写作思路及要点：审清题目，确定中心，选择材料。

He was born in a poor family in 1889.

他1889年出生在一个贫困家庭。

Chaplin learned to sing and dance from an early age. When he was a teenager, he became one of the most popular little actors in Britain.

卓别林从小就学习唱歌跳舞，十几岁时成为英国最受欢迎的小演员之一。

Later, Chaplin began to make films, and his image of a little tramp made him very popular.

后来卓别林开始制作电影，他塑造的小流浪汉的形象使他大受欢迎。

He won a special Oscar in 1972.

1972年他获得了奥斯卡特别奖。

Chaplin spent his old age in Switzerland and died in 1977.

卓别林在瑞士安度晚年，于1977年去世。