Unit1reading1课件.ppt

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Unit 1 That must be a record---reading
Given By : Yafang Tong
Teaching procedures:
Step 1: lead in幻灯片 4
Pre-reading
Step 2: reading comprehension
Post -reading
4. Urumqi is the most remote city from the sea----it is 2,500 kilometers from the nearest coast. A special and delicious record was set in 1997 to celebrate Hong Kong’s return to China.
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The Guinness World records
How and when the first edition was put out ?
In 1951 when Sir Hugh Beaver wanted to find out the fastest bird in Europe,
Step 3: summary
The Guinness Book of Records is very familHiaorwtodidaltlhoef us, but do you know where the book come from? I'm afraid not bmooaknycopmeeoipntloe know it. As a matter of fact, Guinness came from Guinness Bbereinwg?ery----- a name of Ireland Brewery. In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, the then manager 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 Beaver’s idea became reality when Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London , were commissioned 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. Since then, Guinness World Records has become a household name and the global leader in world records. No other enterprise collects, confirms, accredits and presents world record data with the same investment in comprehensiveness and authenticity. 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
Into different categories
Curiosity; also entertained by accounts of strange and unusual deeds and facts.
What types of record attempt will be accepted by the Guinness World Records
selling copyright books.幻灯片 3
The categories of the Guinness Book of World Recordsthe Guinness World Records
Suggested answers to pre-reading questions:
he came up with idea for Guinness
World Records .The first edition was published in 1955.
How are the records printed?
Why are people so interested in world records?
1. He was the director of the Guinness Brewery, who came up with the idea of writing a book later called rld Records. 2. In 1955. 3. 1.6 meters.
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