LESSON 10. WORLD RECORDS
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Look, listen and say. Pay attention to the use of the words/phrases.
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a wheelchair user
She is a wheelchair user and a famous sportswoman. She has 2 gold medals.
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a long tail
Giraffes have very long tails. Their tails can be up to 1 metre.
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to set a record
Howard Berg set a world record for speed reading. He could read 25,000 words per minute.
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a narrow street
It is a very narrow street. Two people cannot walk side by side in this street.
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to pull an aircraft
A lot of people try to pull heavy aircrafts and enter their names into the Guinness Book of World Records.
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a record holder
She is the 800 metres world record holder in her class with a time of 2 mins: 17.66 secs.
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a large car
They need to buy a large car because they are 6 in the family.
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a pile of paper
Her room was very untidy. There were a lot of piles of paper everywhere.