期頤之年，極限跳傘

山東 孫啟祿

1On May 29, Rut Larsson became the oldest skydiver in the world. Rut Larsson is 103 years old. And yet she has just become the oldest parachutist in the world. This Swedish grandmother realized her dream at last.She jumped at the Motala airfield,240 km southwest of Stockholm.

2When Rut Larsson was in her 90s, she became fascinated with flying and started experimenting with paragliding and ballooning as a way to enhance her physical fitness. In 2019, she did her first parachute jump at 101 years old. But it was not a world record. In the same year, American Kathryn Hodges completed a jump at 103 years old.

3Now Rut Larsson has passed the respectable age and was ready to take over the world record at 14 o'clock on Sunday,in the same place where she jumped three years ago, just at the Motala airfield. Rut Larsson completed her world-record jump accompanied by parachutist Joackim Johansson in Motala. Her family and friends were there to celebrate her accomplishment, along with a judge from the Guinness Book of World Records.

4With this jump, she became the oldest skydiver in the world, at 103 years and 259 days, improving by 78 days the record held so far by an American of 103 years and 181 days.

5“Slowly sliding down from the top, I found that nice,” said the record holder. “An American broke the record. So I had to beat the American's record,” laughs Rut Larsson.“It was wonderful to do this. I had been thinking about it for a long time.”

Reading Check

一、閱讀自測

1. What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?

A. The dream of a Swedish grandmother.

B. The popularity of skydiving in Sweden.

C. The world's oldest skydiving record holder.

D. The experience of a Swedish grandmother.

2. What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A. An American broke Larsson's record in 2019.

B. Larsson began to learn flying at the age of 90.

C. Larsson attempted to set a world record at the age of 101.

D. Hodges did a parachute jump in 2019.

3. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 5 probably refer to?

A. Learning skydiving. B. Breaking the record.

C. Seeing the record holder. D. Celebrating Larsson's success.

4. Which of the following words can best describe Larsson?

A. Generous. B. Serious.

C. Confident. D. Knowledgeable.

二、語篇解碼

本文的主題語境為“人與自我”，屬于“挑戰自我”的范疇。103歲的瑞典老奶奶于5月29日與一名跳傘員成功進行雙人高空跳傘，這位瑞典老奶奶也因此成為世界上最年長的跳傘者。

三、語言學習

（一）語料薈萃

語篇單詞重要短語realize vt. & vi. 意識到；實現 jump vt. & vi. 跳躍；跳過；躍過 experiment vi. 做試驗；進行實驗n. 實驗；試驗 record n. 記錄；記載；唱片 complete vt. 完成；結束respectable adj. 體面的；值得尊敬的 celebrate vt. & vi. 慶祝；慶賀 accompany vt. 陪同 accomplishment n. 完成；成就；成績 improve vt. 提高；改進；改善realize one's dream 實現某人的夢想 in one's 90s 在某人九十多歲時 experiment with 用……做試驗 enhance one's physical fitness 增強某人的體質 be ready to do準備好做 take over 取代；接管 along with 和……一起 so far 迄今為止 break the record 打破紀錄 for a long time 很長時間

（二）語句分析

1. Now Rut Larsson has passed the respectable age and was ready to take over the world record at 14 o'clock on Sunday, in the same place where she jumped three years ago, just at the Motala airfield. 現在，魯特·拉松已經到了一定的高齡，周日14點，她準備在三年前跳下的同一個地方——穆塔拉機場——打破世界紀錄。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句。 where引導的是限制性定語從句，并在從句中作地點狀語。

2. Her family and friends were there to celebrate her accomplishment, along with a judge from the Guinness Book of World Records. 她的家人和朋友以及《吉尼斯世界紀錄大全》的一位裁判都在那里慶祝她的成功。

【點石成金】本句是“主系表”結構，to celebrate her accomplishment是動詞不定式短語作目的狀語，along with a judge...是介詞短語作狀語。

3. With this jump, she became the oldest skydiver in the world, at 103 years and 259 days, improving by 78 days the record held so far by an American of 103 years and 181 days. 通過這次跳傘，她以103歲259天的年齡成為世界上年齡最大的跳傘者，比迄今為止由美國人保持的103歲181天的紀錄多了78天。

【點石成金】本句是“主系表”結構，With this jump是介詞短語作狀語，improving by 78 days...是V-ing形式作伴隨狀語，held so far by...是V-ed形式作定語。

四、語言運用

（一）例句仿寫

1. 當我看到那張老照片時，我總是回憶起我們第一次相遇的場景。

As I saw the old photo, I always looked back on the scene ________________.

2. 李白與其他著名詩人一起，在唐代創作了許多杰出的作品。

Li Bai, _____________, created lots of extraordinary works in the Tang Dynasty.

3. 這部基于真實事件改編的電影最終取得了成功。

The movie, _____________, turned out to be a success.

（二）寫作實踐

你校校報正面向全體學生征集運動故事。 請你以“My sports story”為題，寫一篇短文投稿。 內容包括：

1. 怎樣接觸到這項運動的；

2. 運動帶來的益處；

3. 未來的規劃。

注意：

1. 詞數80左右；

2. 可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。

My sports story

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