高中课本听力人教版 第三册课本unit01-listening

Unit 1 That must be a record.
Listening 2. Listen to part one and complete the two pictures below with information from the tape.
Sizes often matters in the world.Being¹ big and strong has its advantages.But it may also be a good thing to be small and fast.
Yao Ming,China's most famous basketball player,is a tall man.At 2.26 meters,he taller of his most of the other players.But compare to the world's tallest person,Yao Ming isn't that tall.The world's tallest living man is almost a hand taller than Yao Ming.He is incredible² 2.35 meters.The tallest living woman in the world is 2.31 meters.
When most doors are only about 2 meters, being that tall isn't always easy.
What about the world heavy-weight champion? No,we don't mean boxing³.We mean how heavy is the world's heaviest living person? The answer is......Are you ready? Six hundreds and thirty-five kilograms⁴.That is about equal to the weight of thirty TVs and almost the same weight as a horse

1 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？

2 incredible   

adj.难以置信的，不可信的，极好的，大量的

参考例句：

• Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
• Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。

3 boxing   

n.拳击（运动）

参考例句：

• They are watching a boxing match.他们在观看拳击比赛。
• Boxing is a dangerous sport.拳击是一项危险运动。

4 kilograms   

n.千克( kilogram的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 2 kilograms of rice 2公斤大米
• Every tonne of coal contains,on average,30 kilograms of nitrogen. 每吨煤平均含30公斤氮。 来自《简明英汉词典》