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Personal Fact File of Rowan Atkinson Name: Rowan Atkinson Birth: Jan.6, 1955 Birthplace: County Durham, Britain Present Career: Comedian Special Interests: Collecting fast cars Education Background: Attended Durham Choristers School. Earned a scholarship to a boarding school at 13. Studied at Newcastle University. Obtained his Master’s degree at Oxford. Reason for Career Change: Partly due to some speaking problems. Events in Career Change: Convinced himself of the career after meeting a group of talented people at university. Realized his performing talent when pulling faces in the mirror one day. Read to understand Mr. Bean: dizzy, awkward, clumsy, amusing Rowan Atkinson: intelligent, hardworking, serious, relaxed… My Favorite Comedy (1) Mr. Bean Rowan Atkinson (2) Read Para. 1 and answer Can you find the words used to describe Mr. Bean? What are they? dizzy, awkward, clumsy, amusing. No. “If you think that Rowan Atkinson is anything like his famous creation, then you are in for a surprise.” 2. Are Rowan Atkinson and Mr. Bean similar in personality? How do you know? Example: Is Liu Xiang anything like his father? If you believe the coming exam is easy, then you will surely be in for a surprise. Read the rest of the text and answer the questions. Read to understand Questions for Paragraph 2 1. How many people are there in Rowan’s family? 2. Was Rowan a good student? How do you know? 3. Did his parents encourage him to become an actor? How do you know? Questions for Para. 3 4 What helped Rowan become a famous comedian? 2. Was Rowan convinced that he would become an actor before he entered university? 3. Does Rowan like to work with talented people? Read to understand Rowan’s change to a comedian was partly due to his speaking problems. He compensated for this by talking deliberately. 2. It was one of those things which happen very rarely in your life, when you realize yo