1、In 1951,the director of the Guinness Brewery（吉（吉尼斯啤酒厂）尼斯啤酒厂）,Sir Hugh Beaver(比弗爵士）比弗爵士）,wanted to settle an argument about the fastest bird in Europe.After talking to his friends,he concluded that a book which answered such questions must be popular.The Guinness Company hired two English men to writ
2、e what later became Guinness Book of World Records.The first edition was published in 1955 and has been a best-seller ever since.Sir Hugh Beaver and his book=More than 60,000 new records are sent into the book each year,but they cannot all be printed.So the records are put into diffrent categories.C
3、hapters 1)The humman being 2)The animal and plant kingdoms 3)The natural world4)The universe and space 5)The science world 6)The art and entertainment7)The words structures8)The mechanical world9)The business world10)The humman world 11)Human achievements12)sports,games&pastimeThere are a lot of ama
4、zing pictures,some are unbelievable and some are crazy.Now let us tell you the stories of these pictures.The tallest man in the worldSultan Kosen from Turkey(土耳其男子柯桑）土耳其男子柯桑）is the tallest man in the world.He is now 2.46m tall.He also has the biggest hands and biggest feet.Yao Min-2.29mThe tallest b
5、oy in our class-1.9？mThe tallest girl in our class-1.68mSultan Kosen-2.46mHe is He Pingping from China,and he is the shortest person in the world.Unfortunately he died in his 21.He is just 74.61cm,looks like a two-year-old kid.The woman is 1.98m tall and her legs reach a length of 1.32m.He Pingping
6、is just as tall as her crus(小小腿）腿）.The tallest man and the shortest man.Look at their nails（指甲）（指甲）!The woman is named Lee Redmond,her nails are 8.65m long in all.She didnt cut her fingernails since 1979.But her record was broken by Melvin Boo whose nails are 9.85m long in all.The world is crazy!The
7、 girl is Xie Qiuping who has the longest hair.This picture was taken in 1994.At that time,the length of her hair was 3.869m.But nowHer hair is 5.627m in 2005.Of course her hair is growing longer and longer.Look!They are santa clauses（圣诞（圣诞老人）老人）It happened in September 9th,2007.12965 santa clauses g
8、athered at north Ireland.This is a cucumber(黄瓜）黄瓜）which was raised up in the UK,it had a length of 104.78cmThese are lemons which were raised up in Israel(以色列）以色列）,the largest one weight 5.265kg.A huge African millepede(千足虫）千足虫）,it is 38.7cm long and has 256 feet.This kind of millepede usually has a
9、 length of 16-28cm,so this one is the longest.The biggest snail(蜗牛）蜗牛）and an ordinary snail.The biggest one is 39.3cm long in all.Its shell is 17.3cm long.This snail is not only the biggest snail,but also the biggest gastropod(腹足动腹足动物）物）in the world.There are so many world records.There are so many
10、world records.The biggest snake(7.32m)The dog who has the biggest ears(34.2cm&34.9cm).There are so many world records.There are so many world records.The biggest ice cream.The biggest cake.The biggest hamburgerMaybe there will be a special page for you.If you think you can,you can!Do you want to set a record by yourself?THANKS
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