In April 2007, a 16-year-old boy named Charlie McDonnell was bored, so he used his laptop and webcam to make his first video, and posted it on YouTube under the name Charlieissocoollike． Two days after that, he had 150 subscribers（關(guān)注）, so he decided to make more videos． He soon became quite popular in the UK．

A few months later, Oprah Winfrey, the famous American TV host, showed one of his videos called How to be English on her programme． In this video, Charlie wears a suit and tie and talks in a funny accent． He shows viewers how to make a cup of tea． The video made Charlie suddenly famous in the United States too． To say thank you to all his fans, he made a video called Challenge Charlie． In this video heasked people to suggest funny or difficult things for him to do in his videos． Challenges included drinking tomato ketchup, wearing all of his clothes at once and painting himself purple!

Charlie is also a singer and songwriter． His most popular videos are of him singing and playing the ukelele． In Duet with Myself, he uses special effects to sing a duet with himself about what a boring person he is． This has now been watched over 7 million times! Charlie met Alex Daythrough YouTube and they started a band together． They have made two CDs and performed several concerts．

With more than one and a half million subscribers, Charlie is the most popular video blogger in the UK． He has now made enough money to buy a house with his friend Alex． But what is the secret of his success? “I make the kind of videos that I want to watch,” he says． He says that he wants to go to university in the future but has decided to try and make a career on YouTube before that． So far, it’s going very well!

1.When did Charlie make his first video?

2.Which video made Charlie suddenly famous in the United States?

3.Why did Charlie make Challenge Charlie?

4.Who did Charlie start a band together with?

5.What is the passage mainly about?

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