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Unit 1 Breaking records Part One: Teaching Design Period 1: A plan for reading ("THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU") Aims To help students develop their reading ability

To help students learn about breaking records Procedures ■Warming up by learning about “records”

●be a matter of record

if a fact is a matter of record, you know it is true because it has been written down. His views on immigration are a matter of record.

●be on record

●go on record - to publicly and officially tell people your opinion about something. Both doctors are on record as saying the drug trials were an unqualified success. (often + as + doing something)

●for the record

something that you say when you are about to tell someone something important that you want them to remember. Just for the record, I've never been to his house and I've only met him a few times, whatever the media is saying.

●go on record

to publicly and officially tell people your opinion about something. Are you prepared to go on record as supporting the council on this issue? (often + as + doing something)

●off the record

if you say something off the record, you do not want it to be publicly reported. She made it clear that her comments were strictly off the record and should not be included in the article.

●off-the-record off the record - if you say something off the record, you do not want it to be publicly reported. It's not a good idea to make these off-the-record remarks too often. (always before noun)

●on the record

●off the record - if you say something off the record, you do not want it to be publicly reported. None of the company directors were prepared to comment on the record yesterday.

●put/set the record straight

to tell the true facts about a situation in order to show people that what they believed previously was not correct. She is writing her memoirs to set the record straight once and for all.

●a track record

all of the past achievements or failures of a person or organization. We like to recruit managers with a strong track record. They have a strong track record in rescuing ailing companies. (often + in) ■Warming up by Guinness World Records

Hello, class. Have you ever heard of Guinness World Records? Here are some of the latest world records listed in Guinness World Records. ●Arranging A Deck Of Cards - Fastest Time Kunihiko Terada (Japan) arranged a shuffled deck of cards in order (Ace through Ten, Jack, Queen,

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King for Diamonds, Clubs, Hearts and Spades), in his hands only, in 40.36 sec at the Hard Rock Cafe, Tokyo, Japan on January 25, 2004. ●Coin Spinning

The longest time a coin has been spun until coming to a complete rest is 19.37 seconds. It was accomplished by Britain's Scott Day at Earl's Court, London, UK, as part of BBC TV's Tomorrow's World roadshow. The record was first set in April 2004 with a spin of 16.7 seconds by Scotland's Sean Farrell at the Edinburgh Science Festival. To know more about breaking records turn to page 1.

■Warming up by looking and talking

Good morning, boys and girls. Look at the pictures and listen to me telling you about something interesting. I. Pre-reading What is hula hoping? The hula hoop is a toy hoop that promotes physical activity. Today it is often made of plastic and twirled around the waist or limbs. What is jumping jack? 1. A toy figure with jointed limbs that can be made to dance by pulling an attached string. 2. Sports A physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides. What is somersault? A somersault (sometimes somerset) is an acrobatic feat in which a person tucks in mid-air and moves the feet over the head. The somersault can be performed either forwards or backwards and is synonymous with a flip (or, if performed backwards, backflip).

The word originates from the obsolete French word sombresault. III. II。

II。Reading

On page 2 there is an article entitled "THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU" You are going to read it to the recording.

Now read the text again to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions.

"THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU" Ashrita Furman is a sportsman /who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness records．Over the last 25 years，he has broken approximately 93 Guinness records．More than twenty of these /he still holds，including the record /for having the most records．But these records are not made in any conventional sport /like swimming or soccer．Rather Ashrita attempts to break records /in very imaginative events/ and in very interesting places．

Recently, Ashrita achieved his dream of breaking a record /in all seven continents，including hula hooping /in Australia，pogo stick jumping /under water/ in South America，and performing deep knee bends/ in a hot air balloon /in North America．

While these activities might seem childish /and cause laughter/ rather than respect，in reality /they require an enormous amount of strength /and fitness /as well as determination．

Think about the fine neck adjustments/ needed to keep a full bottle of milk/ on your head/ while you are walking．You can stop to rest/ or eat /but the bottle has to stay on your head．

While Ashrita makes standing on top of a 75 cm Swiss ball look easy, it is not．It takes a lot

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of concentration /and a great sense of balance/ to stay on it．You have to struggle to stay on top /especially when your legs start shaking．

And /what about somersaulting /along a road /for 12 miles? Somersaulting is a tough event/ as you have to overcome dizziness，extreme tiredness /and pain. You are permitted to rest for only five minutes /in every hour of rolling /but you are allowed to stop briefly to vomit．

Covering a mile in the fastest time /while doing gymnastically correct lunges is yet /another event/ in which Ashrita is outstanding．Lunges are extremely hard /on your 1egs．You start by standing/ and then/ you step forward /with the right foot/ while touching the left knee /to the ground. Then /you stand up again/ and step forward /with

the left foot /while touching the right knee /to the ground．Imagine doing this for a mile!

