walked across Mt. Heng. How long was the wire? How high was the wire above the ground and
how long did the walk take you?
A: When I walked across Mt. Heng, I crossed a wire 1,399 meters long, 436 meters high and I spent
52 minutes 13 seconds on it.
B. How great! In August 2003 you broke another Guinness world record at Tiankeng. How high was
the wire above the ground?
A: At Tiankeng, I walked 687 meters, about 662 meters above the ground and beat the 402 meters
above the ground record.
B. Thank you very much. You have been breaking records. You have been challenging yourself. We
should learn from you. Good luck to your future performance.
A: Thank you.
Step VI Homework
Surf on the Internet or use the library to find some information of The Guinness Book of World Records.
The Second & Third Periods Reading
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn and master the useful words and phrases in this period.
2. Train the students’ reading ability.
3. Help the students to know more about world records.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Master the following phrases and sentence pattern.
Set down, keep track of, stand out, in the first place, make for
Impressive as the record is, it fades next to the story of Armstrong’s struggle against disease.
2. Improve the students’ reading ability.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1. How to help the students understand the passage better.
2. How to help the students understand the sentence pattern better and use it freely.
Adj. / adv. / n. + as + Sub. + v. , + main clause
Teaching Methods:
1. Scanning the text to learn something about world records.
2. Fast and careful reading to get the detailed information in the text.
3. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids: 1. the multimedia 2. the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step Ⅰ Lead-in
It is very hot today ,isn’t it ? What is the temperature?
Is it the hottest day recorded this summer?
Do you know the lowest temperature recorded on earth?
Do you know where to find the answers to such interesting questions?
The Guinness Book of World Records. It is a book containing records of all kind.
Step Ⅱ Fast Reading
Read the text quickly and grasp the general idea of each paragraph.
The text can be divided into four parts:
Part 1: (Paragraph 1) : How and when the first edition was put out.
Part 2: (Paragraph 2-4) : The records that can be printed in the book are put into different categories.
Part 3: (Paragraph 5) : Why people are so interested in world records.
Part 4: (Paragraph 6) : How the Guinness Book of World Record accepts a world record.
Pre-reading: Suggested answers on Page 3
1. He was the then director of the Guinness Brewery, who came up with the idea of writing a book
later called the Guinness Book of the World Records.
2. In 1955. 3. 1.6 meters.
4. Urumqi is the most remote city from the sea--- it is 2,500 kilometers from the nearest coast. A special and delicious record was set in 1997 to
celebrate Hong Kong’s return to China.
5. Lance Armstrong.
Step Ⅲ Listening
Listen to the tape and decide which of the following statements are “true” or “false”.
1. The Guinness company began to write the Guinness Book of World Records in the 1950s. (F)
2. More than 60,000 new records are printed in the book each year. (F)
3. An Englishman balanced a small car weighing 159.6 kilograms on his head for 33 seconds. (T)
4. Lance Armstrong’s speed record is more impressive than his struggle against his disease. (F)
5. The records dangerous to the person attempting it or to others are not allowed in the book. (T)
6. The records in the Guinness Book of World Records are including different areas of people’s life. (T)
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