时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:自然百科2009年


英语课

 A man from Turkey was officially crowned the world's tallest man on Thursday. Sultan Kosen measures 8-foot 1-inch and his status as the tallest man on the planet was verified by the Guinness Book of Records. The 27-year-old Kosen was given a tour of London's main sights on Wednesday, towering above other pedestrians 1 as he mingled 2 with crowds outside Big Ben. The part-time farmer from Mardin in southeastern Turkey uses crutches 3 to get around, because his knee joints 4 have been weakened by his height. Guinness officials claim that there are only ten reliable or confirmed cases in history of humans growing over 8 feet. Kosen's height is attributed to a tumor 5 in his pituitary gland 6, which caused the gland to over-produce growth hormones 7, a condition known as pituitary gigantism. The tumor was removed last year, and it was only then that he stopped growing. The condition also explains the size of his feet, which measure 14.4 inches, and his hands, which measure 10.8 inches.


 
The great thing about being so tall is that I can see everyone from a long distance away. I can see people from as far as 100 meters. The other great thing is that at home they use my height to change light bulbs and hang curtains, things like that.
 
Kosen told reporters he wants to use his new-found fame to travel the world and then meet a woman to marry. There is believed to be a taller man in the world, Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk, who reportedly measures 8-foot 5.5 inches tall, but he refuses to let anyone confirm his height, according to Guinness.

n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )
  • Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
  • The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
  • The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候,这一男一女就开始交往了。
接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语)
  • Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
  • Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。
n.(肿)瘤,肿块(英)tumour
  • He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
  • The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。
n.腺体,(机)密封压盖,填料盖
  • This is a snake's poison gland.这就是蛇的毒腺。
  • Her mother has an underactive adrenal gland.她的母亲肾上腺机能不全。
学英语单词
A-D encoder (analog to digital encoder)
accident leave
aerial induction
Alwyn
applicationwide
arc plasma
asymmetricus
ATC (automatic temperature compensator)
backsaws
be an a fool for one's pains
be enthroned in the hearts of
beatrice lillies
BIODEF
blue airs
canavalias
Chromobacterium lactis
Coketon
Comarum salesovianum
component approach
concentration of a nutrient in the plants
continental-type
cormlet
current loop
decentralized gain matrix
degree of Reaumur
Department for Transport
dietary habits
diffixed
distilled spirit
distortion shift
drag link ball seat
economic management setup
engineering geological investigation
epimagmatization
Eunus
Ferula karataviensis
flamelet
flaxens
flea-pit
fluviograph
formula writing
fra filippo lippis
fractional section
frames per second
gang bang
genus apodemuss
guimard
hard candies
head closure
hecto-volt
Hemiaspis
heterojunction solar cell
hogfennel root
homoterpenylic acid
hydrogen oxygen fuel system
inland waterway navigation aids
internal public debt
international balance sheet
Jonathan Trumbull
jumping castles
labeled storage
labour for
ladies' shop
Leech L.
longitude of periastron
Miculpaya
mini-seasons
mish
mouse droppings
nitrogen heating system
Nyquist rate
oedipus conflict
Oryza sativa
out of gas
pendency
Pichincha, Cerro
planetary geodesy
put toward
read/write cmos cell
Real Programmer
regular unbiassed critical regions
rule-based synthesis
sangle
sister strand crossing over
skip lime subprogram
small helm
solid short-circuit
spectrous
speedster
spermathecas
steam tube dryer
straddle warrant
swearword
system concept
Thea assamica
thymus independent areas
two-out-of-five code
unreactive aggregate
varitone
waifishness
willamette valley
Windows 98