Track 4
from Red Bull
翻譯:Crazier
天高任我飛
My Career Is in the Sky
Track 4
from Red Bull
翻譯:Crazier


大家小時候應該都幻想過自己在天上飛的場景吧!飛翔象征著自由,象征著人類對自我的超越。跳傘就是這樣一項讓人遐想許久、欲罷不能的運動。把跳傘玩得最好的女性當屬艾米·切米萊基,一個從小就把目光投向高空的女飛人。她是紅牛飛行隊(Red Bull Air Force Team)里的第一名女性成員,獲得過許多賽事的冠軍,打破了多項世界紀錄。她將自己的愛好和事業集中在了跳傘運動上,也借此讓自己的生活充滿了激情和歡樂。
Amy Chmelecki always wanted to be a1)skydiver. She began to learn the sport as early as age 13, and continued through her teenage years. She finally got her first chance at the2)legal age of 18. After that first experience of3)freefall, she knew skydiving would be a major focus of her life. Later, Amy earned her skydiving4)license in New York. For the next three years, she would make time to jump as much as possible during college. After college, Amy headed west to practice the sport at Skydive Arizona.
“After I went for a skydive when I turned 18, I realized it was something you could do all the time, if you wanted. I never looked back,” Amy says.
She5)scored her first6)sponsorship in 2001. And from there, she knew that skydiving, wingsuit flying and tunnel flying were going to be her career of choice. “I saw a path7)paved out for me. It was a great feeling. It was like I had no question that I was going to have a good career, and a good time.”
After more than a8)decade, Amy picked up 13 national titles, seven world titles and 11 world records and counting. What’s more, she took part in lots of different9)disciplines. “Most people hang out in a10)specific discipline for a while, win a championship, and then stop. I am always fired up about the next new thing to learn and11)master,” she explains.

艾米·切米萊基一直想成為一名跳傘運動員。她從13歲起就開始學習跳傘,從此,少女艾米便與跳傘結下了不解之緣。到了法定允許跳傘的18歲那年,她終于獲得了第一次跳傘的機會。第一次自由落體的經歷讓她意識到了這一點:跳傘運動將成為自己畢生的追求。隨后,艾米在紐約獲得了跳傘證書。在上大學的三年里,艾米一有空就盡可能地去跳傘。大學畢業后,艾米便前往美國西部亞利桑那州的跳傘基地繼續練習跳傘。
“18歲那年,我有了第一次跳傘的經歷,我體會到這是一件可以一直做下去的事情,只要你想堅持下去。我對這個選擇從未感到后悔,”艾米說。
2001年,艾米獲得了她的第一個贊助。從贊助商那里,她進一步接觸到了花樣跳傘、飛鼠裝滑翔運動和風洞飛行,并選擇了它們作為自己的終身職業。“我感覺面前出現了一條大路。這感覺很棒。這讓我堅信我一定會有一個順利的職業生涯,并度過愉快的時光。”
在之后的十多年間,艾米總共贏得了13次全美冠軍、7次世界冠軍,并創造了11項世界紀錄。不僅如此,她還積極參加著各種不同的訓練。艾米說:“大部分人會在一段時間內苦練某項技能,直到獲得冠軍,之后就止步不前了。而對于我來說,學習并掌握一項新技能總能讓我熱血沸騰。”

詞組加油站
as early as 早在……
make time to/for 抽空做……
head west 往西去
look back 追憶,回顧
pick up 獲得
hang out 常去(某處)
for a while 一會兒
fire sb. up 激勵、鼓舞某人
1) skydiver [5skaIdaIv[] n. 花樣跳傘運動員
2) legal [5li:^l] adj. 合法的,法定的
3) freefall [5fri:fR:l] n. 自由降落式(跳傘)
4) license [5laIsns] n. 許可證,執照
5) score [skR:] v.(成功地)獲得,取得
6) sponsorship [5sp?nsEFIp] n. 資助,贊助
7) pave [peIv] v. 鋪設,為……鋪平道路
8) decade [5dekeId] n. 十年
9) discipline [5dIs[plIn] n. 訓練
10) specific [sp[5sIfIk] adj. 明確的,具體的
11) master [5mB:st[] v.精通,掌握
Know More
你知道下面三張圖片分別對應哪種跳傘類型嗎?
①skydiving(空中雜技跳傘),又稱花樣跳傘。特技跳傘者從飛機上跳下時,先自由墜落一段時間后再張開降落傘。在這段時間里,跳傘運動員可以嘗試一些個人或團體的造型。
②wingsuit flying(飛鼠裝滑翔運動),一種人體飛行運動項目。它使用一種被稱為飛鼠裝或飛行衣(wingsuit)的特殊跳傘裝備來進行滑翔運動。飛鼠裝的腳部之間及手臂下方都連著翅膜,從高空躍下時,這些翅膜能提供一些必要的升力。值得注意的是,這項運動危險性極高。
③tunnel flying(風洞飛行),一項運用空氣動力學在人造風洞中模擬自由落體、空中飛行的運動。參與體驗者可以利用風洞產生的高速強烈氣流“飛行”,體驗懸浮之感。



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