1.
选修?/p>
Unit1 Breaking records-Reading
打破记录
"THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU"
“路永在前方?/p>
Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness
records.
阿什里塔·弗曼是一位热衷挑战并想争创吉尼斯世界纪录的运动员?/p>
Over the last
25 years, he has broken approximately 93 Guinness records.
在过去的
25
年中,他?/p>
约已经打破了
93
项吉尼斯世界纪录?/p>
More
than
twenty
of
these
he
still
holds,
including the record for having the most records.
至今,他仍然是其?/p>
20
多项纪录?/p>
保持者,还包括拥有最多的吉尼斯纪录这一项?/p>
But these records are not made in any
conventional
sport
like
swimming
or
soccer.
Rather
Ashrita
attempts
to
break
records in very imaginative events and in very interesting places.
但是这些纪录并不
是像游泳或足球等一般运动项目那样创建的,而是阿什里塔试图在非常有趣的地点,在?/p>
有想象力的运动项目中打破的?/p>
Recently,
Ashrita
achieved
his
dream
of
breaking
a
record
in
all
seven
continents, including hula hooping in Australia, pogo stick jumping under water in
South
America,
and
performing
deep
knee
bends
in
a
hot
air
balloon
in
North
America.
最近,
阿什里塔完成了他的梦想:
在所有的七大洲中都破一项纪录,
其中包括?/p>
澳洲玩呼啦圈,在南美洲的水下做弹簧单高跷游戏,在北美洲的热气球中做膝部深弯曲?/p>
动?/p>
While
these
activities
might
seem
childish
and
cause
laughter
rather
than
respect, in reality they require an enormous amount of strength and fitness as well
as
determination.
虽然这些活动看起来孩子气且令人发笑而不是让人肃然起敬,但实?/p>
上,完成这些活动需要强大的力量、健康的体格和坚定的决心?/p>