Yet /this talented sportsman is not a natural athlete．As a child /he was very unfit /and was not at all interested in sports．However，he was fascinated by the Guinness Book of World Records．

How Ashrita came to be a sportsman /is an interesting story．As a teenager, he began searching for a deeper meaning in life．He studied Eastern religions /and，aged 16，discovered an Indian meditation teacher/ called Sri Chinmoy/ who lived in his neighborhood /in New York City．Since that time /in the early 1970s, Ashrita has been one of Sri Chinmoy’s students．Sri Chinmoy says that /it is just as important/ for people to develop their bodies /as it is to develop their minds, hearts /and spiritual selves．He believes that /there is no limit to people’s physical abilities．

When Ashrita came third /in a 24-hour bicycle marathon /in New York’s Central Park/ in 1978，he knew that /he would one day get into the Guinness Book of World Records. He had been urged by his spiritual leader/ to enter the marathon/ even though he had done no training．So，when he won third place，he came to the understanding /that his body was

just an instrument of the spirit /and/ that he seemed to be able to use his spirit /to accomplish anything．From then on，Ashrita refused to accept any physical limitation．

With this new confidence, Ashrita broke his first Guinness record /with 27,000 jumping jacks /in 1979. The motivation /to keep trying to break records /comes through his devotion to Sri Chinmoy．Every time /Ashrita tries to break a record，he reaches a point /where he feels/ he cannot physically do any more．At that moment, he goes deep /within himself /and connects /with his soul/ and his

teacher．

Ashrita always acknowledges his teacher/ in his record-breaking attempts．In fact．he often wears a T-shirt/ with Sri Chinmoy’S words/ on the back．The words are：

“There is only one perfect road．It is ahead of you，always ahead of you.”

IV. Copying expressions and making sentences You are to copy all the expressions into your note-book and them make sentences with each of them.

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Copying expressions form "THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU" the challenge of breaking Guinness records, over the last 25 years，break Guinness records, more than, make… in any conventional sport, attempt to break records, in very imaginative events, in very interesting places, achieve one’s dream of, breaking a record, in all seven continents，hula hooping in Australia，pogo stick jumping under water, in South America，performing deep knee bends in a hot air balloon, in North America, rather than respect，in reality, require an enormous amount of strength, as well as, think about, keep a full bottle of milk on one’s head, stop to do sth, have to, stay on one’s head, make standing on top of,

take a lot of concentration, take a great

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sense of balance, struggle to do sth, start shaking, what about…, along a road, a tough event, overcome dizziness，overcome extreme tiredness, overcome pain, permit sb. to do sth,

in every hour of,

allow sb.to do sth, step forward with the right foot, touch the left knee to the ground, stand up,

Imagine doing sth, a natural athlete, not at all, be interested in…, be fascinated by…, the Guinness Book of World Records吉尼斯世界大全，come to be a sportsman, an interesting story, begin doing, a deeper meaning in life,

in New York City, since that time, in the early 1970s,

develop one’s body, develop one’s mind, develop one’s heart, develop

spiritual selves, people’s physical abilities, in a 24-hour bicycle marathon, in New York’s Central Park,

get into the Guinness Book of World Records, win third place，come to the understanding, an instrument of the spirit, seem to…, be able to, use one’s spirit to do sth.

from then on，refuse to accept any physical limitation, with this new confidence, keep trying to break records, come through one’s devotion to…, try to break a record，

reach a point,

not…any more, at that moment, go deep within himself, connect with one’s soul, acknowledge one’s teacher in…, in fact, wear a T-shirt with Sri Chinmoy’S words on the back, be ahead of sb.

