UNIT 2 Biggest, Longest, Widest Lesson 14 So Many Records!

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[0:01.179]UNIT 2 第二单元

[0:02.618]Biggest, Longest, Widest 最大，最长，最宽

[0:05.374]Lesson 14: 第十四课:

[0:07.038]So Many Records! 如此多的记录！

[0:09.444]THINK ABOUT IT!

[0:11.160]Have you ever 4 tried to ride your bike backwards 5?

[0:15.327]Is it possible 6?

[0:16.833]What's the biggest melon 7 you've ever seen 8?

[0:20.276]How much do you think it weighed 9?

[0:23.211]Why does Danny ask about a "56-kilogram donut 10"?

[0:28.552]Danny, Brian and Jenny are looking at Brian's book of world records. 丹尼、布赖恩和詹妮正在看布赖恩的关于世界记录的书。

[0:33.912]"That's such 11 a thick book," says Danny. “那本书那么厚，”丹尼说，

[0:36.984]"And it's so heavy." “还很重。”

[0:39.409]"Yes," Brian says. “是啊，”布赖恩说，

[0:41.474]"It's huge 12. It weighs 13 almost 14 three kilos 15!" “它是挺大的，几乎有三千克重！”

[0:45.260]"I'm trying to break a world record 2," says Danny. “我要设法打破一项世界记录，”丹尼说，

[0:49.099]"I would 16 love to be in a book like that." “我也想被载入史册。”

[0:52.706]Maybe we could 17 find an unusual 18 record. 也许我们能找到一项不同寻常的记录。

[0:55.691]Then you could try to break it. 然后你可以设法去打破它。

[0:57.651]"It isn't easy," says Jenny. “没那么简单，”詹妮说，

[1:00.383]"People all over the world are trying to set 19 new records." “全世界的人都在努力地创造新的记录。”

[1:04.288]They look in the book. 他们在书上找着。

[1:06.137]"Here's one," says Brian. “这有一个，”布赖恩说，

[1:08.449]"It's a man who can ride his bicycle backwards while 20 playing the guitar." “是一个能边弹吉他边倒骑自行车的人。”

[1:13.238]"That is very unusual," says Danny, “那很不寻常，”丹尼说，

[1:17.096]"but it's impossible 21 for me to break that record. “但我不可能打破那项记录。

[1:21.040]I can't play the guitar. 我不会弹吉他。

[1:22.888]And I tried riding my bicycle backwards once. 我也曾试过倒骑自行车。

[1:26.697]It wasn't a good idea." 那可不是个好主意。”

[1:29.009]"How about the world's biggest cabbage?" says Jenny. “世界上最大的卷心菜怎么样？”詹妮说，

[1:34.104]"Somebody in England grew one that weighed more than 56 kilograms 22." “英国有个人种出了一棵56多千克重的卷心菜。”

[1:39.986]"That's such a large cabbage," says Danny. “那么大的卷心菜，”丹尼说，

[1:44.198]"I don't think I could lift it. “我想我可举不起来，

[1:46.510]I also don't think I could grow it!" 我也觉得我不会种！”

[1:49.458]"Keep looking, Brian," laughs Jenny. “接着看，布赖恩，”詹妮笑道，

[1:52.975]"We have to find an unusual record for Danny to break." “我们得给丹尼找个他能破的不寻常的记录。”

[1:57.188]"Let me see that book, Brian," says Danny. “让我看看那本书，”丹尼说，

[2:00.678]"Is there anything about a 56-kilogram donut?" “有关于56千克重的油炸圈饼的记录吗？”

[2:05.328]LET'S DO IT!

[2:06.884]With a partner 23, ask and answer the questions below 24.

[2:11.386]Try to write three more questions and discuss 25 the answers.

[2:16.498]·What are the longest rivers in the world?

[2:20.221]·What are the highest mountains in the world?

[2:23.872]·Which country has the largest area 26 in the world?

[2:28.601]Which country has the largest population 27?

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