英语新闻听写 澳大利亚那些奇葩的世界记录

Australia's Wackiest Records

说说澳大利亚那些奇葩的世界记录

Australia has dominated in sport, produced superstars like Hugh Jackman and even had a hand in the invention of the pacemaker

澳大利亚是体育强国，是休.杰克曼等诸多著名演员的故乡，也是心脏起搏器最早发源地

but it's also the world's best in some more unusual categories.

此外，澳大利亚还拥有几项让人称奇的世界记录。

Guinness World Records already has some Aussie entries, but 2015 held some records that could definitely be considered out of the box.

澳大利亚申报了多项吉尼斯世界记录，包括2015年几项极具创意的发明。

Some stunts¹ include: world's largest surfing lesson, fastest time to solve a rubik's cube one-handed, and most wool sheared² from a sheep in one shearing³.

这些奇葩的世界记录包括：最大规模的集体冲浪，最快速度单手还原魔方，还有一只全球羊毛产量最高的羊。

1 stunts   

n.惊人的表演( stunt的名词复数 )；（广告中）引人注目的花招；愚蠢行为；危险举动v.阻碍…发育[生长]，抑制，妨碍( stunt的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He did all his own stunts. 所有特技都是他自己演的。
• The plane did a few stunts before landing. 飞机着陆前做了一些特技。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 sheared   

v.剪羊毛( shear的过去式和过去分词 )；切断；剪切

参考例句：

• A jet plane sheared the blue sky. 一架喷气式飞机划破蓝空。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The pedal had sheared off at the pivot. 踏板在枢轴处断裂了。 来自辞典例句

3 shearing   

n.剪羊毛，剪取的羊毛v.剪羊毛( shear的现在分词 )；切断；剪切

参考例句：

• The farmer is shearing his sheep. 那农夫正在给他的羊剪毛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The result of this shearing force is to push the endoplasm forward. 这种剪切力作用的结果是推动内质向前。 来自辞典例句