美国霍尔奎斯特夫妇获封世界最高夫妻
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Their height made Wayne and Laurie Hallquist seem like an ideal match when they met seven years ago, and on Thursday they were matched with something else -- the title of world's tallest living married couple.

当韦恩和劳瑞·霍尔奎斯特在七年前相遇时,他们的身高让他们看起来简直是绝配。本周四,这二人又配上了另一样东西——世界最高在世夫妻的称号。

Wayne Hallquist, 6 feet 10.4 inches tall and his wife Laurie Hallquist, 6 feet 5.95 inches from Stockton, California appear at an event in Hollywood to form Guinness World Record’s new “Tallest Married Couple” in Hollywood, California November 18, 2010.
Wayne Hallquist, 6 feet 10.4 inches tall and his wife Laurie Hallquist, 6 feet 5.95 inches from Stockton, California appear at an event in Hollywood to form Guinness World Record’s new “Tallest Married Couple” in Hollywood, California November 18, 2010.

Guinness World Records bestowed1(使用,授予) that towering distinction to the Hallquists in a ceremony under the marquee(大天幕,华盖) at its Hollywood museum. The couple arrived in a white limousine2(豪华轿车) , with Wayne sporting a tuxedo3(无尾礼服) and Laurie in a white wedding dress.

The Hallquists, who live in Stockton, California, measure a combined 13 feet, 4 inches, or 407.4 centimeters, to be exact. He stands 6 feet 10.4 inches, she 6 feet 5.95 inches, the Guinness organization said.

"It's a whole different perspective up here, and we can find each other quite easily in a crowd," Laurie told Reuters.

"We can see several people going bald(秃顶的,光秃的) that might not know it at the moment," joked Wayne, 57, who works as a telephone company wire splicer4(接合东西的人) .

The Hallquists said that when they met at a church singles club in 2003, they could tell that others around them were sizing up a possible love affair because of their height.

"She walked in, everyone looked at her, then they looked at me," Wayne said.

But while Wayne said it was love at first sight for him, Laurie their first meeting came up short.

"He talked about the size of my hands and feet, which is kind of a no-no," said Laurie, 46. "And then the second time we had a chance to talk, I figured out he was a really good guy."

They have been married for seven years, but it took the Hallquists until this year to contact Guinness World Records.

The couple said they were discouraged at first from making a play for(勾引) world's tallest couple, because they read online that a man and a woman each standing5 over 7 feet had married in the 19th century.

Only this year did they realize they could compete in another category: world's tallest living married couple.

Guinness previously6 listed a couple in England -- Wilco and Keisha van Kleef-Bolton -- as the world's tallest couple at a combined height of 13 feet, 3 inches.



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1 bestowed 12e1d67c73811aa19bdfe3ae4a8c2c28     
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
  • He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。
2 limousine B3NyJ     
n.豪华轿车
参考例句:
  • A chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady.司机为这个高贵的女士打开了豪华轿车的车门。
  • We arrived in fine style in a hired limousine.我们很气派地乘坐出租的豪华汽车到达那里。
3 tuxedo WKCzh     
n.礼服,无尾礼服
参考例句:
  • Well,you have your own tuxedo.噢,你有自己的燕尾服。
  • Have I told you how amazing you look in this tuxedo?我告诉过你穿这件燕尾服看起来很棒吗?
4 splicer c38715c42796492c58f255205dbfd363     
n.接合东西的人,连接工具;接带器;铅工
参考例句:
  • The paper described the3-D aligning theory of single-mode fiber fusion splicer and its align-ing methed in3-dimension. 本文介绍了单模光纤熔接机三维自动对准原理,以及三维自动对准的实现方法。 来自互联网
5 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
6 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前,先前(地)
参考例句:
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
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