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As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that 1 winter from the human face”, and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. He 2 the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between. He made people laugh at a time when they felt 3 , so they could feel more content with their lives.
Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! He was born in a poor family in 1889. His parents were both poor music hall 4 . You may find 5 astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was common in acting families at this time, especially 6 the family income was often uncertain. 7 his father died, 8 the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had, 9 his humor, become one of the most popular child actors in England. He could mime and act the fool doing 10 everyday tasks. No one was ever bored watching him-his subtle acting made everything entertaining.