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LESSON 1

The oldest woman, the oldest singer and the oldest actress

DAVE HAWKSETT: The oldest woman ever is this person, Jeanne Louise Calment, and she was born in
France on the 21st February 1875 and she lived until the 4th of August 1997 when she died in a nursing
home in southern France.

She holds several records - obviously, the oldest woman ever that can be proven reliably. She was also the
oldest actress - [she] played herself in a film "Vincent and Me' in 1990 when she was only 114.

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the oldest

- najstarszy

ever

- kiedykolwiek

to be born

- urodzić się

to live until

- żyć do (np. roku 1997)

to die

- umrzeć

nursing home

- dom starców

southern

- południowy

to hold a record

- mieć/osiągnąć/zdobyć rekord

several

- kilka

to prove reliably

- udowodnić w sposób wiarygodny/sprawdzalny

actress

- aktorka

she played herself

- zagrała siebie

LESSON 2

The first woman prime minister in the world

Priyath Liyanage: Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the first woman prime minister in the world and she also
went on to become the oldest prime minister. Mrs Bandaranaike was 84 years old when she died and she
was still the prime minister at that age.
In 1959 her husband was assassinated by a Buddhist monk. When her husband was assassinated the party
wanted to appoint a leader to become the prime minister. They had to face an election immediately after,
so for this election they somehow managed to persuade Mrs Bandaranaike to contest* as the leader of the
party. She was not a person who had any experience as a politician. She was a housewife who looked after
her three children. Then they won the elections in the early sixties and she became the first woman prime
minister in the world.

OBJAŚNIENIA

the first woman prime minister in the world - pierwsza na świecie kobieta premier
they somehow managed to persuade Mrs Bandaranaike - jakoś udało im się nakłonić panią
Bandaranaike
*to contest as the leader of the party - powinno być: to contest the elections as the leader of the party

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and she went on to become ...

- a później została ...

to be assassinated

- zostać zabitym

monk

- mnich

to appoint

- mianować

leader

- przewodniczący, lider

to become

- zostać, stać się

to face

- stawić czoła

election

- wybory

immediately

- zaraz, natychmiast

to contest (an election)

- kandydować (w wyborach)

experience

- doświadczenie

politician

- polityk

housewife

- gospodyni domowa

to look after the children

- zajmować się dziećmi, wychowywać dzieci

to win

- wygrać, zwyciężyć

in the early sixties

- na początku lat sześćdziesiątych

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LESSON 3

The oldest animal and the oldest vomit in the world!

VOICE: She's about 170 years old. Her name is Harriet and she now lives in Australia. She is said to be one
of the tortoises that Charles Darwin himself took from the Galapagos Islands in 1835. DAVE HAWKSETT:
Tortoises are part of the Chelonian Family and the greatest authentic age recorded so far is at least 188
years. And that was from a type of tortoise called a Madagascar radiated tortoise and it was actually
presented to the Tonga Royal Family by Captain Cook in the late seventeen hundreds, either 1773 or 1777.
And it remained in their care until it died in 1965.

DAVE HAWKSETT: The oldest vomit sounds a bit strange but it's actually a sample of 160 million year old
dinosaur vomit. Well, there's nothing older. It's quite incredible.

VOCABULARY

animal

- zwierzę

vomit

- wymiociny

she is said to be...

- jest ona, o ile wiadomo...

tortoise

- żółw

authentic

- autentyczny, wiarygodny, prawdziwy

to record

- zapisać, zanotować, zarejestrować

at least

- co najmniej

it was presented to

- został wręczony

in the late seventeen hundreds

- pod koniec osiemnastego wieku

it remained in their care

- pozostał pod ich opieką

(it) sounds a bit strange

- (to) brzmi nieco dziwnie

sample

- próbka

dinosaur

- dinozaur

incredible

- niewiarygodny

LESSON 4

The longest chain made out of chewing gum wrappers!

Gary Duschl: My name is Gary Duschl and I hold the world record for the longest chain made out of
chewing gum wrappers. I started making this gum wrapper chain in high school. I was quite intrigued by the
beauty and strength of the chain and decided to keep on adding to see how long I could get the gum
wrapper chain.
I chew some of the gum, but most of the wrappers that I receive are donated by friends, family and people
that send them to me in the mail.
I will continue to add wrappers for the rest of my life.

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chain

- łańcuch

made out of

- zrobiony z

chewing gum wrappers

- opakowania od gumy do żucia

to hold a world record for

- mieć/osiągnąć/ zdobyć rekord świata (w jakiejś dziedzinie)

gum wrapper chain

- łańuch z opakowań (sreberek) od gumy do żucia

high school

- (w USA) szkoła średnia

to be intrigued by

- być zaintrygowanym

beauty

- piękno

strength

- siła, moc, tu: wytrzymałość (łańcucha)

to keep on adding

- wciąż dodawać (tu: ogniwa tego łańcucha)

to chew

- żuć

to receive

- otrzymywać

to donate

- dać, ofiarować

to send

- przesłać

in the mail

- w poczcie, pocztą

to continue

- kontynuować

for the rest of my life

- do końca mojego życia

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LESSON 5

The longest lesson in the world

Zsofie Gyamati: I am Zsofie Gyamati. I am 19 years old and I attended the longest lesson. It was in
Hungarian grammar and literature. This lecture was the idea of one of my classmates, because on
Thursdays we used to have two Hungarian literature lessons after one another, which seemed to be very,
very long. So his idea was: 'If we can study two lessons after one another, why couldn't we study [for] 24
hours?' So he arranged the whole lesson in our high school.
The rules were that during the whole 24 hours there couldn't be any kind of break in talking. That was one
of the rules. The other was that, of course, nobody could sleep, so that was very important. If somebody
had to go to the toilet, I think, it couldn't be longer than two minutes. So it wasn't very strict.
I think, everybody in the class, still now thinks that it was very good and it was worth to do. I think it was
very special, very funny.

