Can you plank? How long can you plank? For a few seconds or minutes? Well, a 62-year-old man from America can plank for 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds. And he set a new world record this year.

你可以做平闆支撐嗎？你能堅持多長時間呢？幾秒鐘或者幾分鐘？來自美國的62歲男子能夠平闆支撐8小時15分15。他今年創下了新的世界紀錄。

His name is George Hood. Every day, he spends over 7 hours training, including four to five hours’ planking. Through hard training, he takes his place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

他的名字是喬治·胡德。每天，他要花費七個多小時進行訓練，包括四到五個小時的平闆支撐。經過辛苦訓練，他在吉尼斯記錄上占了一席之地。

“Anybody can do what I do,” Mr. George says. “Just like other things in the daily life, everybody has to start somewhere. Start there and then keep going.”

“任何人都可以做我做的事情，”喬治說。“就像生活中的其他事情一樣，每個人都必須從某個地方開始。從那裡開始并堅持下去。”

考考你

根據短文内容，回答下列問題。

1. 1.How many hours does George spend on planking every day?

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2. What can we learn from George?

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參考答案：

1. Four to five hours.

2. We should start somewhere and then keep going. / We should work hard.

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