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Unit1BreakingrecordsListentothetext.ABIDFORAGUINNESSWORLDRECORDListentotheradiointerviewbetweenHelenGriffinandtwostudentsfromMaryvilleHighSchool.(Helen=H,Luke=L,Josh=J)Listenagainandfillintheblanks.H:I'm__________LukeandJoshfromMaryvilleHighSchoolabouttheirschool's_____tobreakaGuinnessrecordinacoupleof________.Tellme—whydidyoudecidetodothisinthefirstplace?talkingtobidmonthsL:Well,onedayJoshandIwerelookingatabookofGuinnessWorldRecordsandwe___________________records____bygroupsofpeople.Wewere__________someofthethingspeopledotogetaGuinnessrecord.H:Likewhat?startedreadingaboutsetamazedatJ:Likethemostpeopleinagrouphug,themostpeople_______atthesametime,themostpeoplehulahoopingatthesametime...H:(interrupts)How_________!J:Yeah...whatelsewasthere,Luke?L:Umm...let'ssee...themostpeopleeatingbreakfast...ohyeah,wouldyou_________thatabout10,240students________theirteethforoneminuteinChina?jugglingamazingbelievebrushedH:(laughs)You're________!You'reright,peoplearevery___________.Now,therecordyouwanttobreakisalsoamazing.Tellusaboutit.L:Well,wewanttobreaktherecordforthemostbodiespaintedatthe______time.Atthe________therecordissomethinglike116.kiddingimaginativesamemomentH:Isthatall?Itdoesn't__________many.L:No,sothat's_____JoshandIthoughtwecould______breakthatifwegotourschoolmatestogether.H:Butyousoon___________thatitwasn'tthateasy,didn'tyou?soundlikewhyeasilyfoundoutJ:Yeah,becauseyoucan'tpaintjustonelittlesymbol,say,oneveryone'scheek...Everyonehastobepaintedfromheadto____andtheyhavetohaveadesignonthemthat's_________bytheGuinnessorganization.toeapprovedH:Sohowareyougoingtoorganizethis?J:Well,we'vegotanothercoupleofmonthsto________...Lotsofparentsandlocalbusinesseshavesaidthey'regoingto_______time,suppliesormoney—whichevertheycan.H:That's__________.Onelastquestion,boys...Whyisitimportantforyouto________thisrecord?getreadydonatewonderfulattemptL:Well,Ijustthinkit'dbegreatfunandIthinkit'dalsobegreatfortheschool,youknow,to______abitofschool_____andbringpeopleinthelocalcommunitytogether.createspiritJ:Yeah,and__________that,Ithinkit'llbereally_____whenwe'reoldtobeabletoshowourgrandkidswhatwedid!H:Well,goodluckandpleaseletusknow_____yougo.J/L:(together)Wewill.apartfromcoolhowListentothetext.FINDINGOUTANSWERSTOAQUIZEdwin(E)andCecilia(C)havefoundtheanswerstothequiz.Listentothemtalkingaboutwhattheyfoundout.E:Cecilia,what'sthe________river?C:TheNileinNorthandEastAfrica.It's6,695kilometreslong.E:So,it'snottheYangtze.C:No,that'sabout300kilometres____________theNile.E:Well,Igotthatone_______!WhataboutQuestion2?Listenagainandfillintheblanks.longestshorterthanwrongC:The________lakeintheworldistheCaspianSeawithanareaof371,800squarekilometres.E:Butisn'tthata_________lake?C:Yeah,butthequestiondidn'tsayanythingabout_______thelakehadtobeasaltwaterora_________lake.largestsaltwaterwhetherfreshwaterE:No,IguessIwasthinkingaboutfreshwaterlakes.C:Well,Iknowtheanswertothat________.LakeSuperiorinNorthAmericaisthelargestfreshwaterlakeandthe______largestlake______.Ithinkit'saboutfourorfive_______smallerinareathantheCaspianSea.anywaysecondoveralltimesE:Wow,that'salotsmaller.C:So,what'sthelargest_____?MyguesswouldbethePacific.E:Well,you'reright.It_________45.9%oftheworld'soceans.Now,it'syour_____.Question4.C:Oh,that'seasy.It'sMtQuomolangmaintheHimalayas__________.oceanrepresentsturnofcourseE:Howhighisthatagain?C:8,844metres.Ialsofoundoutthatitwas_______60millionyearsagoandthattheNepalesecallit“Sagarmatha”whichmeans“goddessofthesky”.E:Oh,that'sa______name.formedlovelyC:Now,Question5.Thelargest________istheBlueWhale.Anadultgrowsupto___metreslongand________upto130tonnes.E:Oh,Ithoughtwehadtofindoutthelargestland(emphasize)mammal.mammal35weighsC:Well,Icantellyouthe______tothatanyway.It'stheAfrican________.Ifoundoutthatthelargestspecimeneverrecordedwasshotin1974.Itwas_____metrestallandweighedover12tonnes.E:That'sso____comparedtotheBlueWhale!Whataboutthelastquestion?answerelephant3.96tinyC:Well,theanswer'sthecheetahwhichcanrun___100kilometresanhouron_____ground.Buttheycanonlyrunatthisspeedovera_____________.E:Ohdear,Iwaswrong.Ithoughtitwasthelion.C:Oh,they'realotslower.Theycanonlygo80kilometresanhour!atlevelshortdistanceListentothetext.CharlieCarini,aGuinnessrecordbreaker,isgivingatalktoaschoolabouthowtogetintotheGuinnessWorldRecords.GETTINGINTOTHEGUINNESSWORLDRECORDSListenagainandfillintheblanks.Goodmorningeveryone.You're________askingyourselfwhyanyonewouldtryto____________atall.Well,Icantellyouthatit's_________greatfun,____it_____givesyouahuge_____ofaccomplishmentifyoudosetaworldrecord.probablysetarecordnotonlybutalsosenseYoumightalsobethinkingthatyouwouldhaveno_______ofsettingarecord.Well,thereareactually________________becauseaboutaquarterofrecordsintheGuinnessBookofWorldRecordsare_______eachyear.chanceplentyofchancesbrokenSo,let’ssayyou’vedecidedtogiveitago.ThefirstthingI'drecommendwouldbeto____________theGuinnessBookand______acategorythat_______youreyeandthatyouwouldfind____todo.Youhaveamuchgreaterchanceofsettingarecordifthere'sacategoryforitinthebook.Don'tC