OBJAŚNIENIA

we used to have - zwykliśmy mieć (used to wyraża czynność powtarzaną w przeszłości) during the whole 24
hours - podczas całych 24 godzin
after one another - powinno być: one after another - jedna po drugiej
it was worth to do - powinno być: it was worth doing - warto to było zrobić

VOCABULARY

to attend

- brać udział

Hungarian

- Węgier, węgierski

lecture

- wykład, tu: lekcja

idea

- pomysł

classmate

- kolega/koleżanka z klasy

to seem

- wydawać się, zdawać się

to study

- uczyć się

to arrange

- załatwić, zaaranżować

high school

- tu: szkoła średnia

rule

- reguła, zasada

break

- przerwa

talking

- mówienie, rozmawianie

to sleep

- spać

to go to the toilet

- pójść do toalety

strict

- surowy

LESSON 6

The longest note, the longest place name and the longest number one hit

Dave Hawksett: The world record for the longest place name is for Krung-thep-maha-nakorn and it's the
official name for Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. The official name has 175 letters. Do not ask me to
pronounce it.

Sutharin Koonphol: (The official name for Bangkok) Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinma-
hintarayutthayamahadilokphopnopparatraja-thaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamo-
rnphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit.

Stewart Newport: The longest number one in terms of weeks that it spent is 16 weeks, and it is Bryan
Adams and it is the song 'Everything I do, I do it for you', which was from the film 'Robin Hood Prince of
Thieves'.

OBJAŚNIENIA

in terms of weeks that it spent... - jeśli chodzi o liczbę tygodni, przez jaką (piosenka) utrzymała się (na
pierwszym miejscu listy przebojów)

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note

- tu: nuta

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place name

- nazwa geograficzna

number one

- numer jeden (na liście przebojów)

the world record

- rekord świata

capital

- stolica

Thailand

- Tajlandia

letter

- tu: litera

to pronounce

- wymawiać

LESSON 7

The fastest talker in the world

Sean Shannon: My name is Sean Shannon and I set a fast talking record. I recited Hamlet's soliloquy, which
is 262 words in just 23.8 seconds and that means I'm speaking at over ten words a second. It'll take about
23.8 seconds and it'll be hard to understand any of the words but here I go! [recites Hamlet's soliloquy]
That's it!
I'll do it slowly and speed it up a bit so you get the idea of how it changes. To be or not to be? That is the
question. And a little faster... To be or not to be? That is the question. And a little faster... To be or not to
be? That is the question. And now really fast... To be or not to be? That is the question.

OBJAŚNIENIA

I set a fast talking record - ustanowiłem rekord w dziedzinie szybkiego mówienia
I'm speaking at over ten words a second - wymawiam ponad 10 słów na sekundę
but here I go - ale oto zaczynam
that's it - (na zakończenie) to tyle
to be or not to be - być albo nie być, słynne słowa rozpoczynające monolog Hamleta

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to set a record

- ustanowić rekord

to recite

- recytować

soliloquy

- solilokwium, monolog

to take

- tu: trwać, potrwać

hard

- trudno, ciężko

to understand

- rozumieć

slowly

- powoli

to speed up

- przyspieszyć

to get the idea

- przekonać się, zobaczyć, że

to change

- zmieniać (się)

question

- pytanie

faster

- szybciej

LESSON 8

The world's fastest rapper

Seandale Price alias RXD: My name is Seandale Price and I'm known as Rebel XD, shortened to RXD for
short, and I'm the world's fastest rapper. I started rapping fast in about 1990. There were a few people
rapping like that at the time - rapping fast. So I thought, 'I'd try my hand at it' and it turned out that I was
really good at it.
It took a little polish and a little practice but it wasn't really hard at all. Actually, quite easy.
I'll give it a shot. 'I'm coming to rock and I'm taking a rapper. Breaking them up when I come and attack
them.'
It's talking about how I would never let another rapper try to outdo me, you know. I'll be the one to come
out on top if I was ever to go into competition with other rappers. That's what the rap's about. It's pretty
much got my foot in the door of the rap industry and I get to travel a lot, you know, and meet a lot of
different people.

OBJAŚNIENIA

It took a little polish and a little practice - trzeba było nad tym trochę popracować
I'll give it a shot - spróbuję
That's what the rap's about - o tym mówi ten rap

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I'll be the one to come out on top - to ja będę tym, który okaże się lepszy/który będzie górą
It's pretty much got my foot in the door of the rap industry - to w dużym stopniu pozwoliło mi wkręcić się
do tego biznesu
I get to travel a lot = I get a chance to travel a lot

VOCABULARY

the world's fastest rapper

- najszybszy rapper świata

I'm known as...

- znany jestem jako...

to shorten to...

- skrócić do...

to try one's hand at sth

- spróbować, popróbować (zrobić coś)

to turn out

- okazać się

I was good at it

- dobry w tym byłem, miałem do tego talent

to polish

- polerować, szlifować, pastować; tu: udoskonalić

actually

- faktycznie, w rzeczywistości, de facto

to break up

- rozbić, rozpędzić, połamać, zniszczyć

to let

- pozwolić

to outdo

- przewyższyć, prześcignąć

to come out on top

- zwyciężyć, być górą

competition

- rywalizacja

foot

- stopa

door

- drzwi

industry

- przemysł

to travel

- podróżować

to meet

- spotykać

LESSON 9

The fastest goal ever scored and the slowest record to become number one hit in the British pop charts

When Ricardo Olivera of Uruguay heard the referee's whistle blow ... he kicked the ball and
...Goooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaal ! It took just 2.8 seconds!
It first entered the charts in November 1957 and got to number 6, but in 1986 it was used in a television
advert, was re-released and came roaring back into the charts to hit the number one spot 29 years and 6
weeks later. It's a song by Jackie Wilson and it's called 'Reet Petite'.

OBJAŚNIENIA

it came roaring back - wrócił (na listę przebojów), odnosząc oszałamiający sukces

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to score a goal

- strzelić gola, wbić bramkę

referee

- sędzia

whistle

- gwizdek

to blow

- tu: zabrzmieć, zagwizdać

to kick

- kopnąć

to take

- tu: trwać

to enter the charts

- wejść na listę przebojów

to use

- używać

advert

- reklama

re-released

- ponownie wydany

roaring

- (o sukcesie) oszałamiający, spektakularny

to hit

- tu: trafić

spot

- miejsce

LESSON 10

The loudest scream in the world

Jill Drake: When we arrived there, before we got in the Dome, there was this screaming competition
because it was near Halloween. It was the 22nd of October. And there was a lady screaming and I just said
for a joke, 'I can do better than that' and they said, 'Go on Jill, have a go!'

