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Text 6（82 词）工作劳累 jumps in one go. And I’ve broken almost 400
M: What a day! Guinness World Records.
W: Here, take a load off! W: That’s amazing. Tell us more about your records.
M: Thanks, darling. I’ve been going non-stop since this M: Well, I’ve set different kinds of records, such as

morning. I didn’t even have time for lunch. clapping non-stop for 50 hours, walking 10 meters in
W: Shall I rustle up something to eat? shoes that weighed 146 kilos, and riding a bicycle
M: Oh, yes, please. underwater for about 3 kilometers.
W: Coming up! So, what’s up? Can’t take the pressure? W: You must have spent much time training.

M: Well, my boss has been on my back all day. She M: Yes. I run a health food shop, but I spend my free
just can’t leave me alone. time training to break new records.
W: How do you decide which records to attempt?
W: You should never have left your last job.
M: I study the Guinness Book of Records and choose
M: Yeah, but the pay was bad.
the records that I want to break.
Text 7（133 词）总是迟到
W: Why do you try to break records?
W: You’re late again! You should arrive here at 7:30,
M: The point is joy and the challenge. In fact, I was
but it is 8:10 now.
persuaded to give it up because I’m nearly 60 years
M: Sorry, I missed the bus.
old. But I won’t stop until I find it stops being
W: I always spend a lot of time waiting around for you.
fun.
You were also late last Wednesday. You got to the
Text 9（158 词）计划住乡村
Chinese restaurant at 7:15 — 45 minutes late.
M: Just think, if we lived in this village all year, we
M: Well, I would have been there on time if my car
could have parties at the weekend and invite all our
hadn’t broken down.
friends.
W: And last Sunday I was waiting in that bar for an
W: Yes, but it would take me ages to get to work.
hour.
The trains to the town only leave every hour.
M: Well, if I’d realized there were two Cuban bars in
M: But if we bought another car, you could drive to
the same street, I wouldn’t have been so late. It’s just
work.
that I went to the wrong bar.
W: No, I hate driving.
W: And last night when we planned to meet at the
M: If you worked from home, you wouldn’t have to
cinema?
commute at all. And just think, the kids could
M: Well, I wouldn’t have kept you waiting if I’d found a
walk to school.
parking space.
W: Yes, but there’s only a primary school here. When
Text 8（197 词）挑战世界纪录 they go to secondary school, we’d have to drive
W: Hello, good evening, and welcome to Interesting them there every morning.

People. Today I’m joined by Ashrita Furman, who M: Oh, and just think, if we bought the land next to the
loves breaking records. Good evening, Mr. Furman. farmhouse, I could buy a horse. I’ve always wanted
M: Good evening. a horse.
W: Well, Mr. Furman, when did you break your first W: Yes, but if we bought the land, we wouldn’t have any

record? money to build a stable.
M: I broke my first record in 1979, doing 27,000 star M: Erm, maybe we can keep the horse in the garden.

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