IV. Transforming information You are to read the text once more to fill in the table with necessary information. "THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU" Who is Ashrita? Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness records．

What has he done Over the last 25 years，he has broken approximately 93 Guinness records．

over the last 25years? Recently what Recently．Ashrita achieved his dream of breaking a record in all seven did he achieved? continents，including hula hooping in Australia，pogo stick jumping under water in South America，and performing deep knee bends in a hot air balloon in North America．

What is his gift? Yet this talented sportsman is not a natural athlete．

How did he come How Ashrita came to be a sportsman is an interesting story．

to be a sportsman? What did he get When Ashrita came third in a 24-hour bicycle marathon in New York’s to know? Central Park in 1978，he knew that he would one day get into the Guinness Book of World Records.

What did he do in With this new confidence, Ashrita broke his first Guinness record with 27,000 1979? jumping jacks in 1979. Whom does he Ashrita always acknowledges his teacher in his record-breaking attempts．

always acknowledge? V. Closing down by listening to a radio interview of Ashrita Furman LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: Over the weekend, on a high school track in Jamaica, in the borough of Queens, New York, a 37-year old health food store manager named Ashrita Furman, walked 64 miles in 18 hours and 10 minutes with a 9-pound brick pinched between his fingers. This feat added yet another to Furman's dozen Guinness Book world records, from 27 hours of continuous yodeling to 307 games of hopscotch played in 24 hours. Bob Garfield spent some time

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with Furman recently while he was training for the brick-carrying record attempt. He has this report. ASHRITA FURMAN: It's very tough. I mean, after a while you just stop losing your grip. But the idea to me is to concentrate on using different fingers, different muscles, until the point where you do that for 5 to 6 hours and eventually for 17 hours. So, it's tough, it's really tough. GARFIELD: It's not just tough, though, it's something more than tough, Ashrita. It's really, really stupid. FURMAN: [laughter] Yeah, it is. But, you know, what can I tell you. This is how I get my kicks. GARFIELD: He doesn't mean longest since brick pinching perse, he means any display of unimaginable stamina in unimaginably pointless athletic endeavors. During the past 14 months alone, he has done 1659 squat thrusts in an hour, performed 3000 plus deep knee bends in an hour in a hot air balloon, and for the second time established the endurance record for juggling cannon balls under water in scuba gear for 65 minutes. He might have done more, but he got a nasty case of dysentery while traveling, possibly while pogo sticking for three hours and forty minutes with a snorkel eyeball deep in the Amazon River. FURMAN: I had a rope tied to me just in case the piranha's attacked. The piranha's were there like 30 feet away, but it was great. It was so much fun, it was a great adventure. GARFIELD: Digging into his tofu is a broad-shouldered muscular 38- year old athlete, arguably one of the greatest athletes in the world. Hard to believe that 20 years ago Furman was a clumsy, bookish weakling. FURMAN: Your typical nerd, I mean, down to the plastic pen holder in my pocket. In fact, I got beat up the first day at high school, because I was such a wimp. And I really- I mean, as far as I was concerned I really didn't have much of a life. GARFIELD: That's when he was Keith Furman, a nice Jewish boy from Queens, who everyone assumed would follow his father's footsteps in corporate law. In high school, however, he began to believe that there was something of importance beyond the National Honor Society. He read Sedartha [sp] by Herman Hesse, which led him to Eastern philosophy which lead him to transcendental meditation which lead him a mile from his house to a Jamaica street called Parsons Boulevard. There he discovered an enclave of disciples of Sri Chinmoy, an Indian holy man who teaches a particularly strenuous path to spiritual enlightenment. SRI CHINMOY: He knows philosophy, the physical and the spiritual must go together if we want to achieve something, and more achievement if we want to inspire people, then we have to renew in the inner world of inspiration as well. GARFIELD: Along the way to self transcendence, Sri Chinmoy's students combine spiritual and physical culture. They run ultra marathons, climb the mountains, and swim the English Channel in pursuit of inner peace. In 1970, Keith Furman, now Ashrita Furman, decided this would be his path. By 1979, having accepted Sri Chinmoy's teachings of self denial and celibacy, he was ready to tap his dormant capacities. Marathoning seemed a bit quixotic, but he had always been a pretty good pogo sticker, so into Central Park he ventured determined to break the endurance record of 100,000 pogo jumps in 15 1/2 hours. Remarkably, despite excruciating pain and unbearable fatigue, he reached 100,000 within 13 hours. FURMAN: For me it was like a spiritual experience, because right at the moment that I broke the record of 100,001 jumps, I was in Central Park and this peacock started like screaming at 3 o'clock in the morning, and like in Indian mythology that's like a victory cry, kind of. It was like a very

