英语小达人每天10分钟 74 Parachuting Problem

[00:00.38]Unit 2 Parachuting Problem 第二单元 跳伞问题 [00:05.19]As the helicopter hovered in mid air, Shannon strapped on her parachute. 直升机盘旋在半空中时，香农绑好了她的降落伞。 [00:09.56]Her crew was sent to put out a fire that had spread over 200 miles. 她那一队组员要被派往扑灭已绵延两百英里以上的火势。 [00:14.31]There were no roads to reach the fire, so the firefighters were arriving by helicopter. 由于火灾地点没有道路可以抵达，消防队员便坐直升机前来。 [00:20.18]She waited for her turn and then jumped. 等轮到她跳伞时，她便一跃而下。 [00:23.38]Because this was Shannon's eighth year and she had experience jumping out of helicopters, she was not particularly nervous. 香农已经工作了八年，过去又有从直升机上跳伞的经验，所以并没有特别紧张。 [00:31.32]But when her chord jammed and her chute didn't open, Shannon panicked. 不过当她的伞带卡住，降落伞打不开时，香农慌了起来; [00:37.01]To make matters worse, she was heading straight for the heart of the fire. 更糟的是，她正往起火中心落下。 [00:41.39]She was falling fast, if she did not get her chute open soon she was going to die. 她往下坠的速度很快，如果降落伞不快点打开，她便要一命呜呼了。 [00:48.09]Just then, below her, she saw the man who had jumped out of the helicopter before her. 就在那时，她看到在她前面跳下直升机的那个人就在她正下方。 [00:54.20]She knew if she wanted to live she was going to have to grab onto him and she could float down with him. 她知道如果自己想活命就得抓住他，然后和他一起用降落伞飘下去。 [01:01.31]She was quickly getting closer and closer. She positioned herself and she grabbed onto his leg. 很快，她越靠越近，调整最适当的位置后一把抓住他的腿。 [01:08.30]The man was shocked, but pulled Shannon up and together they landed safely on the ground. 那个人吓了一跳，接着拉起香农，和她一起平安着陆。

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