吉尼斯世界纪录英语PPT资料.ppt

The top of the world means one of the most prominent(突出的) people or things in the world. Origin In 1951, in a hunting party, at that time Sir Hugh Beaver ,the executive director（执行董事） of British Guinness Beer Company, didn‘t hit a pluvialis squatarola （金鸻 ）,and he Complained that it is the fastest flying birds in the world. This sentence let he and others have an argument about: what kind of bird is the fastest flying bird in the Europe? Is pluvialis squatarola or grouse （松鸡 ） ? Sir Hugh Beaver wanted to find evidences supporting his talking point ,but he was surprised to find that without a book records the bird’s speed in details. Sir Hugh Beaver realized that people at the bar will often encounter this kind of problem, if have a book can provide answer for this kind of debate, not only can help people find brag basis, and can let people have a great time, and the boss can sell more wine to benefit. So, he decided that the book recorded the top of the world should be published by his own company . top of the world. 1951年，在爱尔兰韦克斯福德郡的一次狩猎聚会上，英国基尼斯啤酒公司的执行董事休·比佛爵士，没有命中一只金鸻，他抱怨说，这是世界上飞得最快的鸟了。可是他的同伴不同意，与他发生了争执。比佛被激怒了，他想从书中找到支持自己的论据，可是他惊奇地发现，没有一本书对鸟的速度作过这种详述。1954年，就松鸡是否比金鸻快又展开了一场争论。休爵士意识到，人们在酒吧里常常会遇到这样的问题，如果有一本书能为这类争论提供答案的话，既能帮人们找到吹牛的依据，又助了酒兴，又能卖出更多的酒，酒吧老板会受益无穷。于是，他决定由自己的公司出版一本记录这种 “世界之最” 的书。 Emerge（诞生） At that time, in London , twin brothers， Norris McWhirter and Ross McWhirter run a data collection station, was instructed to collect material and undertake editorial work. Sir Hugh Beaver’s idea come into reality finally. In August 27, 1955, the first edition of Guinness World Records was bound（装订）. the book recorded 198 article of the top of the world. 书本目录 《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》分为12个部分 ： 1. 人类（ the human being） 2. 动植物王国（the animal and plant kingdoms） 3. 自然界（the natural world ） 4. 宇宙与空间 ( the universe and space) 5. 科学世界 ( the scientific world) 6. 艺术与娱乐 ( the arts and entertainment) 7. 世界建筑 ( the world’s structures) 8. 机械世界 ( the mechanical world) 9.