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kind of cosmic thing. GARFIELD: Or maybe just peacock indigestion. Ashrita went on to do 130,001 pogos and submitted his feat to the Guinness Book, which informed him that he had taken his rest periods at improper intervals and summarily disqualified him. But, Ashrita was undeterred, he simply changed events and, after another false start, did 27,000 jumping jacks in July 1979 to finally break an established Guinness mark. He has been doing it ever since and, because he also arranges tours for Sri Chinmoy disciples all around the world, Ashrita gets to break records in exotic places such as Zurich where he established my favorite Ashrita record for walking distance while balancing a pint bottle of milk on his head - 61 miles, 15 hours. A feat exceeded in its difficulty only by its ridiculousness and also, perhaps, by a certain kind of vanity that at first blush seems out of place. FURMAN: Maybe there is a certain part of me that enjoys the attention, I'm not going to deny it. OK, I'm trying to lead a monkish, spiritual type of life, but I'm a human being and also there is a way for me to get something of a message as far as meditation to people. I, I really believe in it and I like to tell people about it and I think they're wasting their own capacities if they don't practice meditation. GARFIELD: Clad in his orange silk doti [sp], Sri Chinmoy is presiding over his Friday hour of meditation. The session ends with a chant of Sri Chinmoy's own composition where upon he walks serenely into an adjoining room to contemplate Ashrita's achievements. His favorite is the milk bottle walk, too. SRI CHINMOY: Because it demands constant, constant attention. If he left even for a fleeting second then the bottle will drop and he is disqualified. Concentration is of paramount importance, we cannot succeed without it in any field. GARFIELD: Ashrita, we're walking around the track, you're carrying a 9-pound brick in your hand, are you getting closer to God? FURMAN: Yeah, I think so. I mean, it's, you know, very gradual, let's put it that way, but, yeah, I think it does intensify my spiritual life. For instance, after 10 hours of this you're almost forced to like start praying to God, or you try to feel God inside of you. GARFIELD: You're sure that's just not cramping? FURMAN: [laughter] No. I really do believe that my body has the capacity to go a certain distance, let's say, and after that it's sort of like my mind, or you might say my soul or whatever, my deeper part, takes over. GARFIELD: As it turns out, take control his deeper part would. After 64 miles and 18 plus hours of cramping, shin splints, and bloody blisters, Ashrita would own another record - self transcendence, yet again. Inner peace achieved, at least for a while. There's a backwards unicycling record out there - 46 miles - and by September it will have to be broken. I'm Bob Garfield. Additional Materials Complete the summary of the story with one word in each blank. "THE ROAD IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOU" Ashrita Furman is a sportsman ____1____ likes the challenge of breaking Guinness ____2_____．

Recently．Ashrita _____3_____ in breaking a record _____4___ all seven continents，including hula hooping in Australia，pogo stick jumping under water _____5_____ South America，_____6____ performing deep knee bends _____7____ a hot air balloon ____8_____ North

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America．

It is not easy to stand _____9______ top of a 75 cm Swiss ball look easy．It is not _____10_____ to do somersaulting ____11______a road for 12 miles. Covering a mile in the fastest time _____12______ doing gymnastically correct lunges is not easy, _____13______. But Ashrita succeeded in all these ____14______. He was a talented_____15______.

He worked hard to ____16_____ his body as well as his mind. He believes ____17____ there is no limit to people’s physical abilities．He ___18____ “There is only one perfect road．It _____19_____ahead of you，always______20____of you.”

(key: 1.who 2. records 3. succeeded 4. in 5. in 6. and 7. in 8. in 9. on 10.easy 11. along 12. while 13. either 14. events 15. sportsman 16. develop 17. that

18. always 19. is 20. ahead ) Notes to the special sentences More than twenty of these he still holds，including the record for having the most records．本句中More than twenty of these被提holds的前面，主要是出于与上文的衔接缘故。

