My army troop was learning how to parachute from a plane. At 12,000 feet, our drill instructor shouted out instructions for surviving a jump from above the clouds at more than 200 m.p.h. A young recruit raised his hand and asked, “Once we jump out, how much time do we have to pull the cord?” The instructor looked back, smiled and said, “The rest of your life.”
我的陸軍部隊(duì)正在學(xué)習(xí)從飛機(jī)上跳傘。在一萬二千尺高空,跳傘教練喊出要在兩百英里時(shí)速從云層上面往下跳的指令。一個(gè)年輕的新兵舉手問道:“我們跳出去以后,有多長時(shí)間可以拉傘繩?”教練回頭看了看,微笑著說:“你余下的生命?!?