Trying to Break a Record

Before reading

Which world records do you know of?

Sarah: Hi, John! What are you doing? John I’m trying to break a world record! Sarah: How many headspins have you done? Your face looks really red! John: I have done sixteen in one minute. Sarah: Wow! What is the world record?

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John: Well, the record was set in Las Vegas, USA in May 2012. Youssef El Toufali did 137 headspins in one minute. So that’s another record I have failed to break. Sarah: Why, have you tried to break other records? John: Oh, yes! I have tried many. I really want to be a record breaker. Yesterday I tried to stand on a Swiss ball ... Sarah: And ... John: I could only do it for 33 seconds. The record is 5 hours 25 minutes and 37 seconds. It was set in September 2015 in Boston by Garret Lam. Sarah: Oh ... Well, what else have you done? John: I have tried to blow the largest bubblegum bubble. Chad Fell from the USA blew a bubble in 2004 which was 50.8 cm in diameter. Mine was 6 cm ... And last weekend I tried to do the most pogo stick jumps in one minute. The record is 257 jumps and was set in California in 2011. I thought I had the hang of it ... Sarah: How many jumps did you do? John: 163 jumps ... Sarah: That’s really good, John! Hey! I know which record you can break! John: Really? Sarah: Yes! You can break the record for most record attempts! Role play

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Act out the dialogue.

Talk about it!

a Which record would you like to break? b How would you do it? c What would you need to break the record? d Why do you think people try to break world records?

In my opinion, ... I believe ... As I see it, ...