Cup. His first international goal was scored in the Euro 2004 final. Ronaldo is
currently the most expensive player in football history.
Track 17
Rowan Atkinson is considered to be one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy, and
among the top 50 comedians ever.
He was born in a middle class family. He suffered terribly as a child because of the
speech disorder. He had difficulty pronouncing certain sounds or starting a sentence.
His classmates often laughed at him because of his appearance.
He soon became a very shy kid who didn’t have many friends, so he dived into science. He
spent a lot of hours studying his favourite subject.
One of his teachers said: “There was nothing unusual about him. I didn’t expect him to
become a fantastic scientist in the future.”
But he proved everybody wrong and got admitted to Oxford University. During his days in
Oxford, he started falling in love with acting, but couldn’t perform due to his speaking
disorder. So, he got his master’s degree in electrical engineering before appearing in
any movie or TV show.
After getting his degree, he decided to realise his dream and become an actor. So, he
enrolled in a comedy group. But again the problem with his speech got in the way. A lot
of TV shows rejected him. He felt really upset. Despite the rejections, he never stopped
believing in himself. He had a great passion for making people laugh, and he knew that
he was very good at it. Soon he realised that he could speak fluently whenever he played
a character.
Even though he had success with other shows, “Mr Bean” made Rowan globally famous.
So, despite all the obstacles he faced because of his looks and his speaking disorder,
he proved