Unit 1 That must be a record Beijing October 1st school

Warming-up What do you know about the Guinness Records? What are the records about? Which record impressed you most?

1. How to read the number --75.4 ℃? 1) seventy-five point four degrees centigrade below zero 2) minus seventy-five point four degrees centigrade

2. The world tallest man is _____. A 2.35m B 2.45m C 2.55m

3. The youngest college graduate was _______. A 10 years old B 12 years old C 14 years old

4. The highest number of goals in a soccer career is ______.

5. The longest beard is ______. A 73 cm B 1.83 m C 2.33 m Who: Shamsher Singh When : last measured on August 18, 1997 Where: India What: 1.83m

6. The longest lecture lasted ________. A 32.5 h B 62.5 h C 82.5 h

Reading

Pre-reading Could you think out some phrases about “record”? e.g. *set (up) a new record *beat [break, cut] the [a] record * write a record of *hold record

While – reading: note-taking Director: The first edition was published in: The number of new records sent to the book each year: Categories: Sir Hugh Beaver 1955 more than 60,000 human body, amazing feats, the natural world, science and technology, arts and media, modern society, travel and transport, sports and games

5.Reasons why people are interested in the book: 6.Unacceptable record attempts: curiosity; entertained by accounts of strange and unusual deeds and facts dangerous

The main idea of each paragraph Para. 1. The birth of the book Para. 2. New records are sent into the book each year. Para. 3. Some Chinese records in the book.

Para 4. Many of the records come from the world of sports; some have moving life stories behind them. Para. 5. Why people are interested in world records. Para. 6. The procedures to apply for a Guinness world record.

Reading Comprehension 1.The text is mainly about _____. a famous book Sir Hugh Beaver came up with an idea The Guinness Book of Records Many records in the world

2. From the text, the main reason that led to Sir Hugh’s idea is that _______. his hard work his talent his curiosity his careful research C

he is a wonderful winner he won the first place in the race 3. The reason why Lance Armstrong’s records are special is that ________. he is a wonderful winner he won the first place in the race he has achieved brilliant achievements he fought against cancer bravely and won his goal D

4 .According to the text, which statement is true? ______ A. No people in the world are not interested in strange and unusual things B.There are many athletic records in the Guinness Book of World Records C.There are no Chinese records in the Guinness Book of World Records D.All of the 60,000 new records will be printed each year B

Post-reading Are there any other reasons for people’s interest in the world records? What has to be done to get your record into the Guinness Book of World Records?

Thank you!