英语名人堂：安妮·弗兰克

安妮·弗兰克（1929—1945），德国犹太少女。她的家庭原居德国法兰克福市。纳粹兴起后，开始对犹太名族进行迫害，安妮全家迁至荷兰阿姆斯特丹避难。1942年6月12日，安妮生日，她收到的生日礼物中有一本日记本，遂开始写日记。 1929年生于德国法兰克福的一个犹太家庭。1933年希特勒上台，开始疯狂地迫害犹太人，弗兰克一家移居荷兰。第二次世界大战爆发后不久，德国法西斯占领了荷兰，在这里避难的犹太人同样遭到残酷迫害。为了逃避纳粹的逮捕、监禁和屠杀，弗兰克一家在朋友的帮助下，躲进父亲的公司大楼里一处隐蔽的地方，直到1944年8月有人告密，隐匿的8个人被捕并被关进了集中营。到战争结束，只有其父奥托一人生还。他整理了安妮在隐匿期间的日记，出版的引起关注，并被译成多种文字，就是《安妮日记》。

Anne Frank was a young Jewish German girl who gained international fame after her death following the publication of her diary. She wrote about her life, thoughts and experiences of hiding from the Nazis¹ in World War II. Her account of her two years spent in an attic² in Amsterdam became an international best seller. She died aged³ 15 in a German concentration camp.

 

Anne Frank was born in 1929 in Germany. Her father was a German officer from World War I. Anne was a very studious and diligent⁴ student who had a passion for books. She moved to Amsterdam with her family after Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. She attended a Montessori school and was a very energetic and outgoing girl.

 

In June 1942, Anne received a notebook for her thirteenth birthday. She decided⁵ to use it as a diary and wrote about her dreams to become an actress. In July, she and her family were ordered to go to a work camp. Instead, they hid in the attic of her father’s workplace. They shared the small space with another family for two years.

 

In August 1944, German security police discovered the hideout and arrested its occupants. Anne was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Anne died in March 1945 and was buried in a mass grave, the whereabouts of which is still unknown. Her diary was found and given to her father. It is one of the most widely read books in the world today.

1 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 attic   

n.顶楼，屋顶室

参考例句：

• Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
• What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理？

3 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

4 diligent   

adj.勤勉的，勤奋的

参考例句：

• He is the more diligent of the two boys.他是这两个男孩中较用功的一个。
• She is diligent and keeps herself busy all the time.她真勤快，一会儿也不闲着。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。