That must be a record!

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Unit 1 That must be a record!

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The worlds tallest man is 2.35m.
A Tunisian
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• The longest beard is _____.
• 73cm
• B. 1.83m
• C. 2.33M

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An Indian
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• The highest number of goals in a soccer career is
  _____.
• 1,279
• B. 546
• C. 3,850

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Pele , Brazilian
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• The lowest temperature ever recorded on earth is
  _____.
• -75.4 ?c
• -89.2 ?c
• c. -110.7 ?C

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Ice and snow everywhere, Vostok, Antarctic
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Special 50th anniversary edition
The first edition of Guinness Book of World
Records was published ________ .
in 1955
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Fast-reading
Who came up with the idea for the book?
Sir Hugh Beaver, the then director of the
Guinness Brewery.
Match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para.1. Chinese records Para.2. The birth of
the book Para.3. Records from the
world of sports Para.4. Records of different
categories Para.5. How to set a
record? Para.6. Why are people so interested in
the book?
Para.1
Para.2 Para.3 Para.4
Para.5
Para.6
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Careful reading
True or false
1. The first edition of Guinness Book was written
by two Englishmen. ( ) 2. More than
60,000 new records are printed in the book each
year. ( ) 3. An Englishman balanced a
small car weighing 159.6 kilogrammes on his head
for 33 seconds. ( ) 4. Lance Armstrongs
speed record is more impressive than his struggle
against his disease. ( ) 5. The records
that are dangerous to the person who is
attempting it or to others are welcome. (
) 6. The records in the Guinness Book of World
Records include different areas of the world. (
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F
T
F
F
T
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Detailed information of the numbers
Sir Hugh Beaver wanted to settle
1951
1955
The first edition was published.
More than 60,000 new records are sent in to the
book each year
60,000
1.6 meters
the longest moustache
122 years and 164 days
the oldest woman
the longest poisonous snake
5.71 meters
40 hectares
the largest square
480 kilogrammes
the largest jiaozi
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Post-reading
1. Why did Sir Hugh Beaver want to create such a
book? 2. What are the categories in the Guinness
Book? 3. Give four examples of Chinese records in
the book. 4. Why do you think the book has been a
best-seller for so many years? Will it remain
popular? How will it change? 5. If you want to
apply for a new record, what should you do?
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Fill in blanks
settle
In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver wanted to _____ an
argument, he _____ two Englishmen to write the
Guinness Book of World Records. The book has been
a _________ since 1955. In the book, the records
are put into different _________.There are many
_______ records. And many of the records come
from the world of _____. A few records _____ ____
because of the _______ life story behind them.
People are interested in the book because they
are _______ about the records and also _________
by the records. Anybody can try to ____ a record.
But some records that are __________ to the
person who is attempting it or to others are not
_______.
hired
best-seller
categories
Chinese
sports
stand
out
moving
curious
entertained
set
dangerous
allowed
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Discuss If you are the Guinness officials,
which record would you like to choose?
Why? Record 1. fastest singer A 25-year-old
woman from England sang Happy Birthday to You
183 times in five minutes. Record 2. most windows
broken Two 14-year-old boys from Sweden broke
234 windows in 10 minutes. They broke the windows
by throwing stones at them.
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Lance Armstrong with his three children
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Why are Lance Armstrongs records special?
He was diagnosed with cancer.
1996
He set the speed record and won the Tour de
France six years in a row.
1999 -2004
He won the Tour de France for the seventh time in
July.
2005
He will retire soon after this Tour de France.
He has been a professional athlete for almost 20
years. Now he is 33 years old.
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Discuss
What can we learn from Lance Armstrongs story?
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Everything can be possible!
Work hard
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Reading comprehension
1. C , who became the worlds youngest
sporting champion
2. D no other theater had continuously shown
the same film as long.
3. A Most of Chinas new record-holders were
long overdue.
4. B the second paragraph
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Thank you!
Goodbye!