VOA慢速英语：2016吉尼斯世界纪录大全

The Guinness Book of World Records has sold 132 million copies across more than 100 countries since it first appeared in 1955.

自从首次在1955年发行以来，吉尼斯世界纪录大全已在100多个国家售出1.32亿册。

The book is now known as Guinness World Records. It tells us who is the best, fastest, biggest, most or smallest in the world.

这本书现在被称为吉尼斯世界纪录大全。它告诉我们谁是最好的、最快的、世界上最大、最多或最小的。

You can read aboutsuperhuman efforts and the extremes of the natural world in Guinness World Records. You might think they are unbelievable but the publishers confirmed all of them.

在吉尼斯世界纪录大全中，你可以阅读有关超人能力与自然世界极地的内容。你可能会认为它们是难以置信的，但发行商证实了它们。

Fastest Tortoise, Biggest Cowboy Boots Newest World Record-holders

Recently, the Guinness World Records announced the new record holders for 2016.

最近，吉尼斯世界纪录宣布了2016年新的纪录保持者。

Bertie is a tortoise. Bertie broke a record set in 1977 for the world's fastest tortoise. His top speed was 0.28 meters a second.

伯蒂是一只乌龟。伯蒂打破了1977年所创造的世界上爬行速度最快乌龟的世界纪录，它的最高速度为每秒0.28米。

Marco Calzini is Bertie's owner. He says that it is uncommon for such an animal to be fast.

它的主人马尔科·卡尔奇尼（Marco Calzini）说：“这种动物其速度之快非常罕见。”

"A lot of people noticed that he was very fast and the staff as well noticed he was very quick so we looked at this and we thought yeah, he is for a tortoise. It's very unusual for a tortoise to be so active."

“很多人注意到，它爬行速度非常快。工作人员也注意到它的速度之快，因此我们看到了这种情况，并且我们认为是的，它是一只乌龟。对一只乌龟而言，如此活跃是非同寻常的。”

Another record-setting animal is abeagle named Purin, from Chiba, Japan. Many dogs can catch a ball, but not like Purin. She became a world record holder. She caught 14 balls in one minute with herpaws.

创造世界纪录的另一只动物，是一只来自日本千叶市名为布丁的小猎犬。许多狗都能够接球，但并不是像布丁那样。她成为世界纪录的保持者。她在一分钟内可以用爪子接住14个球。

Guinness World Records also is recognizing Lazy J's Bluegrass, a steer from the American state of Kansas. He has the longest horns in the world. They are nearly three meters long, from end to end. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

吉尼斯世界纪录也认可了Lazy J的兰草，来自美国堪萨斯州的食用牛。他拥有世界上最长的牛角，从头到尾，长度约为三米。

Finally, the American state of Texas is known for having many big things. You can find some really big cowboy boots in San Antonio, Texas.

最后，美国得克萨斯州以拥有许多大的事物而著名。你可以在德克萨斯州，圣安东尼奥发现一些非常大的牛仔靴。

Bob Wade is an artist who createssculptures. He says that people are surprised that his cowboy boots are so huge. You only realize how big they are when you walk up to them.

鲍勃·韦德是进行雕塑创作的艺术家。他说，人们惊奇的发现，他的牛仔靴是如此之大。只有当你走进它们时，你才知道他们有多大。

"People are pretty amazed because they don't realize until they park and walk right up to them how big they are. You go down the highway, you can see them from a distance but unless you come to the mall and park and come over there you have no idea how big they are."

“人们都非常惊讶，因为他们没有意识到，直到他们停车，然后步行，一直走到它们面前，才会意识到它们有多大。你在下高速公路时，可以从远处看到它们，但除非你来到商场，停车，到那里去，否则你不可能知道它们有多大。”

Guinness World Records celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.

今年，吉尼斯世界纪录庆祝其成立60周年。

I'm Jill Robbins.

我是罗宾斯。

VOA's Faiza Elmasry reported this story. Haruka Takeuchi adapted her report for Learning English. George Grow was the editor.

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Words in This Story

superhuman–adj. greater than normal human power, size, or ability

achievement– n. a result of hard work

tortoise– a kind of turtle that lives on land

beagle– n. a type of small dog used for hunting that has smooth black, brown, and white fur

paw – n. the foot of an animal that has claws

steer– n. a male cow that has had its sex organs removed and is raised for meat

sculpture– n. a piece of art that is made by cutting or shaping metal, clay or stone.