The idea for Guinness World Records came from Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of the Guinness Brewery. He got into an argument about Europe’s fastest game bird when attending a shooting party in 1951. Three years later, he asked researchers, twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter, to create a reference book of facts and figures. The book was assembled in the hope of settling similar disputes. It took them around 13 weeks to complete the first edition of the book under the name The Guinness Book of Records.

  《金氏世界纪录大全》的想法来自于休.比佛爵士,他是健力士啤酒厂的总经理(编按:《金氏世界纪录大全》的名称源自健力士啤酒厂的 Guinness,但两者的中文翻译不同)。当他在 1951 年参加狩猎派对时,他陷入一场关于欧洲最快猎鸟的争论。三年后,他请研究员 ── 双胞胎兄弟诺里斯.麦克沃特及罗斯.麦克沃特 ── 创作一本记载事实及数据的工具书。汇编这本书的目的是希望能解决类似的纷争。他们花了大约十三周来完成该书的初版,并将其取名为 The Guinness Book of Records。

 

生活必备字词:

twin a. 双胞胎的

assemble vt. 收集;聚集

dispute n. 争论;争执


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