高三英语Unit1warming-up课件-人教版(版本一）.pptVIP

2. The world tallest man is _____. A. 2.35m B. 2.45m C. 2.55m  1. The text is mainly about ___. A. a famous book B. Sir Hugh Beaver came up with an idea C. The Guinness Book of Records D. many records in the world 2. From the sentence “..., it fades next to the story of Armstrongs struggle against disease”, we know that________ . A. his fastest speed is as impressive as his story of struggle against cancer B. his fastest speed is more impressive than his story of struggle against cancer C. his story of struggle against cancer is less impressive than his fastest speed D. his story of struggle against cancer is more impressive than his fastest speed * That must be a record! Unit 1 1. What do you know about the Guinness Records? 2. What are the records about? 3. Which record impressed you most? People have always been interested in knowing about world records. They want to know about the biggest, smallest, fastest, slowest, longest, shortest, oldest and youngest. The first book of this kind was The Gunnies Book of World Records. The idea for this book came from Hugh Beaver. One day, after watching some birds, he told his friends that he thought those birds were probably the fastest birds in Britain. Several of his friends disagreed with him. However, when they tried to solve the problem by looking it up, they found none of the books they had contained the information that they were looking for. As a result, Hugh Beaver decided to put out a book that would contain all kinds of world records. Hugh Beaver began to look for someone who could help him write the book. Soon he heard of two brothers who had a small fact agency in London. They worked on finding and checking facts for people. Hugh Beaver went to interview the two brothers and found their knowledge amazing. He offered them jobs in his company. On August 27