世界名人简介 第68期:罗温·艾金森

 Rowan Atkinson is an English comedian¹, actor and writer. He is famous around the world for his character Mr. Bean. He was listed in the top 50 funniest people ever by a group of comedians². Atkinson shot to fame in Britain in the late 1970s. Throughout the 1980s he starred in one of Britain’s most successful comedies, Black Adder³. Mr. Bean brought him worldwide fame and acclaim⁴.

罗温·艾金森是一名英国喜剧演员，作家。他因“憨豆先生”一角而风靡全球。有喜剧演员将他列在了史上最搞笑50人之首。20世纪70年代末，艾金森在英国一举成名。80年代，他主演了英国最成功的情景喜剧《黑爵士》。自此，憨豆先生声名大噪，赞美之声不断。

Atkinson was born in the north of England in 1955. He went to very good schools and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. While studying for a Master’s degree at Oxford⁵ University he fell in love with acting⁶ and comedy and joined an amateur theatre company. He took his comedy sketches⁸ to the Edinburgh Festival in 1976 and performed on the street.

1955年，艾金森出生于英格兰北部。他曾就读于一流学府，并获得了电工程专业学士学位。在牛津大学读研期间，他喜欢上了喜剧表演，并进入了业余表演公司。在1976年的“爱丁堡艺术节”上，艾金森表演了幽默短剧，并在街头进行表演。

After university, Atkinson got a lucky break and made a one-off 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 the incredibly successful Black Adder series, which he also co-wrote.

毕业之后，艾金森得到了幸运的眷顾，为一家英国电视公司制作喜剧。并迅速出现在了《恶搞九点新闻》的幽默短剧中。从此，他成为了英国最为知名的喜剧演员之一。从1993年开始，他主演了《黑爵士》系列，并取得成功，他同样是这部作品的联合作者。

Mr. Bean came along on New Years Day, 1990. It was originally just a one-off show. The character was a hit and Atkinson made more episodes throughout the 1990s. It was eventually made 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，憨豆先生再次出现。原本这仅仅是一次喜剧表演。但该角色取得了成功，20世纪90年代，艾金森又拍摄了多部续集。最终，该剧被制作成为电影，艾金森从此成为了国际影星。他的视觉喜剧风格让他获得了“带着橡皮脸的男人”称号。

1.a group of 一群

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

一声枪响把一群斑马惊得四散奔逃。

2.comedy show 喜剧表演

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

她有这场喜剧表演的一些免费入场券。

3.fall in love with 喜欢上

例句：He tells me now that that was what made him fall in love with me. 

现在，他告诉我当初正是我的声音使他爱上了我这个人。

4.comedy sketch⁷ 喜剧短剧

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 improvisation⁹ comedy sketch. 

成年人则手持彩旗，跟在后面呐喊唱歌，欢庆新年，德国的妇女在新年里要即兴表演家庭题材的喜剧小品。

1 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

2 comedians   

n.喜剧演员，丑角( comedian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The voice was rich, lordly, Harvardish, like all the boring radio comedians'imitations. 声音浑厚、威严，俨然是哈佛出身的气派，就跟无线电里所有的滑稽演员叫人已经听腻的模仿完全一样。 来自辞典例句
• He distracted them by joking and imitating movie and radio comedians. 他用开玩笑的方法或者模仿电影及广播中的滑稽演员来对付他们。 来自辞典例句

3 adder   

n.蝰蛇；小毒蛇

参考例句：

• The adder is Britain's only venomous snake.蝰蛇是英国唯一的一种毒蛇。
• An adder attacked my father.一条小毒蛇攻击了我父亲。

4 acclaim   

v.向…欢呼，公认；n.欢呼，喝彩，称赞

参考例句：

• He was welcomed with great acclaim.他受到十分热烈的欢迎。
• His achievements earned him the acclaim of the scientific community.他的成就赢得了科学界的赞誉。

5 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

6 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

7 sketch   

n.草图；梗概；素描；v.素描；概述

参考例句：

• My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
• I will send you a slight sketch of the house.我将给你寄去房屋的草图。

8 sketches   

n.草图( sketch的名词复数 )；素描；速写；梗概

参考例句：

• The artist is making sketches for his next painting. 画家正为他的下一幅作品画素描。
• You have to admit that these sketches are true to life. 你得承认这些素描很逼真。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 improvisation   

n.即席演奏(或演唱)；即兴创作

参考例句：

• a free-form jazz improvisation 自由创作的爵士乐即兴演出
• Most of their music was spontaneous improvisation. 他们的大部分音乐作品都是即兴创作的。