Culture Club 1 World Records

1.What is the fastest fish?

2.What is the fastest runner?

3.What is the biggest animal in the sea?

4.What is the heaviest animal on land?

5.What is the loudest animal?

6.What is the tallest animal?

The longest river

The biggest country

The biggest island

The longest river in the world is the Nile

River in Egypt. It is about 6,700 km long.

It is about 300 km longer than the

Changjiang River in China. The Changjiang

river is the world’s third longest river.

Nile River Changjiang River

The longest river

• The Nile River is very important to the people of Egypt （埃及） . They like to tell stories and sing songs about it.

BA

C

The Changjiang River.

The Nile River.

The Amazon River.

What is the longest river in the world?

Where is the Nile River?

How long is the Nile River? What about the Changjiang River?

What do people do to honor( 歌颂） it?

Can you answer these questions?

It’s in Egypt.

It is about 6700 km long.

The Changjiang River is about 6400 km long.

They tell stories and sing songs about it.

The biggest countryRussia is the biggest country in the world.

It is much bigger than Canada, the US and

China, but Russia is not the biggest country in another way. It does not have the most people.

China has about 1.3 billion people. It has the highest number of people.

B

A

C

Canada.

The US.

Russia .

What is the biggest country in the world?

BA

C

Russia.

China.

India.

Which country has the highest number of people?

1. What are the first four biggest countries in the world?

2. What is “in another way” in Chinese?

3. How many people are there in China now?

They are Russia, Canada, the US and China.

从另一个角度看。

China has about 1.3 billion people.

Read and answer.

Australia is a big country.

It is also the biggest island

in the world. Some people think

it is too big for an island. They

want to call it a continent. These people think Greenland

is the biggest island.

What do you think?

The biggest island

Read and write.

• The Nile River is in __________. It is

the _________ river in the world. It is

very ___________ to the people of Egypt.

They like to tell ________and sing songs

about it.

The changjiang river is the world’s _____ longest river.

Egyptlongest

importantstories

third

• _____________ is the biggest island in the world. Some people think it is a _____________. They think __________ is the biggest island.

Greenland

Australia

continent

Russia is the ________ country in the world. China has the __________ number of people .

biggest highest

Read and write.

• The second longest river in the

world is___________________.

• The second largest country in the

world is ___________.

• The smallest country in the world is ________________________.

the Amazon River

Canada

the Vatican City State

World’s Smallest Teddy BearAt 5mm tall, this teddy bear by German artist Bettina Kaminski is the World’s Smallest Teddy Bear. Definitely one teddy bear that every little girl wishes for.

世界上最小的泰迪熊这个由德国艺术家贝蒂娜 . 卡明斯基制作的 5 毫米高的泰迪熊是世界上最小的泰迪熊。毫无疑问这是每个小女孩都想要的泰迪熊。

World’s Smallest Fish

The world’s smallest fish has been discovered in the peat swamps of the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. The picture on the right shows its size against a thumb. At maturity, the fish can be about 7.9 mm in length.世界上最小的鱼世界上最小的鱼在印度尼西亚苏门答腊岛上的泥炭沼泽中被发现。右边图片将它的大小和一个拇指进行了对比。这种鱼在成熟期约长 7.9mm.

World’s Smallest Horse

Thumbelina, officially the world’s smallest horse stands at an astounding 17 inches tall. She was born on a farm in America .Normal horses lives to about 35 years while she is only likely to live for 17 years.

世界上最小的马拇指姑娘”以惊人的 17 英寸高（ 43.2 厘米）正式成为世界上最小的马。它出生在美国的一个农场，正常的马可以活到大约 35 年，而它可能只能活到 17 年。

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