陕西省定边县第四中学高中英语 Unit 1 Breaking records 背景材料 文章 World's Largest Pencil in Queens 素材 新人教版选修 9Ashrita Furman's gigantic present for Sri Chinmoy's 76th birthdayIn the last few years Guinness Record holder Ashrita Furman has always surprised us with a special present for his teacher Sri Chinmoy's birthday on August 27th. This year (2007) he wanted to break the record of building the world's largest pencil, and he did it with the help of an international group of gifted and brave fri ends. It is over 76 feet long, weighs 18,000 pounds, represents the volume of 1,900,000 regular pencils and contains 4,500 pounds of graphite. Watch the building and celebration of this unusual record-breaking birthday present in Queens, New York.
