Disabled sailor crosses Channel On August 23rd 2005,a British woman who can only move her head,eyes and mouth, sailed across the English Channel and into the record books.Completing her journey in just over six hours,Hilary Lister set a record for the world's longest solo sail by a disabled person.Using only her breathing to navigate her boat,she reached Calais to a hero's welcome.Having arrived in France,Mrs Lister said,'I'm just thrilled',and attributed her success to the people who'd helped her.When she made her crossing,she'd been paralysed for four years.And she'd been sailing for only two.Having lived an active life before her illness,she took up sailing to boost her confidence. Lightning never strikes twice? Roy Sullivan,a forest ranger from Virginia,was struck by lightning seven times in his thirty-six-year career.The first strike was in 1942.He wasn't hit again until twenty-seven years later,driving his truck.The following year,another bolt of lightning burnt his shoulder,while his hair caught fire in a fourth strike in 1972.A year later,Sullivan was driving around the park when a bolt came out of a small cloud,knocking off his shoe.'I actually saw the lightning coming straight for me,'he said.Lightning struck for the sixth time in 1976.But it was the final strike in 1977,while he was fishing,that put him in the Guinness Book of World Records.Two of his Ranger hats,burnt by lightning,are now in Guinness Exhibit Halls-proof that lightning does strike in the same place twice. Child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart showed musical gifts at a very early age,and was already composing his first works when he was four.Born in Salzburg in 1756,he was one of the greatest musical geniuses in history.By the age of six,he'd played before the Austrian empress and had begun to write his earliest symphonies.A year later,he was playing to audiences in London and Paris,astonishing them with his brilliance.He worked all over Europe during the next seventeen years,finally settling in Vienna.He lived just a little over half of Beethoven's life span but was amazingly prolific.He died in 1791,aged only thirty- five,having composed over 600 works,including great operas like The Magic Flute.Just before his death,he'd been composing the Requiem,one of his most famous works. 21.Hilary Lister was the first disabled woman to sail from England to France. 22.Hilary Lister had never done any sailing until two years before the crossing. 23.Lightning struck Roy Sullivan for the third time in 1970. 1379Disabled sailor crosses Channel On August 23rd 2005 , a British woman who can on1y move her head , eyes and mouth , sai1ed across the Eng1ish Channe1 and into the record books. Comp1eting her journey in just over six hours, Hilary Lister set a record for the world' s 10ngest solo sai1 by a disab1ed person. Using on1y her breathing to navigate her boat , she reached Ca1ais to a hero' s we1come. Having arrived in France , Mrs Lister said ，吁 'm just thrilled' , and attributed her success to the peop1e who' d he1ped her. When she made her crossing , she' d been para1ysed for four years. And she' d been sailing for on1y two. Having 1ived an active life before her illness, she took up sailing to boost her confidence. Lightning never strikes twice? Roy Sullivan , a forest ranger from Virginia , was struck by 1ightning seven times in his thirty-six-year career. The first strike was in 1942. He wasn' t hit again unti1 twenty-seven years 1ater, driving his truck. The following year, another bolt of lightning burnt his shou1der, while his hair caught fire in a fourth strike in 1972. A year 1ater, Sullivan was driving around the park when a bolt came out of a small cloud , knocking off his shoe. ‘ I actually saw the 1ightning coming straight for me ,' he said. Lightning struck for the sixth time in 1976. But it was the fina1 strike in 1977 , whi1e he was fishing , that put him in the Guinness Book 0/ World Records. Two of his Ranger hats, burnt by 1ightning , are now in Guinness Exhibit Halls - proof that 1ightning does strike in the same p1ace twice. Child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart showed musica1 gifts at a very early age , and was a1ready composing his first works when he was four. Born in Sa1zburg in 1756 , he was one of the greatest musica1 geniuses in history. By the age of six , he' d p1ayed before the Austrian empress and had begun to write his earliest symphonies. A year 1ater, he was p1aying to audiences in London and Paris, astonishing them with his brilliance. He worked all over Europe during the next seventeen years, finally settling in Vienna. He lived just a 1itt1e over half of Beethoven 1ife span but was amazing1y pro1ific. He died in 1791 , aged on1y thirty￾five , having composed over 600 works, including great operas 1ike The Magic Flute. Just before his death , he'd been composing the Requiem , one of his most famous works. 21. Hi1ary Lister was the first disab1ed woman to sai1 from Eng1and to France. 22. Hi1ary Lister had never done any sai1ing until two years before the crossing. 23 1379