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So I went up there and I screamed and they said 'Goodness, you've broken the world record. Can you do it
again?' So I did it again and I broke the world record again. And it was just unbelievable! Well, we just
couldn't stop laughing!
It's 129 decibels and British Forces Radio told me it was louder than the Concorde jet engine. None of them
could believe it because I'm not a loud person normally. I'm quite a quiet person so, you know, they were
quite shocked.
Yes they're very proud of me. Embarrassed but proud. I don't think any of us can believe it. It's just one of
those things that happen out of the blue.

OBJAŚNIENIA

the (Millenium) Dome - wielka hala widowiskowa i wystawowa wybudowana w Londynie z okazji nowego
tysiąclecia
Halloween - wigilia Wszystkich Świętych, w krajach anglosaskich obchodzona jako noc czarownic i
przebierańców
I just said for a joke - powiedziałam żartem, zażartowałam I can do better than that - potrafię to lepiej
zrobić
We just couldn't stop laughing - nie mogliśmy powstrzymać się od śmiechu to happen out of the blue -
zdarzać się nagle/niespodziewanie

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the loudest

- najgłośniejszy

scream

- krzyk, wrzask

to arrive

- przybyć

to scream

- wrzeszczeć, krzyczeć

competition

- konkurs

go on, have a go!

- tu: (słowa zachęty), spróbuj!

goodness!

- o mój Boże!

to break a record

- pobić rekord

unbelievable

- nie do wiary

jet engine

- silnik odrzutowy

quite

- całkiem

quiet

- cichy, spokojny

proud

- dumny

embarrassed

- zażenowany

to happen

- zdarzać się

LESSON 11

The world's hottest curry and the longest title of any British pop single

Abdul Latiff: NB: Mr Latiff doesn't speak perfect English! I make the world's hottest curry. We call it 'Curry
Hell'. It's very very hot and I demand* it is the world's hottest curry. If you can eat it, it is free and if you
don't, then you pay for it. I tried it once... but no, thank you.
We are holding the world record for the longest takeaway in the world - about 11,000 miles around the
world, from Newcastle to Australia.

Abdul Latiff: She decided to e-mail for a takeaway, so I received an e-mail from her. She requested for me*
to send a few dishes to Sydney. We made the vegetable curry, vegetable pilau rice and a nan bread and a
papadom and a pickle for her. We started in Newcastle on Friday morning. And then they took a plane to
Heathrow, and from Heathrow to Australia. So, she received it Monday morning. It takes about 4 days. It
arrived in good condition, yes, but sadly, both meals were very, very cold. So she warmed it up and she
enjoyed the meal. Yes.
The longest title of any British pop single: It's called "You Can Make Me Dance Sing Or Anything (Even Take
The Dog For A Walk, Mend A Fuse, Fold Away The Ironing Board, Or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings)"

OBJAŚNIENIA

*and I demand = tu: and I tell you Newcastle - miasto w północnej Anglii
she requested for me to send - powinno być: she requested that I send her, albo she asked me to send her
pilau rice, nan bread, papadom - nazwy specjałów kuchni hinduskiej

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hot

- tu: ostry, pikantny

hell

- piekło

free

- tu: za darmo

to pay

- płacić

to try

- próbować

to hold a record - zdobyć rekord
takeaway

- jedzenie na wynos

to e-mail

- wysłać e-maila

to receive

- otrzymać

to request

- poprosić, zażyczyć sobie

dish

- potrawa

vegetable

- jarzyna, jarzynowy

rice

- ryż

pickle

- marynata

to arrive

- przybyć

meal

- posiłek

to warm up

- podgrzać

to enjoy

- tu: zjeść ze smakiem

LESSON 12

The biggest rubber band ball in the world

Tony Evans: My name is Tony Evans and I built the biggest rubber band ball in the world. There's
approximately 6,000,000 rubber bands on it. I started building it back in 1997. I just started building the ball
as opposed to doodling.
There's two reasons. One: it was for charity - that was the main reason, and the second reason was that I
started things throughout my life and I've never finished them and I thought, 'This is one I'm going to
finish'. And finish it I did!
The wife thinks I'm mad. The wife is glad to see the back of the ball because she's absolutely fed up with it.
When the ball is flown out to America, the wife and myself will be joining it and they're going to lift it up in
a helicopter and they're going to release it to see what'll happen - will it bounce or will it explode. When
the ball is dropped, I'm hoping and praying it will bounce. The wife is hoping and praying it'll explode.

OBJAŚNIENIA

porównaj zdania:
I finished it.
I did finish it. (większa emfaza)
And finish it I did! (jeszcze większa emfaza)
zamiast my wife można powiedzieć the wife, ale ma to nieco poufały ton i ironiczną wymowę

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rubber band

- gumka (recepturka)

approximately

- mniej więcej, w przybliżeniu

as opposed to

- w przeciwieństwie do, w odróżnieniu od

to doodle

- gryzmolić, bazgrać

reason

- powód

for charity

- na cele charytatywne

throughout my life

- przez całe (moje) życie

mad

- szalony

glad

- zadowolony

back

- tu: tył

to see the back of sb/sth - chętnie się z kimś/czymś rozstać; chętnie się kogoś/czegoś pozbyć
to be fed up with sth

- mieć czegoś dosyć

to be flown out

- być przewiezionym samolotem

to join

- dołączyć, przyłączyć się

to lift up

- podnieść

to release

- wypuścić

to bounce

- odbić się

to explode

- eksplodować; tu: rozerwać się na kawałki

to drop

- upuścić, spuścić

to hope

- mieć nadzieję

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to pray

- modlić się

LESSON 13

The world record holder for head balancing

Hello, my name is John Evans and I am the Guiness world record holder for head balancing. I've got 29
Guinness world records for balancing huge items on the top of my head. And I do mean huge. I thought,
only if I could still balance bricks on my head. And I did it and I managed to do thirty six bricks at the first
attempt.

I'll see how many milk crates I can balance on my head. I managed to balance 44. I kept persevering with
that and I did manage to get up to 83. 83 milk crates on my head all at the same time. On 8th Dec 1992 I
broke that record by balancing 84 milk crates on my head at twenty five past eight in the morning and that
was my first Guinness Book of Records record.

