耄耋妇人为慈善事业跳伞

A grandmother has done somethingquite special to celebrate her 90thbirthday—she’s jumped out of a plane.Shirley Robinson， from the UK， got askydiving experience as a birthdaypresent from her family.

有位老奶奶做了一件相当特别的事来庆祝她的 90 岁生日———她从飞机上跳了下来。来自英国的雪莉·罗宾逊体验了一次跳伞，这是家人送给她的生日礼物。

Her grandson Matthew said that the family were talking about what to getRobinson for her 90th birthday， and suggested ideas such as bungee3 jumpingand skydiving， as a joke. But to her family’s surprise， Robinson decided4 totry skydiving.

罗宾逊的孙子马修说，一家人正在讨论给她的90 岁生日买什么礼物，并开玩笑地提出了蹦极和跳伞等想法。但令家人惊讶的是，罗宾逊决定尝试跳伞。

“I went for the skydiving as I thought it would be more gentle5 than a bungeejump，”she said in an interview with . Robinson jumped out of the planeand an instructor6 was with her to make sure it was safe.

“我选择跳伞，是因为我以为这比蹦极要和缓一些。”她在接受英国广播公司新闻频道的采访时说。罗宾逊跳下飞机，一名教练和她一起跳以确保安全。

This isn’t the first time that Robinson has celebrated a birthday high up in theair， as she went on a hot air balloon trip for her 70th birthday. But this time， shedecided to use her time in the sky to help others， too.

这已经不是罗宾逊第一次在高空庆祝生日了，因为她在70 岁生日时进行了热气球旅行。但是这一次，她还决定用她在空中的时间去帮助他人。

Robinson used her skydiving to raise money for a charity that helps homeless7people in the UK. So far， she has raised over $6，200 for the charity. Skydiving at 90years old is impressive8， but Robinson is not the oldest person to have ever done it.A 103-year-old woman from Sweden is the oldest person to have done a skydiving.

罗宾逊利用跳伞为一家慈善机构筹集资金，这家机构旨在帮助英国无家可归的人。到目前为止，她已经为慈善机构筹集了6200 多美元。90 岁高龄跳伞令人印象深刻，但罗宾逊并不是参与这项运动最年长的人。瑞典一名103 岁的老妇人是完成跳伞最年长的人。