Waris Dirie(沙漠之花).ppt

Waris Dirie? Desert Flower a?Somali?model,?author,?actress?and?human rights activist. 迪里(WarisDirie) ， the top models in the world 。 当选Forbes 30位全球女性典范之一。 Waris Dirie was born into a?nomadic?clan in?Galkayo,?Somalia?in 1965. nomadic ?[n?u?m?dik]游牧的 clan ?[kl?n] n.氏族,部落; ?Somalia索马里 rape ?[reip] vt.／n.强暴 genital mutilation 非洲女性割礼 She was raped by her father’s friend when she’s 4. When she was 5， Dirie underwent an extreme form of female genital mutilation. At the age of thirteen, she fled her family in order to escape an arranged marriage to a 60-year-old man. Waris Dirie has disfigured feet, covered with scars she acquired during this nine-day flight across the desert She landed in?London?where she lived with and worked for wealthy distant relatives, who were the stuff of the Somalia embassy in London, as a housemaid.? A war broke out in her country Somalia Embassy closed. later worked at a local?McDonalds, trying to make ends meet. From there, her modeling career took off, appearing in advertisements for top designers such as?Channel,?Levis, LOreal?and?Revlon. By chance, Waris was discovered by photographer?Terence Donovan, who helped secure for her the cover of the 1987?Pirelli Calendar. In 1998, Waris authored her first book,?Desert Flower, an autobiography which went on to become an international?bestseller. She works against?female circumcision.（女性割礼） 1997, she was appointed UN Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation. Q: 1, where was Waris born? 2, why did she flee away from her family? 3, what is the title of her most famous book? Thank you! * Pirelli Calendar:倍耐力年历 世界上知名度最高的年历之一，是一项奢侈品定制、收藏项目。每一年，倍耐力年历 (Pirelli Calendar) 公司都邀请一位知名摄影师来拍摄世界上最美丽的女人，也只有当红明星和一线超模能得到这个“裸露”机会。 *