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Rowan Atkinson is an English comedian, and writer. He is famous around the world for his1)characterMr. Bean.He was listed in the top 50 funniest people ever by a group of comedians. Atkinson shot to fame in Britain in the late 1970s. Throughout the 1980s he starred in one of Britain’s most successful comedies, Black Adder. Mr. Bean brought him worldwide fame and2)acclaim.

羅溫·艾金森是一名英國喜劇演員、作家。他因“憨豆先生”一角而風(fēng)靡全球。有喜劇演員將他列在了史上最搞笑50人之首。20世紀(jì)70年代末，艾金森在英國一舉成名。80年代，他主演了英國最成功的情景喜劇《黑爵士》。自此，憨豆先生聲名大噪，贊美之聲不斷。

Atkinson was born in the north of England in 1955. He went to very good schools and graduated with a3)Bachelor’sdegree in Electrical Engineering. While studying for a Master’s degree at Oxford University,he fell in love with acting and comedy and joined an amateur theatre company.He took his comedy sketches to the Edinburgh Festival in 1976 and performed on the street.

1955年，艾金森出生于英格蘭北部。他曾就讀于一流學(xué)府，并獲得了電力工程專業(yè)學(xué)士學(xué)位。在牛津大學(xué)讀研期間，他喜歡上了喜劇表演，并進(jìn)入了業(yè)余表演公司。在1976年的“愛丁堡藝術(shù)節(jié)”上，艾金森表演了幽默短劇，并在街頭進(jìn)行表演。

1) character ['k?r?kt?(r)] n.人物，個(gè)性，品質(zhì)

2) acclaim [?'kle?m] n./v.喝彩，歡呼，贊同

3) bachelor ['b?t??l?(r)] n.學(xué)士

After university, Atkinson got a lucky break and made a oneoff comedy show for a British TV company. He quickly went on to appear in the hit comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News. This made him one of Britain’s most popular comedians. From 1993, he starred in the4)incrediblysuccessful Black Adder series, which he also co-wrote.

畢業(yè)之后，艾金森得到了幸運(yùn)的眷顧，為一家英國電視公司制作喜劇。并迅速出現(xiàn)在了《惡搞九點(diǎn)新聞》的幽默短劇中。從此，他成為英國最為知名的喜劇演員之一。從1993年開始，他主演了《黑爵士》系列，并取得成功，也參與了該劇劇本的創(chuàng)作。

Mr. Bean came along on New Year’s Day, 1990. It was originally just a one-off show. The character was a hit and Atkinson made more episodes throughout the 1990s. It was5)eventuallymade into a movie which made Atkinson an international star. His visual comedy style has earned him the nickname “the man with the rubber face”.

1990年新年，憨豆先生再次出現(xiàn)。原本這僅僅是一次喜劇表演。但該角色取得了成功，20世紀(jì)90年代，艾金森又拍攝了多部續(xù)集。最終，該劇被制作成為電影，艾金森從此成為國際影星。他的視覺喜劇風(fēng)格讓他獲得了“帶著橡皮臉的男人”的昵稱。

4) incredibly [?n'kred?bli] adv.極其，難以置信地

5) eventually [?'vent?u?li] adv.最后，終于

重點(diǎn)講解

1.a group of 一群

例句：A group of zebras started up by a shot.

一聲槍響把一群斑馬驚得四散奔逃。

2.comedy show 喜劇表演

例句：She has got some free tickets to the comedy show.

她有這場喜劇表演的一些免費(fèi)入場券。

3.comedy sketch 喜劇短劇

例句：Adults was carrying banners, singing and shouting behind him, celebrating the New Year, the German women in the New Year to the family theme improvisation comedy sketch.

成年人則手持彩旗，跟在后面吶喊唱歌，歡慶新年，德國的婦女在新年里要即興表演家庭題材的喜劇小品。

4.fall in love with 喜歡上

例句：He tells me that he falls in love with me.

現(xiàn)在，他告訴我他愛上了我。