Outstanding Human Achievements Reading Outstanding Human Achievements 金坛市第四中学：陆翠翠

step 1 Brainstorming: 1.Have you heard about any strange records of human achievement? If yes, what?

2.Have you read or looked through the Guinness Book of Records? It is a world famous collection of world records in human life which includes all specific skills

全球拖动最重飞机的人 一名男子在加拿大安大略湖军事基地靠身体力量拖动一架重188.83吨的CC-177环球霸王运输机，成为全球拖动最重飞机的人。

3分钟用鼻子吹起23个气球 美国的安德鲁·戴尔在意大利创造了三分钟用鼻子吹起23个气球的世界纪录。

德国男子可以同时将400根吸管塞进嘴里 德国巴伐利亚州一名男子可以同时将最多400根喝饮料用的吸管塞进他嘴中，并保持10秒钟。

最长的头发 世界有文献证明头发最长的是中国的谢秋萍女士。2004年5月8日测量时，她的头发已经长达5.62米。秋萍女士自1973年13岁时开始蓄发。

step 2 target vocabulary Match each word with the best meaning

step 4 Detailed reading Read the passage again and answer some questions about each paragraph.

Question Sheet Para. 1 What do a few people try to dream up? Para. 2 How many members does the Aldington Prison Officers's Social Club consist of? Does the nine-member team from Edinburgh, Scotland break the record? Para. 3 What's the problem with the highest formal dinner?

Para. 4 Does everyone set out to establish a record when they start a project? How tall was the garbage can? Para. 5 Why is the book drawing the line at records related only to duration of an activity?

Performance Time!

Let’s check the answers: Para. 1 What do a few people try to dream up? A few people try to dream up amazing tricks and stunts that no one else in history has ever tried to do.

2.Did the nine-member team from Edinburgh, Scotland break the record? Para. 2 How many members does the Aldington Prison Officers's Social Club consist of? 2.Did the nine-member team from Edinburgh, Scotland break the record? 13 No , they didn't

What's the problem with the highest formal dinner? Para. 3 What's the problem with the highest formal dinner? The only problem with the dinner was that the wine turned to ice in the bottle on the way up the mountain.

Does everyone set out to establish a record when they start a project? Para. 4 Does everyone set out to establish a record when they start a project? How tall was the garbage can? No, they doesn't. 7.2 meters tall.

Para. 5 Why is the book drawing the line at records related only to duration of an activity? Because these types of records do nothing to advance society.

step 3 Structure analysis Divide the five paragraphs into several parts according to your understanding

Introduction Some examples Conclusion Divide the five paragraphs into several parts according to your understanding Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Part 1 Part 3 Part 2 Introduction Some examples Conclusion

Useful expressions one such team 1. 像这样的一个队伍 manage to do 2. 设法成功做某事 be made up of as well set a record formal dinner party on the way up the mountain take part in in advance have...in mind 1. 像这样的一个队伍 2. 设法成功做某事 3. 由……组成 4. 同样，也 5. 创造一项纪录 6. 正式晚宴 7. 在上山的途中 8. 参加 9. 提前 10 把……牢记于心

step 5 Revision of attributive clause Find attributive clause in the passage as much as you can.

1. A few people even try to dream up amazing tricks and stunts that no one else in history has ever tried to do. (Line1) 2. This is the highest number of volunteers who have ever taken part in a clean-up project anywhere in the world. (Line23)

3. Natsales, a company which produces garbage cans in Durban, South Africa, made a huge garbage for the annual "Keep Durban Beautiful Association Week" in september 1991. (Line26) 4. Record setters should check well in advance to be sure that the activity they have in mind to set a record will be included in future editions of the book. (Line39)

Discussion 1. Do you often dream up amazing tricks and stunts that no one else in history has ever tried to do? If yes, what? 2. Do you want to have your names and achievements recorded in the Guinness Book of Records?

Homework 1. Review the passage. 2. Recite the new words

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