普通高中课程标准实验教科书英语选修高三选修9 Unit 1 Breaking records-Reading task
Glance quickly at the headlines of the short newspaper articles and match the pictures with the articles. Write the correct headline above each picture.
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F_A Biggest porker ever
LIAONING 23 February 2004: An 898-kilogram pig in the Chinese province of Liaoning might become the biggest pig ever when the Liaoning Provincial Agricultural Museum applies to Guinness World Records for a listing. The pig, which died in early February from lack of exercise, was 2.5 metres long, and had a 2.2 metre waist. Professor Liu Mingyu, a life scientist at Liaoning University, who preserved the pig for the museum,said that the pig had grown too big to move around.
B Elephant's armour unique
LEEDS 25 March 2004:. The largest suit of armour in the world has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. The armour, on permanent display at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, was used in the late 16th century to protect an Indian elephant. It is the only one of its kind in existence. Even with some parts missing, it weighs nearly 127 kilograms, half as much as it would have weighed originally.
C Cake could be record breaker
LA TRINIDAD 20 March 2004: This Saturday will be a day of hope when La Trinidad, the capital town of Benguet, a province of the Philippines, attempts to set a world record for baking the biggest strawberry cake in the world. The recipe calls for 2,000 kilos of fresh strawberries,675 kilos of strawberry jam, 1,550 bottles of strawberry extract, 1,500 bars of butter,1,625 kilos of sugar, 9,000 eggs, 860 cans of evaporated milk, 1,155 kilos of flour, 20 kilos of baking powder, 10 kilos of salt and 250 litres of cream. The organizers hope to serve at least 50,000 guests with a slice of the cake.
E Man of many faces
CHENGDU 7 February 2001: Mr Peng Denghuai, a master at "bian lian" or face changing, has entered the Guinness Book of World Records by changing his brightly coloured Sichuan opera masks 14 times in 24 seconds. Mr Peng performed his lightening speed face changes in front of television cameras when he attempted his record. Face changing is an art that began about 300 years ago in Sichuan opera. Over the years, different ways of creating the faces have developed. Mr Peng created the method of using silk masks which can be worn in many layers. As many as two dozen can be worn and then peeled off one by one as the opera proceeds.
D China's year of records
BEIJING 11 December 2003: Nineteen world records broken this year in China were recognized by Guinness World Records in a ceremony held in Beijing yesterday. The records by Chinese teams or individuals included the world's largest afforestation project, the fastest commercial maglev train and even the longest continuous motorcycle ride with the rider standing on the seat without touching the handlebars.
F World's oldest man dies
MADRID, SPAIN 6 March 2004: 114-year-old shoemaker, Joan Riudavets, died at his home yesterday in the same village in which he was born on the island of Menorca. Riudavets became recognized as the oldest man alive by Guinness World Records last October after Yukichi Chuganji of Japan died in the previous month, also aged 114. Riudavets rode his bicycle until he was 110 years old. He has two surviving brothers aged 104 and 98. His wife was born in 1889 and died at the age of 90.
