高中英语 Unit 1 Breaking records Warming up and reading课件 新人教版选修9.pptVIP

Breaking records;Words; gymnastically unfit spiritual marathon urge accomplish motivation devotion soul;These pictures have been taken at the end of events. ;Weight lifting;Brain Storm;In groups, answer these questions about the pictures of the activities below.;pogo stick jumping;standing on a Swiss ball;doing lunges;2. Have you ever done any of these activities? 3. Would you consider each activity to be a serious sport? 4. Which activities would you like to try? Would you need to be fit to do any of them? Do you think you could do any of them for any length of time?;The Guinness Book of World Records ;The heaviest cake in the world;The person with the longest moustache;The world’s oldest person 2006 Ecuadorian woman, 116;The world’s tallest person, 251cm;Background; 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, 1955, The Gunnies Book of World Records went on sale. In four months it became a best -seller.;Sir Hugh Beaver;Maybe, one of you will be a Guinness record breaker this year!;Ashrita Sri Chinmoy;;Balancing a pool cue on finger ;Pogostick jumping ;Ashrita Furman breaks his 107th Guinness World Record... on one leg.;Why I Break Records;spirituality and began studying meditation with Sri Ch