Unit 4 Sharing Workbook Expanding Your World For the Children 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

2019人教版选择性必修四 四单元 拓展阅读2 Unit Four Workbook Expanding Your World For the Children (Adapted) 阅读简案 About the passage For the Children is a speech by Audrey Hepburn in 1989 at the 44th session of the United Nations General Assembly, where she also delivered the The Convention on the Rights of the Child (儿童权利公约). The Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to children all over the world, that is, anyone under the age of 18. On 20 November 1989, the 44th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 25, the first legally binding international agreement on the protection of children's rights, which entered into force on 2 September 1990. The Convention on the Rights of the Child was ratified at the 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress on December 29, 1991, and has since become an international convention recognized by China. Audrey Hepburn (奥黛丽·赫本) (1929.05.04 -- 1993.01.20), a famous British film and stage actress. The Oscar-winning actress is admired by the world as an "angel on earth". As one of Hollywood's most famous actresses, she is known for her elegant temperament and taste, famous for dressing. Audrey Hepburn devoted herself to charity in her later years and was a representative figure of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador(亲善大使). As goodwill ambassador, from time to time, she held some concerts and fundraising activities, visited children in poor areas, and traveled to many countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The year 1992 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the 1993 Academy Award for Humanitarian Affairs. She starred in several films such as "Roman Holiday" "Breakfast at Tiffany's" "My Fair Lady" and so on, which are still classics in the minds of countless fans. In 1999, she was honored by the American Film Institute the third on the list of "The Greatest Actress of the Century". About the Author I see the hope in helping children in need. It requires little but our wi