Famous People and Their Achievements

• Joanne Rowling: 1) She is a professional writer and she writes wonderfully. She wrote eight stories about the character Harry Potter and became famous fast. Her books got a lot of awards.
• Marie Curie: 2) She studied physics and chemistry seriously, discovered two chemical elements and won two Nobel prizes.
• Michael Phelps: 3) He can swim very fast. At the Olympics in China, he set a new record for winning the most gold medals at one Olympics.
• Vivien Leigh: 4) Her acting ability was excellent. She acted very well in the film Gone with the Wind (1939).
• Horatio Nelson: 5) He fought bravely and won several important battles at sea.