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An 88-year-old man from Bosnia is living proof that extreme sports are not just for young people.
极限运动不仅仅是年轻人的专利，一位来自波斯尼亚的88岁老人就是活生生的例子。
Ibrahim Kalesic stays in shape by jumping out of airplanes.
易卜拉欣·卡莱西奇通过从飞机上跳伞来保持身材。
And he has done so over almost 1,500 times.
他已经跳了近1500次。
The sport is called parachuting.
这项运动被称为跳伞。
It involves using a special cloth called a parachute to jump out of an airplane high above the ground.
它涉及使用一种名为降落伞的特殊布料从离地面很高的飞机上跳下来。
The parachute reduces the speed at which a person falls.
降落伞会降低人下落的速度。
Kalesic was introduced to the sport more than 70 years ago.
卡莱西奇在70多年前就开始接触这项运动。
Over the weekend, he completed his 1,487th jump during a parachuting competition held in the western Bosnian town of Bihac.
上周末，他在波斯尼亚西部城镇比哈奇举行的跳伞比赛中完成了自己的第1487次跳伞。
He told Reuters, “I feel super, rested psychologically and enjoying great company.”
他告诉路透社：“我感觉很棒，心理得到了放松，很享受陪伴的感觉。”
He also said, “I am the oldest active parachuter in Europe.”
他还说：“我是欧洲最年长的活跃的跳伞员。”
As a young man, Kalesic underwent training at a flying center in Serbia.
年轻时，卡莱西奇曾在塞尔维亚的一个飞行中心接受训练。
He later became a parachuting instructor.
后来，他成为了一名跳伞教练。
In 1963, he set a record in the former Yugoslavia by jumping out of a plane that was 5,500 meters above sea level.
1963年，他在前南斯拉夫创造了一项记录，即从海拔5500米的飞机上跳下来。
Kalesic does more than jumping out of airplanes to stay healthy and fit.
为了保持健康，卡莱西奇不只从飞机上跳伞。
He told Reuters he exercises each day for 15 minutes.
他告诉路透社，他每天锻炼15分钟。
His wife, he said, makes sure he eats healthy foods.
他说，他的妻子确保他吃健康的食物。
He follows some other simple steps to keep fit at his age.
他遵循其他一些简单的步骤来保持他这个年龄的健康。
Kalesic said, “Parachuting is an extreme sport and requires concentration. To be well concentrated, one has to sleep well, and to sleep well one has to have a clear consciousness that one has not offended or harmed anyone…”
卡莱西奇说：“跳伞是一项极限运动，需要集中注意力。要集中注意力，就必须睡好觉，而要睡好觉，就必须清楚地意识到自己没有冒犯或伤害任何人……”
I’m Gregory Stachel.
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