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Soaring Through the Sky 无可取代的飞行快感：飞行伞运动

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Since the dawn of time, humans have dreamed of what it would be like to soar through the sky like our fine ___1___ friends, the birds. Just imagine peacefully gliding over nature and looking down to see the world from a completely new ___2___. If this notion has your imagination soaring, you may want to try your hand at an exciting sport called paragliding.

自盘古开天辟地以来，人类就想象如我们的朋友──鸟类──遨游天际的感觉。如果只消平静地想象──静静地滑过旷野、从完全不同的新视野俯看大地──就使你的想象力高涨，那你可能会想尝试一种称为飞行伞的刺激运动。

Paragliding ___3___ in the 1960s as a method of teaching parachutists how to land safely. So, instead of jumping out of airplanes, trainees grabbed their parachutes and jumped from cliffs. Or, as an alternative, they would tie a rope ___4___ their waist and get towed into the air by a vehicle. Pretty soon, the trainees became more interested in these short flights than they were in jumping from planes, and paragliding was ___5___. In the following years, a special device, called a paraglider, was developed to improve the flights. A paraglider consists of two parts: a canopy, which is the large fabric wing that keeps pilots in the air, ___6___ a special harness, which is the apparatus they sit it. By the 1980s, paragliding had developed into a full-fledged sport. Today, corporations sponsor top pilots as they aim to fly the farthest or perform acrobatic, death-defying ___7___ in mid-air.

源自1960年代的飞行伞运动，它被视作一项教导伞兵如何安全降落的方式。是故，受训者不从飞机上一跃而下，而是紧抓着降落伞从悬崖跳下，亦或在训练者的腰际上绑一条绳子、由车子将他们拖拉至半空中。较之从飞机上跳下，受训者不久后反而越来越喜欢这种短程飞行，而飞行伞运动也应运而生。几年后，发展出一套飞行伞的特殊装备，作为改善飞行之用。飞行伞有两个部分：让驾驶者能遨翔天际的大型织布翼型伞衣，与让驾驶者安坐的特制索具。飞行伞运动于1980年代发展的愈加完善。今日，当顶尖驾驶员计划飞得更远或计划表演空中危险特技时，就有企业会赞助他们。

With a little ___8___, anyone can learn how to paraglide. After learning the basics in a classroom, you’ll start ___9___ leaping from gentle hills until you’re accustomed to the feeling. From there, you can jump from ___10__ cliffs and fly over more adventurous terrain. With paragliding, the sky’s the limit.

任何人只需少许的训练，就可学习如何操纵飞行伞。当你在教室里学到基本技巧后，你可先驾着飞行伞从缓坡跃下开始练习。而直到你熟悉那种感觉之后，你可从更高的悬崖跳下或飞过惊险的地形。有了飞行伞后，天空将是无尽的宽广。

－by Jamie Blackler

Vocabulary

单词发音

dawn [dɔn] n. 开端 a first appearance; a beginning

glide [glaɪd] v. 滑翔

perspective [pɚˋspɛktɪv] n. 看法，观点

notion [ˋnoʃən] n. 概念；想法

try one’s hand at something 尝试着做某件事 to try doing something for the first time

paragliding [ˋpærə͵glaɪdɪŋ]  n. 高崖跳伞运动; 滑翔伞运动

parachutist [ˋpærə͵ʃutɪst] n. 跳伞者；伞兵

trainee [treˋni] n. 受训者

waist [west] n. 腰，腰部

tow [to] v. 拖，拉；牵引

device [dɪˋvaɪs] n. 设备，装置

canopy [ˋkænəpɪ] n.（降落伞的）伞体

harness [ˋhɑrnɪs] n. 降落伞背带

apparatus [͵æpəˋretəs] n. 设备，装置

full-fledged [ˋfʊlˋflɛdʒd] adj. 全面发展的; 经过全面训练的; 成熟的 having reached full development; mature

sponsor [ˋspɑnsɚ] v. 资助，赞助

acrobatic [͵ækrəˋbætɪk] adj. 特技表演人的

defy [dɪˋfaɪ] v. 抗拒

stunt [stʌnt] n. 惊人的表演，绝技；惊险动作

accustomed [əˋkʌstəmd] adj. 对...熟悉的，习惯于...的

terrain [ˋtɛren] n. 地形；地势

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