BreakingrecordsUnit1返回目录英语选修9单元话题链接GettingintotheGuinnessBookofWorldRecordsIn1951,thethendirectoroftheGuinnessBrewery,SirHughBeaver,wantedtosettleanargumentaboutthefastestbirdinEurope
Aftertalkingtohisfriends,heconcludedthatabookwhichansweredsuchquestionsmightbepopular
TheGuinnessCompanyhiredtwoEnglishmentowritewhatlaterbecametheGuinnessBookofWorldRecords
Thefirsteditionwaspublishedin1955andhasbeenabestsellereversince
返回目录英语选修9Morethan60,000newrecordsaresentinthebookeachyear,buttheycannotallbeprinted
Instead,theeditorsofthebooksetdowntherecordsandkeeptrackoftheminotherways
Therecordsareputintodifferentcategories
返回目录英语选修9TherearemanyChineserecords
Forexample,Tian'anmenSquareisthelargestsquareintheworldwithanareaofabout40hectares
ChinahasthegreatestnumberofhospitalsintheworldandUrumqii