While Ashrita makes standing on top of a 75 cm Swiss ball look easy, it is not．

句中从句谓语动词makes是复合及物动词，look easy是它的宾语补语。住句not后可以补上easy。

You are permitted to rest for only five minutes in every hour of rolling but you are allowed to stop briefly to vomit．本句中有个permit sb. To do sth.的动词短语用法，sb.被提前做了主语，因此permitted后面有个停顿，to到rolling也变成了主语补语。同理，并列句后半句中allowed后面也有个停顿，to到句号也是主语补语。

Lunges are extremely hard on your 1egs．

句中be hard on…意思是sth. Is oppressive or unjust in nature or effect。

例如：These restrictions were hard on welfare applicants. That boy is hard on his clothes 那个男孩很快就把衣服穿坏了。Snow and ice are hard on a car's finish. 雪和冰磨損了汽車的表漆

5．As a teenager, he began searching for a deeper meaning in life．少年时起，他

开始寻找生命的深沉含义。search for意思是try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of，比如：The police are searching for clues.

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He believes that there is no limit to people’s physical abilities．本句中limit 意

是the greatest amount, number or level of something that is either possible or allowed To到句号做limit的后置修饰成分。本句可以翻译成：他相信，人对其身体能力的开发是

有止境的。请看limit的更多例子：

Is there a limit on the amount of money you can claim? I think we ought to put a strict limit on the amount of time we can spend on the project. There's a limit to the number of times I can stop what I'm doing just so I can help him! We set a time limit of thirty minutes for the test. 7．So，when he won third place，he came to the understanding that his body was just an instrument of the spirit and that he seemed to be able to use his spirit to accomplish anything．句中两个that引导了两个同位语从句。

同位语从句属于名词性从

句，大多由从属连词that引导，常常跟在fact, idea, opinion, news, hope,

belief等名词后面。同位语从句一般用来解释或说明这些名词的具体含义或内容，在逻辑上表现为同位关系。例如：They are familiar with the opinion that all matter consists of atoms.他们很熟悉这一观点，所有的物质都是由原子构成的。

They were delighted at the news that their team had won.当听到他们的球队赢了的消息时，他们欣喜若狂。

The factory(that)we visited yesterday is a chemical one.我们昨天参观的那家工厂是化工厂。(that在从句中作宾语，所以此句是宾语从句)The news that he will leave for Shanghai

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is true.他将要去上海的消息是真的。(that只起连接从句的作用，所以此句是同位语从句) From then on，Ashrita refused to accept any physical limitation．

8．The motivation to keep trying to break records comes through his devotion to Sri Chinmoy．不断尝试创记录的动机来自与他对斯里琴摩的挚爱。to keep trying to break records和to Sri Chinmoy做后置定语分别修饰motivation和devotion。相关例子：You need a lot of motivation to succeed. She will be remembered for her selfless/unstinting devotion to the cause.

Every time Ashrita tries to break a record，he reaches a point where he feels he cannot physically do any more．句中where引导的是地点定语从句。相关例句：

This is the room where / in which he lives. 这就是他住的房间。I can see the desk where / on which there is a book. 我能看见上面有一本书的那张桌子。

10．At that moment, he goes deep within himself and connects with his soul and his

teacher．这时他会深入自我，与他的灵魂和他的老师神交。

11.Ashrita always acknowledges his teacher in his record-breaking attempts．Acknowledges意思是感謝, 答謝：He acknowledges your help 他答謝你的幫助。He has never acknowledged my favor done to him. 他从来都不感谢我给他的帮助。

12．“There is only one perfect road．It is ahead of you，always ahead of you.” 可以译成：

“人生自有完美的路，只有一条完美的路。它就在你的前方，永远在你的前方。”

Comprehension questions 1. The primary purpose of the passage is to

A. describe the day to day life of Ashrita Furman B. raise concern about the health of sportsman C. tell about Ashrita Furman’s effort to break records

D. demand an alternative method of breaking records 2. The passage as a whole suggest that the author

A. admires Ashrita Furman B. dislikes Ashrita Furman C. envies Ashrita Furman D. laughs at Ashrita Furman 3. The saying that “There is only one perfect road．It is ahead of you，always ahead of you.” Is presented by the passage as the opinion of A. the author B. Sri Chinmoy’s

C. Ashrita Furman D. American people 4. In what way is the fourth paragraph related to the third? A. It provides an example to support the claims made in the third paragraph. B. It focuses on the broad claim of the third paragraph. C. It uses the information in the previous three paragraphs D. It refutes the statements made in the previous three paragraphs (key: CACA)

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