire and Rex Harrison and young talents like George Peppard and Albert Finney. He was nominated five times for Oscars and won numerous other awards.

After the marriage with the doctor Andrea Dotti, 1969 (divorced in 1982 will have had another son, Luca, born in 1970), Audrey Hepburn was almost retired from the cinema world. He returned there occasionally, and others in 1976 with the twilight story about Robin Hood Robin and Marian entitled and co-starring with Sean Connery and Always (1989), de Steven Spielberg.
During the'80s, Hepburn was devoted to humanitarian work, seized the children as special ambassador for UNICEF. This mission was conducted over fifty trips to third world countries, until the manifestation of colon cancer will prevent it. This task would be rewarded, including in 1992 with an honorary award from the Academy, the Jean Hersholt.

The last nine years of his life he shared with the Dutch actor Robert Wolders and it was considered "the best that had ever lived."

He died in Switzerland on 20 January 1993 at the age of 63 years.

THE HIGH HEELS (memory)

Introduction
Hi, I'm Gemma Riera, I'm fifteen years old and now, I'm going to do an oral presentation. In this oral presentation I will talk about the high heels. I know that this topic is more interesting for the majority of the girls than for boys, but well, I like it a lot! OK then, first, I'm going to talk about the beginings, then I will explain the different types of high heels and finally, one of the most famous high heels designer of the world, who is Manolo Blahnik.

The history
At the wedding was made between Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici, she was wearing high-heeled shoes, they started to become popular through the celebration of this event. [4] In 1660 a shoemaker was able to perform high-heel shoes for King Louis XIV ,specially made to increase his height , this design quickly made its option for women and even Madame de Pompadour was making her wear a style called "Pompadour heels".

Today high heels dress usually only by women, with the exception of the cowboy boots that are shared by both genders.

types of high heels
- stilettos
it is a long, thin heel found on some boots and shoes
- los pump
this type of heels, have got a thicker heel, but in the bottom of the heel, it's more thin than in the top.
- block,
it haven't got forms. It's just straight since the bottom to the top of the heel
- tapered,
This type of heel is like the block heel but it have a slight difference with its. The tapered heel is more thin in the middle of the heel
- wedge
That's a heel which is an extension of the sole of the shoe

Manolo Blahnik: the most famous high heels designer
Have a pair of Manolos at home is the majority girl's dream. He is one of the most importants high heels designer. There are a lot of actresses who wear his shoes on their feet. Maddonna said: a 'Manolos' are better than sex'. This shoes became famous, too because they appear in Sex and the city and they are one of the obsession of the protagonist.

Manolos in Sex and the City
In this famous TV series the manolos are one of the obsession of the protagonist, Carrie. She love them!

Dangerous Manolos
At the runway of winter, a lot of models fall down her shoes (manolos) because they are too thin and tall. Finally, all the models decided to apered at the runway without shoes.

Sunday, 31 May 2009

THE HIGH HEELS

ORAL PRESENTATION
the high heels
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