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Charlie had always believed, even in the worst times, that had something special locked away inside him.
即便在处境最为艰难的时刻，查理也始终坚信自己蕴藏着特殊的才能。
He took his courage and went to see one of the top theatrical agents.
他鼓足勇气，前往伦敦一家高级的戏院经理商应聘。
With no experience at all, he was being offered the plum part of Billy—the pageboy in a new production of "Sherlock Holmes".
竟获得新编的《歇洛克·福尔摩斯》剧中的小佣人比利一角。
"Sherlock Holmes" opened on July 27, 1903 at the enormous "Pavilion Theatre" Charlie seemed to change overnight.
1903年7月27日《歇洛克·福尔摩斯》新剧在气势恢宏的帕维廉剧院首演，不久外出巡回演出。
It was as if he had found the thing he was meant to do.
查理似乎一夜间发生了巨变，他好似找到了立志从事的事业。
It was, by now, 1908, Charlie was nineteen and he fell in love. Hetty Kelly was only fifteen.
1908年，19岁的查理堕入情网。他所钟情的海蒂·凯年仅十五。
But her parents quashed the the romance before it really begun—but the memory of pretty Hetty stayed with Charlie all his life.
在他们之间的恋情处于萌芽状态时，海蒂的父母果断地终止了它的发展，然而，海蒂迷人的丰采竟使查理终生难忘。
In 1910, when Karno set off on his yearly American tour, "One of the best pantomime artists ever seen here."
1910年，卓别林所在的卡诺戏班赴美国作一年一度的巡回表演，他被认为是“当地美国人曾经见过的最为出类拔萃的哑剧表演艺术家之一”。
They had reached Philadelphia when a telegram arrived and he was being offered the chance to replace a star in the Keystone film company.
当他们抵达费城时，一纸电文接踵而至，把替换基石电影公司的一位明星的机遇赐于了他。
Charlie's first film, released in February 1914, was called "Making a living". Though it didn't satisfy Charlie, the public liked it.
1914年2月，查理主演的处女片上映，影片取名《谋生》 尽管此片由于导演的无能而令查理大失所望，但观众还是喜爱这部片子的。
After that he had made ten films and he had learned a lot. The public loved him and distributors were demanding more and more Chaplin films.
之后他又拍了几部片，增长了不少学识。公众喜爱他，并且电影销售商索要越来越多的卓别林的片子，
In an incredibly short time, Charlie had become a very important man in motion picture...
在极短的时间内，他成了电影界的重要人物……
