高中英语全程学习方略课件：阶段质量评估（二）（新人教版必修1）LJQN.pptVIP

woman can expect to live until the age of 74; a man only until he is 68. Are women’s bodies really weaker? The fastest men can run a mile in less than 4 minutes. The best women need 5 minutes. Women’s times are always slower than men’s, but some facts are a surprise. Some of the fastest women swimmers today are girls. One of them swam 400 metres in 4 minutes 21. 2 seconds when she was only 16. The first “Tartan” in films was an Olympic swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller. His fastest 400 metres was 4 minutes 59. 1 seconds, which is 37. 9 seconds slower than a girl 50 years later! This does not mean th