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

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

3. 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

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

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

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

7. 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

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

9. Reading

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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?

20. Thank you!