This is what she wrote about landing in northern Canada and jumping out of the plane.

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And the fact that we're always facing some risk of death recedes into the background in the way that most of us don't hear background noise-- that what jumping out of an airplane does for you is it spikes the risk of death.

我们一直面对的某些死亡的风险,这种情况下变成了背景声音,因为我们大部分人都听不到背景的噪声-,而跳下飞机带给你的,是死亡的风险上升。

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Or maybe you could be wanting to try some extreme sports like skydiving, jumping out of an airplane.

又或者你想尝试一些极限运动，比如跳伞，直接从飞机上跳下来。

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