教材文本 unit 1 reading

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1、Unit1BreakingRecordsPre-readingIngroups,answerthesequestionsaboutthepicturesoftheactivitiesbelow.1Whatiseachpersondoing?Choosethenameofeachactivityfromthelist.●hulahoop●pogostickjumping●doingjumpingjacks●somersaulting●standingonaSwissball●doinglunges2Haveyoueverdo

2、neanyoftheseactivities?3Wouldyouconsidereachactivitytobeaserioussport?4Whichactivitieswouldyouliketotry?Wouldyouneedtobefittodoanyofthem?Doyouthinkyoucoulddoanyofthemforanylengthoftime?NowreadaboutamancalledAshritaFurmanwhohasbrokenGuinnessrecordsinalltheseactivit

3、ies.Reading“THEROADISALWAYSAHEADOFYOU”AshritaFurmanisasportsmanwholikesthechallengeofbreakingGuinnessrecords.Overthelast25years,hehasbrokenapproximately93Guinnessrecords.Morethantwentyofthesehestillholds,includingtherecordforhavingthemostrecords.Buttheserecordsare

4、notmadeinanyconventionalsportlikeswimmingorsoccer.RatherAshritaattemptstobreakrecordsinveryimaginativeeventsandinveryinterestingplaces.Recently,Ashritaachievedhisdreamofbreakingarecordinallsevencontinents,includinghulahoopinginAustralia,pogostickjumpingunderwateri

5、nSouthAmerica,andperformingdeepkneebendsinahotairballooninNorthAmerica.Whiletheseactivitiesmightseemchildishandcauselaughterratherthanrespect,inrealitytheyrequireanenormousamountofstrengthandfitnessaswellasdetermination.Thinkaboutthefineneckadjustmentsneededtokeep

6、afullbottleofmilkonyourheadwhileyouarewalking.Youcanstoptorestoreatbutthebottlehastostayonyourhead.WhileAshritamakesstandingontopofa75cmSwissballlookeasy,itisnot.Ittakesalotofconcentrationandagreatsenseofbalancetostayonit.Youhavetostruggletostayontopespeciallywhen

7、yourlegsstartshaking.Andwhataboutsomersaultingalongaroadfor12miles?Somersaultingisatougheventasyouhavetoovercomedizziness,extremetirednessandpain.Youarepermittedtorestforonlyfiveminutesineveryhourofrollingbutyouareallowedtostopbrieflytovomit.Coveringamileinthefast

8、esttimewhiledoinggymnasticallycorrectlungesisyetanothereventinwhichAshritaisoutstanding.Lungesareextremelyhardonyourlegs.Youstartbystandingandthenyouste