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The hotel is run by owner Mrs. Fleischer.
"It's so nervous."
For years, her friends have been trying to convince her to undertake a tandem parachute jump. And now, at the ripe old age of 65, she has finally agreed to take the plunge. Skydiving isn't for the faint-hearted, But it can be for the young-at-heart.
She has a good jump and lands conveniently, directly in front of her own hotel.
"I want to do it again."
"It was good. You did a great job,ma'am."
"Grandmother has survived."
Her first jump is a big event in Voss and a reason for all her friends to 1 with champagne.
Meanwhile, our German couple, C. and L. decide to take on one of the most spectacular boat trips in Norway. They are on their way to see the Geirangerfjord. (Hello.) First stop on the boat is the captin's deck and a special look at what goes on behind the scenes.
It's very interesting to see all these stuff inside.
I think we have …
Autopilot they get, huh?
The monitor and …
The landscape is worth taking a closer look. They can see the first outlined parts of the fjord. This is the fjord of all fjords.
The Geiranger is the embodiment of the Norwegian idyllic countryside. A 2 relic of the Ice Age, it has 1000-meter-high sheer rockfaces and branches penetrating up to 100 kilometers in land.
注釋：① take the plunge 冒險嘗試；采取決定性步驟
例句：1.The climber never seems to take the plunge until he gets to know the mountain.
登山者在對大山了如指掌之前是不會輕易冒險攀登的。
② tandem n. 串聯；串座雙人自行車 adj. 串聯的
例句：1. How many people are going to do a tandem jump?
一共有多少人參加跳傘活動?
2. I've never ridden a tandem bicycle before.
我從來沒騎過雙人自行車。
③ embodiment n. 體現；化身；具體化
例句：1. She's the embodiment of kindness. 她是慈祥的化身。
2. The new factory is the embodiment of the very latest ideas. 這座新工廠是那些最新設想的體現。
課后題目: 學習完后，你能告訴我文章中空缺的單詞嗎？
