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1、Unit1BreakingrecordsPartTwo:TeachingResourcesSection2:BackgroundinformationforUnit1Breakingrecords1.FactsofAshritaFurmanAshritaFurman,bornSeptember16,1954inBrooklyn,NewYork,istheholderof26recordsintheGuinnessBookofRecords,includingbeingtheindividualwiththemostcurrentGuinnessWorldRecords[1
2、].FurmanfirstenteredintotheGuinessbookbydoing27,000JumpingJacksin1979.Sincehebeganin1979,Furmanhasbrokenmorethan100Guinnessrecords.FurmanisagraduateofJamaicaHighSchoolinJamaica,Queens,NewYork.HewentontoattendColumbiaUniversitybutdroppedoutin1974afterhehadbecomeadevoutfollowerofSriChinmoy,
3、theIndianphilosopherandreligiousteacher.●WorldrecordsRecordsheldbyAshritaFurmaninclude:Mosthopscotchgamesin24hoursMostropejumpsin24hoursFastest10-kmsackraceMostunderwaterropejumpsinonehourFastestpogostickascentofCanada'sCNTowerLargestbouquetofflowersGreatestdistancetraveledonapogostickMos
4、tmilkcratesbalancedonchinThelongestdistancewalkedbyapersonbalancingamilkbottleontheirheadGreatestamountofbeerglassesbalancedonchinMostsit-upsperformedinanhourThefastestmile,pushinganorangewithhisnoseLongesttimejugglingunderwaterLongestcontinuoussomersaultingFastesttimejuggling3ballswhiler
5、unning50milesLongestdistancepogostickJumpingFastestmileonapogostickFastestwalkinglungemileFastestmarathonmileskippingSwissballbalancingFastesthulahoopracingFurthestdistancetraversedcarryingthemostbrickswithonehandFastest100metersonakangarooballFastestmileonakangarooballMostGuinnessrecords
6、indifferentcategories2.AboutBeijingOlympicThe2008SummerOlympics,officiallyknownastheGamesoftheXXIXOlympiad,willbeheldinBeijinginthePeople'sRepublicofChinafromAugust8,2008toAugust24,2008,withtheopeningceremonytotakeplaceat8p.m.onAugust8,2008(thenumber8standsforprosperityinChineseculture).S
7、omeeventswillbeheldatvenuesconstructedinneighboringtownsandinthecoastalcityofQingdao.OnJuly82005,theInternationalOlympicCommitteeannouncedthatHongKongwillholdtheequestrianeventsatthesiteoftheHongKongSportsInstituteinFoTan,ShaTin.ThefacilitiesoftheSportsInstitutemayb
