小朋友平板支撑挑战60秒（初中双语有声阅读）

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.

你可以做平板支撑吗？你能坚持多长时间呢？几秒钟或者几分钟？来自美国的62岁男子能够平板支撑8小时15分15。他今年创下了新的世界纪录。

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.

他的名字是乔治·胡德。每天，他要花费七个多小时进行训练，包括四到五个小时的平板支撑。经过辛苦训练，他在吉尼斯记录上占了一席之地。

“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，”乔治说。“就像生活中的其他事情一样，每个人都必须从某个地方开始。从那里开始并坚持下去。”

考考你

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

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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参考答案：

1. Four to five hours.

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

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