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(shí)候應(yīng)該都幻想過自己在天上飛的場(chǎng)景吧！飛翔象征著自由，象征著人類對(duì)自我的超越。跳傘就是這樣一項(xiàng)讓人遐想許久、欲罷不能的運(yùn)動(dòng)。把跳傘玩得最好的女性當(dāng)屬艾米·切米萊基，一個(gè)從小就把目光投向高空的女飛人。她是紅牛飛行隊(duì)（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(xiàng)世界紀(jì)錄。她將自己的愛好和事業(yè)集中在了跳傘運(yùn)動(dòng)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(yùn)動(dòng)員。她從13歲起就開始學(xué)習(xí)跳傘，從此，少女艾米便與跳傘結(jié)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(jī)會(huì)。第一次自由落體的經(jīng)歷讓她意識(shí)到了這一點(diǎn)：跳傘運(yùn)動(dòng)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(xué)的三年里，艾米一有空就盡可能地去跳傘。大學(xué)畢業(yè)后，艾米便前往美國(guó)西部亞利桑那州的跳傘基地繼續(xù)練習(xí)跳傘。

“18歲那年，我有了第一次跳傘的經(jīng)歷，我體會(huì)到這是一件可以一直做下去的事情，只要你想堅(jiān)持下去。我對(duì)這個(gè)選擇從未感到后悔，”艾米說。

2001年，艾米獲得了她的第一個(gè)贊助。從贊助商那里，她進(jìn)一步接觸到了花樣跳傘、飛鼠裝滑翔運(yùn)動(dòng)和風(fēng)洞飛行，并選擇了它們作為自己的終身職業(yè)。“我感覺面前出現(xiàn)了一條大路。這感覺很棒。這讓我堅(jiān)信我一定會(huì)有一個(gè)順利的職業(yè)生涯，并度過愉快的時(shí)光?！?/p>

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(chuàng)造了11項(xiàng)世界紀(jì)錄。不僅如此，她還積極參加著各種不同的訓(xùn)練。艾米說：“大部分人會(huì)在一段時(shí)間內(nèi)苦練某項(xiàng)技能，直到獲得冠軍，之后就止步不前了。而對(duì)于我來說，學(xué)習(xí)并掌握一項(xiàng)新技能總能讓我熱血沸騰?！?/p>

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(huì)兒

fire sb. up 激勵(lì)、鼓舞某人

1) skydiver [5skaIdaIv[] n. 花樣跳傘運(yùn)動(dòng)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(zhí)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(shè)，為……鋪平道路

8) decade [5dekeId] n. 十年

9) discipline [5dIs[plIn] n. 訓(xùn)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(duì)應(yīng)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(jī)上跳下時(shí)，先自由墜落一段時(shí)間后再張開降落傘。在這段時(shí)間里，跳傘運(yùn)動(dòng)員可以嘗試一些個(gè)人或團(tuán)體的造型。

②wingsuit flying（飛鼠裝滑翔運(yùn)動(dòng)），一種人體飛行運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)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(jìn)行滑翔運(yùn)動(dòng)。飛鼠裝的腳部之間及手臂下方都連著翅膜，從高空躍下時(shí)，這些翅膜能提供一些必要的升力。值得注意的是，這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)危險(xiǎn)性極高。

③tunnel flying（風(fēng)洞飛行），一項(xiàng)運(yùn)用空氣動(dòng)力學(xué)在人造風(fēng)洞中模擬自由落體、空中飛行的運(yùn)動(dòng)。參與體驗(yàn)者可以利用風(fēng)洞產(chǎn)生的高速強(qiáng)烈氣流“飛行”，體驗(yàn)懸浮之感。

①③②:srew sn A