I've increased the bricks record for example. And that's the heaviest weight of the records that I have. And
the amount of bricks is 101 bricks. I came on with, like, a chimneystack on my head. There's no one else in
the world that can do what I can do.

VOCABULARY

the world record holder - zdobywca rekordu świata
head balancing

- tu: utrzymywanie ciężarów na głowie

to balance

- tu: utrzymać

huge

- ogromny

item

- rzecz, artykuł, sztuka

brick

- cegła

to manage

- tu: udać się, powieść się

at the first attempt

- za pierwszym razem, przy pierwszej próbie

milk crate

- skrzynka na butelki od mleka

to persevere

- wytrwać, nie ustawać, trwać uparcie przy czymś

to break the record

- pobić rekord

to increase

- zwiększyć

the heaviest

- najcięższy

weight

- ciężar

amount

- ilość, liczba

like

- tu: wtręt w mowie potocznej

chimneystack

- komin

no one else

- nikt inny

LESSON 14

The world record holder for head balancing

John Evans: I managed to do 92 people in one hour and it only took me an average of 39 seconds to do
each person. So that was a hard record to do.
The lightest record which I have is the Guinness Book of Records, which is only 217 lbs in weight, but it's 62
Guinness Book of Records one stacked on top of the other. They're almost falling over because it's one
single stack. And there's no glue, it's just their own weight that's holding them.
The 'Mini' - that goes up in the air to six feet, I pick it up, walk away and balance that on my head. I've had a
speedboat on my head. That's not a world record, but I have walked 50 feet with a speedboat on the top of
my head.
There's no one else in the world that can do what I do.

OBJAŚNIENIA

one stacked on top of the other - chodzi tu o stertę książek, ułożonych jedna na drugiej
the Mini - nazwa znanego samochodu
to go up in the air - unieść się w powietrze

VOCABULARY

the world record holder - zdobywca rekordu świata

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head balancing

- tu: utrzymywanie ciężarów na głowie

to balance

- tu: utrzymać

to manage

- tu: udać się, powieść się

average

- przeciętna

the lightest

- najlżejszy

lb (=pound)

- funt (wagi)

weight

- ciężar

to fall over

- upaść, spaść

stack

- sterta

glue

- klej

to hold

- trzymać

feet (lp. foot)

- stopa (jednostka miary)

to pick up

- podnieść

to walk away

- odejść

speedboat

- motorówka

no-one else

- nikt inny

LESSON 15

The youngest DJ in the world

DJ Welly: Llewellyn Eli Owen. I'm known as Welly - DJ Welly. I'm the youngest DJ in the world and I'm 10
years old. I was four when I started playing on the decks. I was just messing about, basically, and that was
how I started. I first played on the decks at Glastonbury. I'm just having fun. I don't really, you know, get
nervous at all. Barry Owen (DJ Welly's father): He generally plays quite early or, if not, early in the morning,
so it's not as if he's playing in the middle of the night or anything like that. On the odd occasion when it has
been quite late, he modifies his sleep pattern around it so it all fits in together. Yeah, the audiences love
him. He goes down really well. D'you know what I mean?

DJ Welly: I suppose they like me a lot. Some people just open their mouths like they're sucking in air, like a
fish, basically.

OBJAŚNIENIA

it all fits in together - to wszystko razem dobrze gra, dobrze się składa
he modifies his sleep pattern around it - dostosowuje do tego swoje godziny spania
he goes down really well - tu: bardzo im się podoba
d'you know what I mean? - rozumiesz, o co mi chodzi?
some people just open their mouths like they're sucking in air, like fish, basically - niektórzy ludzie
rozdziawiają buzie jakby wciągali powietrze, zupełnie jak ryby

VOCABULARY

DJ

- (=disc jockey) didżej

to play on the decks

- grać na dekach (połączonych gramofonach z mikserem)

to mess about

- tu: bawić się, eksperymentować

basically

- (dla emfazy) w zasadzie, właściwie

to have fun

- dobrze się bawić, mieć dobrą zabawę

to get nervous

- denerwować się

on the odd occasion

- rzadko, sporadycznie

to modify

- modyfikować, zmieniać

sleep

- sen

pattern

- wzór, typ

to fit in together

- pasować, dobrze się układać, nie przeszkadzać sobie wzajemnie

audience

- publiczność, widownia, zebrani

to suppose

- sądzić

to suck in air

- wciągać powietrze

fish

- ryba

LESSON 16

The smallest nightclub in the world

Extreme English

10 / 19

Kevin Wright: Hello. My name is Kevin Wright. I am one of the founders of the Miniscule of Sound, which is
the world's smallest nightclub. The club measures approximately 4 foot wide by 8 foot long. It's got a dance
floor which is 2 square metres and a DJ booth. It's got a flashing disco floor in a John Travolta, kind of,
seventies style, smoke machine, strobes, mirror ball and a red carpet. The capacity of the club is
approximately 10 people, relatively comfortably. Currently the record stands at 26 plus DJ.
Once we've set up an event, there's no time limit on how long anyone goes in, so some people just poke
their head in - it's very amusing, they go away and they don't come back or some people stay in there for
hours, literally. We don't throw them out. Occasionally the bouncers might decide to, kind of, make a
nightclub style policy decision and randomly eject someone.

OBJAŚNIENIA

it's 4 foot wide by 8 foot long - ma 4 stopy szerokości i 8 stóp długości
in a John Travolta, kind of, seventies style - coś jakby w stylu Johna Travolty z lat siedemdziesiątych
the record stands at - rekord wynosi
there's no time limit on how long anyone goes in - (chodzi o to, że) każdy może być w klubie tak długo, jak
chce
some people just poke their head in - niektórzy ludzie tylko wsadzają na chwilę głowę
some people stay in there for hours, literally - niektórzy przesiadują tam dosłownie godzinami to make a
nightclub style policy decision and randomly eject someone - (tu: ironicznie) podjąć decyzję na miarę
zasad nocnego klubu i wyrzucić jakiegoś przypadkowego gościa

