标题: A life well lived - 103岁的女士 Elisabeth Murdoch 附听力资料 [打印本页] 作者: yearshappy 时间: 19-12-2012 10:11 标题: A life well lived - 103岁的女士 Elisabeth Murdoch 附听力资料 近日来， 报纸电视电台网络，满篇满眼都是 Dame Elisabeth ................
Dame 是对女士的荣誉名称，后跟Given Name
Sir 是对男士的荣誉称呼，后跟Given name （这个Sir 是不同于英国一般社交场合的Sir的）
（澳大利亚的社交场合，比较讲究平等，没有多少敬畏称呼的，这点是很不同于英国）
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Dame Elisabeth Murdoch said to her daughter earlier this year: ''Old age is hard work but I do love life''. She was 103.
DAME Elisabeth Murdoch has been warmly remembered as a loving mother and a woman who led a life "always in full bloom"
ABC Radio 音频 [attach]253146[/attach] - the transcript provided below
One of Australia's great philanthropists, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, has died. She was 103.
Dame Elisabeth, the wife of Keith Murdoch and the mother of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, felt compelled to use her wealth to help the community and more than 100 charities and organisations benefited from that attitude.
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Elisabeth Joy Green was born in Melbourne in 1909. She felt the need to give and to help from a young age. While she was still in school she knitted woollen singlets for babies at Melbourne's Children's Hospital. She earned a tour of the hospital because she knitted more singlets than anyone else.
Dame Elisabeth was married to Sir Keith Murdoch in 1928 and they had four children - Helen, Rupert, Anne and Janet. Sir Keith died suddenly in 1952.
My marriage, my happiness has strengthened me and carried me on. I'm never lonely - besides I've got such a lovely, caring family.
After her husband's death Elisabeth Murdoch focused on building the new Melbourne Children's Hospital and was known for her dedication to fundraising, hand-writing letters of thanks to each major donor.
In 1963, Elisabeth Murdoch was appointed Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She believed her wealth could be a tool to benefit the community.
Well, I think it's become a rather materialistic age. That worries me. Money seems to be so enormously important and I don't think that wealth creates happiness. I think it is personal relationships which matter.
Dame Elisabeth's eldest daughter Helen Handbury died in 2004. As her son Rupert made a name for himself in the global media, Elisabeth Murdoch wasn't the biggest fan of his newspapers.
I think the sort of source of- the kind of journalism and the tremendous invasion of people's privacy, I don't approve of that.
She saw a lot of change in her 103 years, some of which she described as dehumanising.
Of course such an enormous increase in technology, that I think is perhaps the most significant change in our times. It's... It worries me a little bit but still I'm sure where it is helping us progress.
As she neared her 100th birthday Dame Elizabeth said she couldn't believe she was going to die and had no intention of slowing down.
She remained a benefactor of the hospital and went on to support 110 charitable organisations, including medical research bodies, social welfare groups, and the arts.
If you've money, it is perfectly easy to give it away. Nothing to be particularly proud of but it is being involved and knowing what you're helping and you know, really being committed.
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch died peacefully last night surrounded by family at her property on the outskirts for Melbourne, where she'd lived for about 80 years.
She has 77 direct descendents, including 50 great-grandchildren.
In a statement, her son Rupert Murdoch says throughout her life his mother demonstrated the very best qualities of true public service, and her energy and personal commitment made our country a more hopeful place.
The youngest of three daughters, Elisabeth Joy Greene was born in 1909 and grew up on her family's Melbourne homestead, Pemberley, which was surrounded by an acre of gardens on Toorak Road.
She once said: "My world was my parents' garden."
Dame Elisabeth was spoilt by her father, Rupert, who encouraged his youngest daughter's ambition to join the circus.
Her father had a mischievous spirit, and even allowed her to puff on his pipe and chew tobacco.
But Dame Elisabeth's father struggled with gambling issues, which caused difficulties for her mother Marie as she struggled to keep the family fed and housed.
It was her mother's caring nature and concern for others that set an example Dame Elisabeth would carry throughout her life.
The Dame's compassionate nature was evident from an early age.
She was awarded a tour of the children's hospital after breaking its singlet-knitting record at the age of 16. Seeing howling babies emerging from operating theatre upset her so much that she vowed to do all she could to help children.
Marriage and children
At the age of 19, Elisabeth Greene first stepped out with the 42-year-old Keith Murdoch.
Melbourne's most eligible bachelor had spied Dame Elisabeth's photograph in a society magazine and insisted on meeting the young beauty.
Despite concerns from family and friends about their 23-year age difference, the pair were married in 1928, with the bride electing to wear her sister's hand-me-down wedding dress.
Mr Murdoch's wedding gift to his young wife was Cruden Farm, on the outskirts of Melbourne, in Langwarrin.
The property has been Dame Elisabeth's home for over 80 years and it was there she and her husband raised their four children.
I think Keith would have been proud. I haven't wasted a minute of my life. I've made use of all the time, I think.
Dame Elisabeth speaking in a 2008 interview
Cruden Farm's grounds are open to the public several times a year.
As a mother, Dame Elisabeth was the disciplinarian in the family, with her husband being prone to indulging their children.
She believed in "loving discipline" and recalled using the slipper to reprimand a young Rupert.
Dame Elisabeth gave Rupert the opportunity in later years to publicly tease his mother about "the beatings" she gave him.
She believed fervently in the importance of tolerance, understanding and caring - qualities she wanted to instil in her children's upbringing.
In a 2009 interview for ABC TV's The 7.30 Report, Dame Elisabeth said she and Rupert did not always see eye-to-eye but respected each other's opinions.
"I think (we disagree about) the kind of journalism and the tremendous invasion of people's privacy. I don't approve of that," she said.
Following Sir Keith's death of cancer in 1952 at the age of 67, Dame Elisabeth focused on building the new Melbourne Children's Hospital.
Her passion for the project, together with her influence, resulted in the necessary government funding and she had remained a benefactor of the hospital thereafter.
'Enjoying life'
Until recently, Dame Elisabeth was "hands on" in the gardens of her much-loved Cruden Farm.
When a hip replacement put an end to the digging and planting, she turned to a motorised buggy to get around, saying driving was her last outdoor sport.
"Although I am so old, really very old, people's assumptions are quite wrong. They don't realise that I still have the capacity to enjoy life," she told Andrew Denton in 2009.
Dame Elisabeth's number plates, "12", had been Sir Keith's when he had been courting her.
She found herself constantly discouraging young men who wanted to buy them, telling them: "I went to my wedding with these plates and I am going to my funeral with them."
During a 2008 interview when asked what her husband would have said of her life, Dame Elisabeth replied: "I think Keith would have been proud. I haven't wasted a minute of my life. I've made use of all the time, I think."
Dame Elisabeth is survived by three of her children - Rupert Murdoch, Anne Kantor and Janet Calvert-Jones - and by over 70 descendants.
Her eldest daughter, Helen Handbury, died in 2004.作者: yearshappy 时间: 19-12-2012 11:46
1928年， 19岁的Elisabeth 与 42岁的 Keith 结婚
Keeping well lived, it is not easy. Our office lady has been working in our office almost 40 years, now this Xmas is her retirement celebration. A very kind strict lady, dressed nice every day. Wish her retirement life just like her dress rich and colorful..作者: yearshappy 时间: 4-1-2013 12:11 原始短消息:[系统消息] 您发表的帖子被评分
