Unit 8 Adventure Section Ⅰ Warmup & Lesson 1为了挑战自己，一直对毒蛇感兴趣的英国人 David Jones 打算与毒蛇为室友，希望能打破由南非的 Martin Smit 保持的世界纪录，要知道他是打算做慈善事业哦。 A British man is hoping to break the world record for living with dangerous snakes.David Jones，44，hopes to spend 121 days in a room with 40 of the world’s deadliest snakes.David Jones is due to fly to Johannesburg in South Africa later to see the room he will be sharing with 40 snakes.His roommates will include several kinds of deadly(致命的) snakes.Mr.Jones starts his record attempt on April 24th.He aims to beat the present record of 113 days set by Martin Smit，a South African.The big difference between Smit and Jones is that Smit is an experienced snake handler(训练者)．The last person to go for the record was bitten by a dangerous snake and nearly lost his leg.Mr.Jones wants to raise money for charity.All the money raised will go to a hospice (收容所) in his hometown of Crawley，near London.Mr.Jones told reporters he was not too scared of spending so long in a room with dangerous snakes.He did admit he was concerned for a number of reasons.He is worried that there is a very real possibility of ending up in hospital.He is fully aware of the dangers，saying，“These are wild animals.They’re unexpected and of course they do bite，and they bite with serious results.”Jones expressed his concerns about spending such a long time away from his family，“I’m also leaving my wife，my son and my family for four and a half months.”Mr.Jones explained the reason behind his challenge，“I have always been interested in snakes and I think now it is time for me to do something slightly out of the ordinary in my life....
