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Unit18 Giants Bible tales: David Goliath Pre-reading Questions: 1. What do you think is the average height of people in your country 2. Who is the tallest person you know? How tall is he or she 3. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being very tall? Leonid Stadnyk, from Ukraine describes his height as “God’s biggest punishment for me” and refuses to look in a mirror. At the age of 14 he underwent an astonishing growth spurt after surgery on a benign brain tumor which stimulated his pituitary gland , the condition is known as acromegalic gigantism肢端肥大巨人症. Despite determined attempts by the Guinness Book of Records to officially measure him for the past three years, Stadnyk had always refused until he met London growth expert, Professor Michael Besser from the London Clinic Centre. The picture shows his mother who is making shoes for son. Bao Xishun,57-year-old, a herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man in 2006 at 236.1 centimeters tall, walks with his bride, Xia Shujuan, who was born 1979 ,at a park in Chifeng, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on July 2, 2007. he is the tallest living man who grows naturally in the world. Vocabulary: Anatomy n. Anatomist n. person who studies such subject Exaggerate v. overstate adj. exaggerative n. exaggeration Eg. The seriousness of the situation has been much exaggerated by the press.? 形势的严重性被报纸夸大了。 He has an exaggerated idea of his own importance.他自视过高。 Span v. [-nn-]持续,贯穿,跨越 eg. Her knowledge spans many different areas. His life spanned the whole 19th century. n. length of time over which sth. Lasts from beginning to the end跨度,跨距,范围 Eg. Modern medicine has increased mans life span. stimulate v. ~sb./sth. to sth./to do Eg. I hoped my warning would stimulate her to greater efforts. n. stimulus [pl]stimuli thing that stimulates Eg.Her words of praise were a stimulus for people to work harder.? While-reading Questions: 1. Please find out the