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1、WHO WERE THEY ?WHAT DID THEY DO ?Graham Bell was a Scottish inventor. He invented the telephone.Charlie Chaplin was a British actor. He played in silent movies.Winston Churchill was a British Prime Minister. He smoked a lot of cigars, and he loved it !Elvis Prestley was an American artist.He was the

2、 King of Rockn Roll.Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the USA. He abolished slavery.Marylin Monroe was an American actress and singer. She was a sex-symbol.Admiral Nelson was a British officer in the Royal Navy. He won the Battle of Trafalgar.Jesse Owens was an American athlete. He won 4 gol

3、d medals in the1936 BerlinOlympics.Hitler claimed he had been humiliated by a sub-human.Queen Victorian was the British Monarch from 1837 to 1901. She reigned for a total of 63 years, seven months and two days. Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter. He painted the famous Guernica.J.F. Kennedy was the

4、35th American President.He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.Alfred Hitchcock was a British film director and producer. He shot numerous films, such as the Birds or Psycho.Martin Luther King (MLK) was an Americanclergyman and active leader in the African-American Civil-Right Movements. He w

5、as assassinated in Memphis in 1968.Walt Disney was an American film producer, and the co-founder of Walt Disney Productions. He drew comic-strips.John Wayne was an American actor. He played in many western films such as The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian compose

6、r. He composed The Magic Flute and The Requiem.Gene Kelly was an American dancer, actor and singer. He played in Hollywood musical films such as Singin in the Rain.Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow were American gangsters. They killed at least nine police officers and committed several civilian murders. Laurel and Hardy were comedians. Thin Laurel was English whereas large Hardy was American. They play