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1、DoyouknowthefamousGuinnessWorldRecords?Thetopoftheworld——世界之最Thetopoftheworldmeansoneofthemostprominent(突出的)peopleorthingsintheworld.Whatisthetopoftheworld??SirHughBeaverandhisbookOriginIn1951,inahuntingparty,atthattimeSirHughBeaver,theexecutivedirector(執(zhí)行董事)ofBritishGuinnessBeerCompany,didn‘thitap
2、luvialissquatarola(金鸻),andheComplainedthatitisthefastestflyingbirdsintheworld.Thissentenceletheandothershaveanargumentabout:whatkindofbirdisthefastestflyingbirdintheEurope?Ispluvialissquatarolaorgrouse(松雞)?SirHughBeaverwantedtofindevidencessupportinghistalkingpoint,buthewassurprisedtofindthatwithou
3、tabookrecordsthebird’sspeedindetails.SirHughBeaverrealizedthatpeopleatthebarwilloftenencounterthiskindofproblem,ifhaveabookcanprovideanswerforthiskindofdebate,notonlycanhelppeoplefindbragbasis,andcanletpeoplehaveagreattime,andthebosscansellmorewinetobenefit.So,hedecidedthatthebookrecordedthetopofth
4、eworldshouldbepublishedbyhisowncompany.topoftheworld.1951年,在愛(ài)爾蘭韋克斯福德郡的一次狩獵聚會(huì)上,英國(guó)基尼斯啤酒公司的執(zhí)行董事休·比佛爵士,沒(méi)有命中一只金鸻,他抱怨說(shuō),這是世界上飛得最快的鳥(niǎo)了。可是他的同伴不同意,與他發(fā)生了爭(zhēng)執(zhí)。比佛被激怒了,他想從書(shū)中找到支持自己的論據(jù),可是他驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn),沒(méi)有一本書(shū)對(duì)鳥(niǎo)的速度作過(guò)這種詳述。1954年,就松雞是否比金鸻快又展開(kāi)了一場(chǎng)爭(zhēng)論。休爵士意識(shí)到,人們?cè)诰瓢衫锍3?huì)遇到這樣的問(wèn)題,如果有一本書(shū)能為這類(lèi)爭(zhēng)論提供答案的話(huà),既能幫人們找到吹牛的依據(jù),又助了酒興,又能賣(mài)出更多的酒,酒吧老板會(huì)受益無(wú)窮。于是
5、,他決定由自己的公司出版一本記錄這種“世界之最”的書(shū)。Emerge(誕生)Atthattime,inLondon,twinbrothers,NorrisMcWhirterandRossMcWhirterrunadatacollectionstation,wasinstructedtocollectmaterialandundertakeeditorialwork.SirHughBeaver’sideacomeintorealityfinally.InAugust27,1955,thefirsteditionofGuinnessWorldRecordswasbound(裝訂).thebookr
6、ecorded198articleofthetopoftheworld.當(dāng)時(shí),在倫敦,一對(duì)孿生兄弟,NorrisMcWhirter和RossMcWhirter,建了一個(gè)數(shù)據(jù)采集站,主要是收集材料,進(jìn)行編輯工作。SirHughBeaver的想法變成現(xiàn)實(shí)了。1955年8月27日,吉尼斯世界記錄的第一個(gè)版本裝訂完成。本書(shū)記載了世界記錄的198條?!禩hriller》MichaelJackson's"Thriller"wasthebiggestsellingalbum(專(zhuān)輯)inhistorysince1982,ithassoldmorethan51000000copiesworldwide.The
7、mostwidemouth.Francisco.Themouthwith17cmwide,almostthelengthofaperson'shand.HewasinaRomerecordshowstoshowhismouth.世界上最寬的嘴。在舊金山??谇缓?7厘米,寬2-4厘米,幾乎的長(zhǎng)度是一個(gè)人的手。Thelargestshoes(for5.5meterslong,2.1meterswideand2.9