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第一篇：高三unit1课文原文第三册Unit1Thatmustberecord!READINGTHEGUINNESSBOOKOFWORLDRECORDSIn1951,thethendirectoroftheGuinnessBrewery,SirHughBeaver,wantedtosettleanargumentaboutthefastestbirdinEurope.Aftertalkingtohisfriends,heconcludedthatabookwhichansweredsuchquestionsmightbepopular.TheGuinnesscompanyhiredtwoEnglishmentowritewhatlaterbecametheGuinnessBookofWorldRecords.Thefirsteditionswaspublishedin1955andhasbeenabestsellereversince.Morethan60,000newrecordsaresentintothebookeachyear,buttheycannotallbeprinted.Instead,theeditorsofthebooksetdowntherecordsandkeeptrackoftheminotherways.Therecordsareputintodifferentcategories.TheGuinnessBookofWorldRecordshaschaptersonthehumanbody,amazingfeats,thenaturalworld,scienceandtechnology,artsandthemedia,modernsociety,travelandtransport,andsportsandgames.Youcanlearnthattheoldestpersonisawomanwholivedtobe122yearsand164days,thatthelongestmoustachereachedalengthof1.6metresandthatthelongestpoisonoussnakeis5.71metreslong.Therearealsostrangerecords,liketheEnglishmanwhobalancedasmallcarwighing159.6kilogrammesonhisheadforthirty-threeseconds!TherearemanyChineserecords.Forexample,Tian’anmenSquareisthelargestsquareintheworldwithanareaofabout40hectares.ChinahasthegreatestnumberofhospitalsintheworldandUrumqiisthemostremotecityfromthesea—itis2,500kilometresfromthenearestcoast.Aspecialanddeliciousrecordwassetin1997tocelebrateHongKong’sreturntoChina.Theworld’slargestjiaoziwasmade,weighinganincredible480kilogrammes!ManyoftherecordsintheGuinnessBookofWorldRecordscomefromtheworldofsports.Amongthebrilliantathleticachievements,afewrecordsstandoutbecauseofthemovinglifestoriesbehindthem.TheGuinnessworldrecordforthefastestaveragespeedattheTourdeFrancewassetin1999bytheAmericancyclistLanceArmstong.Impressiveastherecordis,itfadesnexttothestoryofArmstrong’sstruggleagainstdisease.In1996Armstrong,thethenNO.1cyclistintheworld,wasdiagnosedwithcancerandmanythoughtthatitmeanttheendofhiscareer,maybeevenhislife.In1998,however,Armstrongreturnedtotheworldofracing.Hewen