高三英语第一单元阅读课件(含热身训练部分)新课标 人教

The Guinness Book of World Records
Warming Up
Who is the tallest student in our class? What’s the height? What about the tallest man in the world? 答案 Are you tall or short in your class? Who is the shortest man in the world? 答案 What’s your weight if you don’t mind my asking you? Who is the heaviest man in the world? 答案 Next Page
Scanning the text for the answers
The oldest person lived to be __________ The longest moustache reached _______ The longest poisonous snake is _______ long. An Englishman balanced a small car weighing 159.6 kg on his head for _____ The largest square has an area of _____ The most remote city from the sea is ____ The largest Jiaozi weighed ______ kg.
What has to be done if you want to set a world record into the Guinness Book of World Records? Fill in the blanks: c_______ ~ d_______ ~s________~i_______ ~c______~g_______ 广告阅读
In 1996, shortly after his 25th birthday, Lance was diagnosed with cancer. Cancer is a very serious disease that kills many people. In order for Lance to fight this dreadful disease he had to have some very uncomfortable treatments. The treatments made Lance weak, caused him hair loss. After several months of painful struggle, the doctors told him that he beat the disease.
HeaviesLeabharlann man everJon Brower Minnoch (USA). He suffered from obesity as a child and, by 1963, when he was 22 years old and 1.85 metres tall, he weighed 178 kg. Four years later, he doubled that weight and by September, 1976, he weighed 442 kg. He was rushed to the hospital in 1978 with heart and respiratory failure, weighing an estimated 635 kg. When he died in 1983 he was down to 362 kg. 回到问题
Answers
Sir Hugh Beaver was the then director of the Guinness Brewery. He wanted to settle an argument about the fastest bird in the world. After talking to his friends, he conluded that a book which which answered such questions might be popular. In 1955 and has been a best seller ever since. 背景阅读
回到问题
Shortest man ever
The shortest mature human of whom there is independent evidence was Gul Mohammed (India). On July 19, 1990, he was examined at Ram Manohar Hospital, New Delhi, India, and found to be 22.5 in. (57 cm) tall. 回到问题
答案：A
Detailed Reading: Paragraph 3
Can You name some other Chines Guinness World Records?
《姑苏盛图》，a Qing Dynasty painting with over 12,000 people in it.
The tallest man
The tallest man in history for whom there is evidence is Robert Pershing Wadlow (USA, 1918-40) who, when last measured on June 27, 1940, was found to be 2.72 m tall. Xi Shun, who was born in 1951, lives in Inner Mongolia in China, who measures 2 .361 m,taller than Radhouane Charbib who, for the last six years, has held the title of world's tallest living man.
Detailed reading: Paragraph 1
Who was Sir Hugh Beaver? How did he come up with the idea for the Guinness Book of World Records? When did the first edition come out? How has the Guinness World Record sold? 答案
Detailed reading: Paragraph 6
What types of record attempts are not allowed?
Records that are dangerous to the person who is attempting it or to others.
In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a shooting party and became involved in an argument. Which was the fastest game bird in Europe,the golden plover or the grouse? He realized then that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might prove popular. He was right! Sir Hugh‘s idea became reality when Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London, were sent to compile what became The Guinness Book of Records. The first edition was bound on August 27, 1955, and went to the top of the British bestseller lists by Christmas that year. The book has gone on to become a record breaker in its own right. With sales of more than 94 million copies in 100 different countries and 37 languages, Guinness World Records is the world’s best ever selling copyright book!
Detailed reading: Pragraph 2
Which is correct according to this part? A. All new records can’t be printed in the Guinness Book of World Records. B. It seems easy to find records in economy, military and politics. C. The English man who balanced a small car might have been recored in the category of the Human Body. D. The oldest person alive today is more than 122 years.
伏明霞，youngest Olmpic champion when she was 13
高其光，floating in water over 15 hours
Detailed reading: Paragraph 4
Why are Lance Armstrong’s record special? 背景材料
音像资料
Video Watching
How many times has Armstrong won the Tour de France? What’s the record coming next to him? What does he think of his girlfriend? Has he planned to retire or not? What is he thought of by the Americans? 资料链接：
Detailed reading: Paragraph 5
What is it that leads people towards world records in the first place? A. entertainment B. interest C. curiosity D. fame What may “make for” mean here? A. make up B. call up C. promise to be D. have advantages