VOCABULARY

nightclub

- nocny klub, dyskoteka

founder

- założyciel

sound

- dźwięk

to measure

- mierzyć

approximately

- mniej więcej

foot

- stopa (jednostka miary)

dance floor

- parkiet

square metre

- metr kwadratowy

DJ booth

- 'didżejka'

flashing disco floor

- podświetlana podłoga

the seventies

- lata siedemdziesiąte

smoke machine

- maszyna wypuszczająca dym

strobes

- światła stroboskopowe, stroboskopy

mirror ball

- lustrzana kula

carpet

- dywan

capacity

- pojemność

relatively

- stosunkowo

comfortably

- wygodnie

currently

- obecnie

to set up an event

- przygotować imprezę

time limit

- limit czasu

amusing

- zabawny

literally

- dosłownie

to throw out

- wyrzucać

occasionally

- sporadycznie

the bouncers

- bramkarze

randomly

- na oślep, na chybił trafił

to eject

- wyrzucić

LESSON 17

The most of airline sick bags in the world

Aidan Straddling: My name is Aidan Straddling and I collect airline sick bags. When I was a boy, I lived next
to an airport. It was very easy for me to get interested in everything to do with aviation. I soon started to
collect all sorts of things, but after a while I decided to specialise. I've got about 1,200 different bags and
they come from nearly 500 different airlines. I'm not sure where I stand exactly, but I would imagine I'm
certainly in the top five in the world.

Extreme English

11 / 19

For me, quality is more important than quantity. And for example, I've got a sick bag from 1936 which has
got some writing on it, telling me all about the aircraft it came from. And that, as a historical artefact, is
much more interesting than having lots of different ones.

OBJAŚNIENIA

everything to do with aviation - wszystko, co ma coś wspólnego z lotnictwem
to collect all sorts of things - zbierać najrozmaitsze rzeczy, wszystko co się da
I'm not sure where I stand exactly, but I would imagine... - nie wiem dokładnie, na którym jestem miejscu,
ale wydaje mi się...

VOCABULARY

airline sick bag

- torebka na wymioty dla pasażerów samolotu

to collect

- zbierać

to get interested in sth

- zainteresować się czymś

to specialise

- specjalizować się

airlines

- linie lotnicze

in the top five in the world

- w pierwszej światowej piątce

quality

- jakość

quantity

- ilość

writing

- napis

aircraft

- samolot

historical artefact

- przedmiot o

LESSON 18

The most lightning strikes received by one man

Who says lightning never strikes twice? Roy C. Sullivan of Virginia would disagree. For Roy it began in 1942.
He lost one toenail when he was hit by lightning for the first time. Then, twenty-seven years later, in 1969,
he was struck again and lost his eyebrows. In 1970, he was hit for the third time and he was struck again in
1972, 1973, 1976 and 1977. Sadly, he killed himself in 1983 but he had taken his place in the record books
for his seven lightning strikes - the most lightning strikes received by one man.
A Bulgarian woman's first husband was killed by lightning but she re-married. Her second husband too, was
struck by lightning and killed. She was very upset and depressed so she went to see her doctor. She fell in
love with the doctor and they got married. Unfortunately, he too, was killed by lightning.

OBJAŚNIENIA

lightning never strikes twice - (ang. przysłowie) piorun nie uderza w to samo miejsce dwa razy to take one's
place in the record books - zająć miejsce w księgach rekordów

VOCABULARY

lightning strikes

- uderzenia pioruna

to receive

- otrzymać

to disagree

- nie zgadzać się

to lose

- stracić

toenail

- paznokieć od palca u nogi

to hit

- uderzać

hit by lightning

- trafiony piorunem

to strike

- uderzać

struck by lightning

- uderzony piorunem

eyebrows

- brwi

sadly

- tu: niestety

he killed himself

- zabił się, popełnił samobójstwo

husband

- mąż

to re-marry

- powtórnie wyjść za mąż

upset

- zmartwiony, zasmucony

depressed

- w depresji

to fall in love

- zakochać się

to get married

- brać ślub, ożenić się, wyjść za mąż

unfortunately

- niestety

Extreme English

12 / 19

LESSON 19

The man with the most honeybees in his mouth

Norman Gary: I'm Dr Norman Gary and I hold a Guinness world record for training 109 honeybees to fly
into my mouth. I thought training bees to fly into my mouth would illustrate just how trainable bees are
and I thought it would be fun to do this for entertainment. When I developed this stunt I had in mind the
idea that it would become a world record, and it did.
I'm quite happy with this world record. I think it would be extremely difficult to improve this record
because my mouth was so full of bees that there was no room for additional bees.
People ask me from time to time if I get stung by the bees that I work with, and the answer is - yes.
Whenever I make a mistake I get stung, so the stings can be prevented if you're very careful.

VOCABULARY

honeybee

- pszczoła miodna

mouth

- jama ustna, usta, buzia

to hold a world record

- mieć/zdobyć/osiągnąć rekord świata

to train

- trenować, szkolić

to fly

- latać

trainable

- dający się przeszkolić/wyszkolić

it would be fun

- tu: fajnie by było

entertainment

- rozrywka

to develop

- rozwinąć, udoskonalić

stunt

- chwyt, wyczyn, 'numer'

to have sth in mind

- mieć coś na myśli

to become

- stać się

to improve

- ulepszyć, poprawić

room

- tu: (wolne) miejsce

additional

- dodatkowy

to sting

- (o pszczole) użądlić, ugryźć

to get stung

- być użądlonym

to make a mistake

- zrobić błąd

sting

- żądło

to prevent

- zapobiec

careful

- ostrożny

LESSON 20

The cleverest dog in the world

Sharon Robinson: Some examples of her tricks are knowing her numbers from one to a hundred, adding,
subtracting, multiplying. She knows the days of the week, the months of the year, the alphabet. Chanda can
do all of the above reading it from cue cards.
When we do a show, we put her on a spot, we tell her to stay there until she hears the answer. When she
hears the answer, she's to come and get a treat. We ask someone in the audience to do the counting for us,
and that way she's not getting any cues or any signals from me, she's just listening to somebody counting
off, and then she comes to me when she hears the right answer. She does all the regular dog tricks like lie
down, roll over, shake hands, bark. She picks up all her toys and puts them away in the toy box. In the event
of a hostage situation, and provided she's not a hostage herself, she can untie us. She can untie knots.
Chanda does not do anything for free, Chanda does everything because I give her a treat. OK, Chanda, I
want you to play the piano. Hit the red light!

