That Must be A Record

Heaviest ManThe heaviest person in medical history was Jon Brower Minnoch (USA, 1941–83), who had suffered from obesity since childhood. He was 185 cm tall and weighed 178 kg in 1963, 317 kg in 1966 and 442 kg in September 1976.

1. The name of “ the Guinness World Records” came from______

A. A man

B. A book

C. A company

D. A place

2. The longest beard is _______. A 73cm B 1.83m C 2.33m

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1. The Guinness Book of World Records was born in _____ .

A. Britain

B. USA

C. France

D. Canada

2.The longest lecture lasted__________. A 32.5h B 62.5h C 82.5h

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1. The first edition was published in _____.

A. 1975

B. 1855

C. 1759

D. 1955

2. The lowest temperature ever recorded on earth is_____.

A 一 75.4℃ B 一 89 ． 2℃ C —I10.7℃

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1. In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a shooting party and became involved in an argument______.

A. Who is the richest person in the world?

B. Which was the tallest man in Europe?

C. Which was the fastest animal in the world?

D. Which was the fastest game bird in Europe ?

2. The youngest college graduate was________. A 10 years old B 12 years old C 14 years old

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HUMAN BODY

NATURAL WORLD

SPORTS &

GAMES

ARTS & MEDIA

A. 37CM

B. 47CM

C. 57CM

D. 67CM

On July 1990, he was examined at Ram Manohor Hospital, India and found to measure a height of _____

57CM

A. 102CM

B. 82.87CM

C. 73.6CM

D. 92.25CM

92.25 CM

The most valuable painting sold at auction is Pablo Picasso’s Garçon à la Pipe (1905) With buyer’s premium and fees the painting cost a total of $104,168,000, making it the first work of art to break the £100 million threshold.

Most Valuable Painting Sold At Auction （拍卖会）

A. Pablo Picasso

B. Leonardo Da Vinci

C. Vincent van Gogh

D. Qi Baishi

Michael "Wild Thing" Wilson slam-dunked a regulation basketball through a goal set at a height of 3.65 m (12 ft) ,Indiana, USA, on April 1, 2000. Michael is known as "The Wild Thing" because of his incredible jumping ability.

Highest Basketball Slam Dunk

A.2.75 M

B. 3.00 M

C. 3.65 M

D.3.75 M

                                                                                                                   

Listen to the tape and complete the blanks with information from the tape.

The height of the following:

1. Yao Ming: ________________________

2. Tallest living man: __________________

3. Tallest living woman: ________________

The weight of the following:

1. Heaviest living person weighs: _________

That is the same as ______ TV or _________!

2.31m2.35m2.26m

635kg

30 a horse

Listen and complete the chart below:

Fastest land animal: cheetah speed: ______________

Fastest sea animal: sailfish speed: ______________

Fastest animal on the planet: bird speed: ______________

Fastest man-made object: Voyager1 speed: ______________

____________ times the speed of sound,

____________of the speed of light.

60 miles/ h 68 miles/ h

100-200 miles/ h 39,000 miles/ h

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OBLIVION,Britain’s most businest _______host the recoders for the _____drop of any steel roler coaster in the world. It cost _____dollars to construct. The car drop an angle of ____degrees for ___feet, reach a speed of _____miles per hour.

Oh, now the game.

Theme parksteepest

19million

87

70200

Steepest drop on a roller coaster

Talking

1. why are so many people interested in world records?

2. If there were a chance for you to set a record, what would you choose? Why?

Here is a guy __________________________ at the most simultaneously _____ balls….get the 20… it’s on the verge of the record. ___________ sign a new record!

Working on setting a world record

spinning

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