Oprah Winfrey is not just a very successful TV host in the US，she is also a woman who has encouraged millions．She was born  1  January 29，1954 in a village in America．Her parents          2  very poor．For her family，life  3 to hold no hope．Being black and a woman made life  4  more difficult in America at that time． 5  there was nothing that could stop her．Though life was very hard  6 the age of six till fourteen．Oprah studied hard． 7  she was l4，she went to live with her father．Her father showed her how hard work and discipline(紀(jì)律)could lead to self—improvement．Oprah  8  his father，and a few years later，she went to university．In l971，at the age of  9  ，she began working part--time on a radio program．Two years  10 ，after graduation，she started working for television．In l984，she 11  to Chicago，where she became the host of a talk show  12  “AM Chicago”．When she started，“AM Chicago” had  13 listeners．By September of next year，the show was so successful that it was given a new name：  “The Oprah Winfrey Show”．Oprah's program has been shown on TV for almost 20 years．Her show is one of the most  14  television programs in history．She  15  many prizes for her work in television and film．

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