OBJAŚNIENIA

she's to come - ma/musi przyjść
we ask someone in the audience to do the counting - prosimy kogoś z sali o odliczanie
and provided she's not a hostage herself - i pod warunkiem, że ona sama nie jest zakładnikiem (nie jest
związana)

VOCABULARY

the cleverest (or: the most clever) - najmądrzejszy
adding

- dodawanie

subtracting

- odejmowanie

Extreme English

13 / 19

multiplying

- mnożenie

days of the week

- dni tygodnia

months of the year

- miesiące roku

cue cards

- karteczki z hasłami/wskazówkami

show

- pokaz

spot

- miejsce

to hear

- słyszeć

answer

- odpowiedź

treat

- tu: smakołyk, nagroda

audience

- widownia, publiczność, audytorium

cue

- wskazówka

to listen

- słuchać

to count off

- odliczać

the right answer

- prawidłowa odpowiedź

dog tricks

- psie sztuczki

to lie down

- leżeć

to roll over

- przekręcić się z boku na bok

to shake hands

- podać rękę; tu: podać łapkę

to bark

- szczekać

to pick up

- podnieść

toy

- zabawka

toy box

- pudełko na zabawki

in the event of

- w razie

hostage

- zakładnik

to untie

- rozwiązać

knot

- węzeł

for free

- za darmo, za nic

to play the piano

- grać na pianinie

to hit

- uderzyć

red light

- czerwone światło

LESSON 21

The smallest newspaper in the world

Fernando Telles: 'Vossa Senhoria' is 2.5 cm wide by 3.5 cm tall. It has sixteen pages. It has a kids' section,
we have some columnists, it talks about political issues, poetry, all written very small. We can't write long
articles for it. We have to write only 4 or 5 lines for each article.
It has attracted many attentions from around the world - Spain, England, USA, some countries in Africa. It's
become very well known. It sells some 7,000 copies a month. We've got 5 workers working for the world's
smallest newspaper. Everything is all hand made. So, folding the newspaper requires three persons. We
have the journalist who is Delores Schwindt and we have me to translate the English section of the
newspaper, and that's it.

Maria Benevides: I thought it was really cute. I was amazed when I opened it, and they had two different
sections, and it was so small, and you still had a small English section, 4 pages, but very very cute.

OBJAŚNIENIA

all written very small - chodzi o to, że wszystkie artykuły są bardzo krótkie i pisane małym drukiem it has
attracted many attentions from around the world - powinno być: it has attracted a lot of attention from
around the world
it sells some 7,000 copies a month - sprzedaje się w miesięcznym nakładzie około 7000 egzemplarzy

VOCABULARY

newspaper

- gazeta

wide

- szeroki

tall

- wysoki; tu chodzi o dłuższy bok strony

kids' section

- dział dla dzieci

columnist

- felietonista

issues

- sprawy, kwestie

poetry

- poezja

to attract attention

- przyciągać uwagę

Extreme English

14 / 19

from around the world - z całego świata
handmade

- wykonany/zrobiony ręcznie

to fold

- złożyć, składać

to require

- potrzebować

journalist

- dziennikarz

to translate

- tłumaczyć

cute

- słodki, uroczy

amazed

- zdumiony, pełen zdumienia

LESSON 22

The fastest time to type one million, and the world's most powerful pencil sharpener

Stewart Newport: We have a record for the fastest time to type 'one' to 'one million' in actual words on a
manual typewriter and that record is held by Les Stewart of Queensland in Australia, and he began in 1982
and successfully completed his task fifteen years later.
He had dedicated his life to setting this record and to verify it he, very kindly, every year, would tell us
where he was up to. So we have, within our files, I think it's approaching 20,000 sheets of paper with the
words 'one' to 'one million' typed on them. I believe, because he was injured during the Vietnam War, that
he was only able to type using one finger.

Dave Hawksett: The world's most powerful pencil sharpener... And there's this is a guy in Scandinavia who
has attached a normal antique pencil sharpener to an old tank engine. So that kind of thing is quite
common.

OBJAŚNIENIA

in actual words - słowami, słownie; słowo actual zwraca uwagę na wyraz po nim występujący (nacisk
kładziemy na fakt, że napisał to słowami, słownie, a nie cyframi)
he dedicated his life to - poświęcił swoje życie na

every year he would tell us where he was up to - co roku nas informował, jakie poczynił postępy (użyto tu
would, ponieważ mowa o czynności powtarzającej się w przeszłości)
he was only able to type using one finger - mógł pisać na maszynie tylko jednym palcem

VOCABULARY

time

- czas

to type

- napisać na maszynie

manual typewriter

- ręczna maszyna do pisania

to hold a record

- mieć na swoim koncie rekord

successfully

- w sposób owocny, uwieńczony sukcesem

to complete

- zakończyć

task

- zadanie

to set a record

- ustanowić rekord

to verify

- sprawdzić, zweryfikować

files

- akta

approaching

- tu: prawie

sheet

- kartka papieru

injured

- ranny

to be able

- być w stanie, móc

powerful

- mocny, silny, potężny

pencil sharpener

- temperówka

guy

- facet

to attach

- przymocować, przytwierdzić

antique

- tu: bardzo stary

tank engine

- silnik czołgu

LESSON 23

The most versatile record breaker in the world

Extreme English

15 / 19

Ashrita Furman: Hi. My name is Ashrita Furman and I have the most records in the Guinness Book of
Records in different categories and since 1979 I've broken 73 official Guinness records but I only currently
have, I believe, it's sixteen in the book.
[YODELLING] So that I did for 27 hours. It was very, very difficult. Actually, the hardest part was finding
somebody to listen to me for that long.
I saw the record for jumping jacks and the record was twenty thousand and I just started training for it and I
realised that I could probably do it. I did twenty seven thousand jumping jacks.

OBJAŚNIENIA

the hardest part was finding somebody to listen to me for that long - najtrudniejsze było znalezienie
kogoś, kto by mnie tak długo słuchał

VOCABULARY

versatile

- wszechstronny

record breaker

- zdobywca rekordów

the most

- najwięcej

to break a record

- pobić rekord

currently

- obecnie

yodelling

- jodłowanie

jumping jack

- podskok do rozkroku, 'pajac'

to realise

- zdać sobie sprawę

LESSON 24

The most versatile record breaker in the world

Ashrita Furman: The funny thing was, that next to the jumping jack record there was the somersaulting,
and I said ' Well, that would be kinda neat to have two records one next to each other in the book'. So then
I started training for the somersault, but you get very, very dizzy and then I said, 'No, no, I can't do that,
that's crazy'.
I was rolling around and rolling over glass and dirt but I was so happy because I did a quarter of a mile. And
even though I was black and blue and covered in dirt and everything, I was thrilled that I had gone that
distance.
I have the fastest mile - 19 minutes11 seconds and also the longest distance - 12 and a quarter miles. That
was really hard. You have to go continuously but they allow you to stop to throw up, which you have to
do... often.

