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1、2021/8/11 星期三1Unit 1 Breaking recordsWhat do you know about the book called “The Guinness Book of World Records”?2021/8/11 星期三2The idea for this book came from Hugh Beaver. One day in 1951, after watching some birds, he told his friends that he thought those birds were probably the fastest birds in

2、Britain. Several of his friends disagreed with him. 2021/8/11 星期三3However, when they tried to solve the problem by looking it up, they found none of the books they had contained the information that they were looking for. As a result, Hugh Beaver decided to put out a book that would contain all kind

3、s of world records. 2021/8/11 星期三4People have always been interested in knowing about world records. They want to know about the biggest, smallest, fastest, slowest, longest, shortest, oldest and youngest. The book called “The Gunnies Book of World Records” became popular soon.2021/8/11 星期三5Lets do

4、a quiz and see how many world records you know. 2021/8/11 星期三61. What is the longest river in the world?A. The Changjiang（Yangtze）B. The AmazonC. The NileD. The Yellow River2021/8/11 星期三72. What is the largest lake in the world?A. Lake BaikalB. The Caspian SeaC. Lake SuperiorD. The Aral Sea2021/8/11

5、 星期三83. What is the largest ocean in the world?A. The Pacific OceanB. The Atlantic OceanC. The South China SeaD. The Indian Ocean2021/8/11 星期三94. What is the highest mountain in the world?A. AnnapurnaB. Mt QomolangmaC. Mt KilimanjaroD. K2 (Chogori)2021/8/11 星期三105. What is the largest mammal in the

6、world?A. The African elephantB. The giraffeC. The hippopotamusD. The Blue Whale2021/8/11 星期三116. What is the fastest land mammal in the world?A. The lionB. The horseC. The cheetahD. The Mongolian gazelle2021/8/11 星期三12 The longest hair Xie Qiu ping5.627 m Guang xi Province, China More world records!

7、2021/8/11 星期三13The heaviest model, Tailor, USA, 326.14 Kg.model2021/8/11 星期三14The fastest goal in the World Cup, 13 seconds, in 20022021/8/11 星期三15Do you know the name of these activities?2021/8/11 星期三16pogo stick jumpingsomersaulting standing on a Swiss ball2021/8/11 星期三17 doing jumping jacks doing

8、 lunges hula hoopingHow many times of this activity can you do at most ?Can you guess the world record?27,000!2021/8/11 星期三18Ashrita Furman has broken Guinness records in all these activities. Break about 93 Guinness records Hold more than twenty of his records2021/8/11 星期三19Fast readingWhat happene

9、d in the following time?At the age of 16:In the early 1970s:In 1978:In 1979:Over the last 25 years:2021/8/11 星期三20What happened in the following time?at the age of 16:in the early 1970s:He discovered an Indian meditation teacher called Sri Chinmoy.He has been one of Sri Chinmoys students.Fast readin

10、g2021/8/11 星期三21in 1978:in 1979:over the last 25 years:He came third in a 24-hour bicycle marathon in New Yorks Central Park.He broke his first Guinness record with 27,000 jumping jacks. He has broken approximately 93 Guinness records.2021/8/11 星期三22Which kind of activity is most likely to make a pe

11、rson dizzy? _ A. Standing on top of a 75cm Swiss ball B. Somersaulting C. Doing gymnastically correct lunges D. Jumping jacksComprehending 2021/8/11 星期三232. Which is NOT the reason why Ashrita became a successful sportsman? _He was very weak as a child, so he had to take more exercise.B. He became o

12、ne of Sir Chinmoys students.C. Ashrita entered the marathon and won much confidence.D. He refused to accept any physical limitation.2021/8/11 星期三243. From the passage we can conclude that _. A. Ashrita likes swimming and soccer. B. Ashrita dreamed of breaking a record in all seven continents but nev

13、er.C. All activities that Ashrita took part in seemed childish and cause laughter.D. Standing on top of 75cm Swiss ball is not so easy as it looks.2021/8/11 星期三254. The passage mainly tells us _. A. how Ashrita became famous B. how Ashrita became a sportsmanC. Ashrita enjoys the challenge of breakin

14、g Guinness record.D. why Ashrita got crazy about sports.5. How old do you think Ashrita most likely to be now? A. About 20 B. About 30 C. About 40 D. About 502021/8/11 星期三266. Which one of Sri Chinmoys beliefs led Ashirita to attempting records?_There is only one perfect road. It is ahead of you, al

15、ways ahead of you.B. There is no limit to peoples physical abilities.C. It is just as important for people to develop their bodies as it is to develop their minds, hearts and spiritual selves.D. His body just an instrument of the sprit.2021/8/11 星期三277. Why was it amazing that Ashirita came third in

16、 the bicycle marathon in 1978?_A. Because he was very unfit.B. Because it was the first time that he join in the game.C. Because he had done no training for the game.D. Because he was famous for breaking records.2021/8/11 星期三288. What is more important for Ashirita to break the record?A. Strength B.

17、 Fitness C. Determination D. Honor2021/8/11 星期三29Self-checking1. 打破记录2. 在过去的25年3. 创纪录4. 实现梦想5. 实际上6. 大量的7. 很好的平衡感8. 努力做某事9. 使膝盖触地10.向前迈步break records over the last 25 years make records achieve ones dream in reality an enormous amount of a great sense of balance struggle to do touch the knee to the ground step forward2021/8/11 星期三3011.有潜力的运动员12.被