OBJAŚNIENIA

the funny thing was that - zadziwiające było to, że he got dizzy - w głowie mu się kręciło

I have the fastest mile = I have the record for the fastest mile

VOCABULARY

versatile

- wszechstronny

jumping jack

- podskok do rozkroku, 'pajac'

somersault

- przewrót, koziołek, fikołek

somersaulting

- koziołkowanie

kinda neat

- (=kind of neat) tu: fajnie by było

to train

- trenować

dizzy

- mający zawroty głowy

crazy

- szalony

to roll around

- tarzać się, turlać się

to roll over

- obrócić się, przekoziołkować

glass

- szkło

dirt

- brud, również: ziemia, błoto

quarter

- ćwierć

black and blue

- tu: posiniaczony

covered

- pokryty

thrilled

- zachwycony, podekscytowany, rozentuzjazmowany

to allow

- pozwalać

to throw up

- zwymiotować

LESSON 25

Extreme English

16 / 19

The most versatile record breaker in the world

Ashrita Furman: One of my absolute favourite records is pogo stick jumping and I've done that all over the
world. I went up Mount Fuji in Japan - that was one of the first distance records I set on a pogo stick. I've
also set the fastest mile on a pogo stick, which I did in Antarctica. It took me 17 minutes and 45 seconds to
go for a mile and the problem was, about three quarters of the way through, the spring on the pogo stick
broke. It froze, so I quickly had to change pogo stick. I ended up finishing the mile but it was difficult.
Another pogo sticking record that I have is pogo sticking under water and this is crazy, but I got this idea, I
jumped into a nearby pool with my pogo stick, I tied some weights around my waist and almost drowned
but I finally figured out how to do it.
And I did that in the Amazon River for three hours and 40 minutes and I almost got eaten by piranhas.

OBJAŚNIENIA

I went up Mount Fuji - wspiąłem się na Fudżi
I ended up finishing the mile - w końcu przebyłem tę milę

VOCABULARY

versatile

- wszechstronny

favourite

- ulubiony

pogo stick

- kij ze sprężyną, do skakania

to jump

- skakać

all over the world

- na całym świecie

to set a distance record - tu: przebyć najdłuższy dystans, ustanowić rekord w dziedzinie przebytego

dystansu

to set the fastest mile

- ustanowić rekord czasu na milę

three quarters

- trzy czwarte

spring

- sprężyna

to break

- złamać się

to freeze

- zamarznąć

to change

- zmienić, wymienić

to end up

- skończyć (się) na tym, że

to tie

- przywiązać

weight

- tu: ciężarek

waist

- pas, talia

to drown

- tonąć

to figure out

- pojąć, zrozumieć

piranha

- pirania

LESSON 26

The longest running play, the highest earning Australian pop singer, the fastest growing plant

The longest running play in the world is 'The Mousetrap' by Agatha Christie. It's a 'whodunnit'. This
'whodunnit' has been running for over 50 years. It has been performed in 40 countries. It has been seen by
over 10 million people. And after each performance there is a special announcement:

"Ladies and gentlemen, in order to preserve the tradition of 'The Mousetrap', we ask you to keep the secret
of 'whodunnit' locked in your hearts."

Kylie Minogue is the highest earning Australian pop singer.

And the fastest growing plant in the world is a sort of bamboo. It grows so fast you can almost see it
growing. It grows almost one metre a day!

OBJAŚNIENIA

'whodunit' - (o sztuce, filmie, książce) kryminał, zagadka kryminalna; słowo to jest kolokwialnym skrótem
od: who has done it - kto to zrobił

this play has been running for over 50 years - ta sztuka wystawiana jest od 50 lat (w zdaniu pojawił się czas
The Present Perfect Continuous - czynność zaczęła się w przeszłości i nadal trwa)

it has been performed in 40 countries - wystawiono ją w 40 krajach (it has been performed - została
wystawiona; w zdaniu tym występuje strona bierna, podobnie w następnym w zdaniu it has been seen -
została obejrzana)

we ask you to keep the secret of 'whodunnit' locked in your hearts - prosimy was, abyście sekret 'Pułapki'
utrzymali w głębokiej tajemnicy (dosłownie: zamknięty w sercach)

VOCABULARY

Extreme English

17 / 19

the longest running

- tu: najdłużej grany, wystawiany

the highest earning

- najlepiej zarabiający

the fastest growing

- najszybciej rosnący

play

- sztuka (teatralna), przedstawienie, spektakl

pop singer

- wykonawca muzyki pop

plant

- roślina

mousetrap - pułapka na myszy 'whodunit' - zagadka kryminalna, kryminał
to run

- (o sztuce, spektaklu) być wystawianym

to perform

- wystawić, wykonać

performance

- spektakl, przedstawienie, koncert, wykonanie

announcement

- ogłoszenie, obwieszczenie

to preserve the tradition

- zachować tradycję

bamboo

- bambus

one metre a day

- metr na dzień

LESSON 27

The best selling copyright book in the world, the fastest selling book in history and the highest
earning author

Dave Hawksett: The record that we hold ourselves is for the best-selling copyright book in the world and, I
think, the latest estimates are* that worldwide, since the book began in 1955, we've sold well over 90
million copies of the book.
As well as being the best-selling copyright book, we've also heard that it's the book that's most often stolen
from libraries, but of course, that would be very, very difficult to prove and, obviously, not to be
encouraged.
When the fourth Harry Potter book was released in 2001, it became the fastest selling book in history. It
sold more copies in one weekend than any other book before it. 350 thousand copies in one day alone in
the United Kingdom. The author of the Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling, became the highest earning
author.
* the latest estimates refer to the year 2002

OBJAŚNIENIA

the record that we hold ourselves is for... - rekord, którym my sami możemy się poszczycić, to...

VOCABULARY

the best-selling

- (o książce) najlepiej się sprzedający, bestsellerowy; (o autorze) najpopularniejszy

copyright book

- książka objęta prawami autorskimi

the fastest selling

- najszybciej się sprzedający

the highest earning

- najlepiej zarabiający

author

- autor książki, powieściopisarz

the latest estimates

- najnowsze dane (przybliżone, szacunkowe)

worldwide

- na całym świecie, w skali globalnej

to sell

- sprzedawać

to steal

- kraść

library

- biblioteka

to prove

- udowodnić

to encourage

- zachęcać

to release

- tu: wydać, opublikować

in one day alone

- w ciągu jednego tylko dnia

LESSON 28

The most intelligent parrot in the world.
The superlative.

Irene Pepperberg: Alex, look. Can you tell me, how many?...How many?... Two. That's right. Can you tell
me, what's different? Colour. You're right. And what colour is this? Yellow. That's right, it's yellow. That's
right . Good parrot. Oh, you're such a good boy!
We don't really know if parrots are more intelligent than other birds. Parrots are among the clearest talkers
of the birds. Mynah birds will also talk but they're a little bit more nasal and grey parrots are probably
amongst the clearest of the talkers, which is why I chose to work with greys.

Extreme English

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OBJAŚNIENIA

w naszych lekcjach używaliśmy często przymiotników w stopniu najwyższym (the superlatives). W
przypadku przymiotników jednosylabowych stopień ten tworzymy dodając -est do stopnia podstawowego i
nie zapominając oczywiście o przedimku określonym the na początku
Old. This dog is old. This dog is the oldest dog in the world.
Rich. This woman is rich. This woman is the richest woman in the world. Big. This house is big. This house
is the biggest house in the world.
jeśli dwie ostatnie litery przymiotnika to samogłoska i spółgłoska - tak jak w przypadku słów big, flat, czy
mad, to w stopniu wyższym i najwyższym ta spółgłoska zostanie podwojona
big - bigger - the biggest flat - flatter - the flattest mad - madder - the maddest

VOCABULARY

parrot

- papuga

the superlative

- stopień najwyższy przymiotnika

how many

- ile

what's different

- jaka jest różnica, co jest inne

you're such a good boy - słowa pochwały pod adresem papugi
clear talker

- ktoś, kto wyraźnie mówi

mynah

- majna (gatunek ptaka)

nasal

- nosowy, o nosowym brzmieniu

to chose

- wybierać

greys (=grey parrots)

- papugi szare

LESSON 29

The most intelligent parrot in the world.
The superlative.

Irene Pepperberg: At this point, he can identify about 50 different objects, he knows seven colours, five
shapes, he knows quantities to six. Alex, what matter? Paper. That's right, it's paper. Can you tell me what
shape paper? What shape? Corner. How many corners? Four corners. That's right, four corners. Thank you.
Alex doesn't learn things parrot fashion. All of his labels are meaningful to him. If he requests a nut and you
give him a banana, you will be wearing the banana because he will pick it up and throw it at you.

OBJAŚNIENIA

Alex, what matter? (tu: Alex, what is it made of) - tu: z czego to jest? z czego to jest zrobione?
Stopień najwyższy (the superlative) przymiotników wielosylabowych tworzymy dodając the most przed
przymiotnikiem

beautiful

- the most beautiful sensational - the most sensational intelligent - the most intelligent

wonderful

: This place is wonderful. This place is the most wonderful place in the world.

profitable

: This football club is profitable. This football club is the most profitable football club in the

world.

beautiful

: This girl is beautiful. This girl is the most beautiful girl in the world.

VOCABULARY

parrot

- papuga

the superlative - stopień najwyższy przymiotnika
at this point

- tu: obecnie

to identify

- zidentyfikować

shape

- kształt

quantity

- ilość; tu: liczba

matter

- materia, substancja, tworzywo

corner

- róg

parrot fashion - tu: jak papuga, bezmyślnie
labels

- tu: karteczki z napisami

meaningful

- znaczący, mający znaczenie

to request

- poprosić, zażyczyć sobie

nut

- orzech

to wear

- nosić

to pick up

- podnieść

to throw at

- rzucić

Extreme English

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LESSON 30

The most intelligent parrot in the world.
The superlative.

Irene Pepperberg: Alex can produce almost all of the sounds of English speech. He has a little bit of trouble
with final 's' - so he'll say 'Alec' instead of 'Alex'. He will say things like: 'I wanna go', 'chair', 'I want banana',
'D'you want a nut?' Things like that. He will interrupt the younger bird's training sessions to tell him to talk
clearly or say better. It's never going to approach the level you or I have, but it certainly is about that of a
very young child.
Alex does practise his speech. He practises in the evening after we leave him and he sits there playing with
the sounds and he'll go: 'been green' and play with what he's learned during that day, to perfect it.

OBJAŚNIENIA

he has a little bit of trouble with - ma trochę kłopotów z to say better - tu: powiedzieć coś lepiej,
poprawniej
Stopień najwyższy (the superlative) przymiotników dwusylabowych tworzymy albo przez dodanie końcówki
-est, np.
pretty - the prettiest easy - the easiest simple -the simplest
albo przez dodanie
the most przed przymiotnikiem
famous - the most famous
nervous - the most nervous tragic - the most tragic
W niektórych przypadkach stopień najwyższy przymiotników dwusylabowych (zwłaszcza tych zakończonych
na '-y') można tworzyć na dwa sposoby, np.:
sunny - the sunniest - the most sunny funny - the funniest - the most funny clever - the cleverest - the
most clever
W większości przypadków stopień najwyższy przymiotników dwusylabowych tworzymy poprzez
dodanie the most:
So, when in doubt - use the most!
No i nie zapominajmy o przymiotnikach stopniowanych nieregularnie, takich jak:
good - better - the best
bad - worse - the worst

VOCABULARY

parrot

- papuga

the superlative

- stopień najwyższy przymiotnika

sound

- dźwięk

speech - mowa wanna = want to nut

- orzech

to interrupt

- przerywać

training

- szkolenie, kształcenie

to talk clearly

- mówić wyraźnie

to approach the level

- zbliżać się, osiągać poziom

to practise

- ćwiczyć, praktykować

to leave

- zostawiać

to perfect sth

- udoskonalać, doskonalić coś