1. In some cities, it is common for people to approach you and offer you a ride.
    在某些城市里，有人走近你，并主动提出载你一程，这是很常见的。

2. It did seem like sky diving, except that there is no diving involved; I floated at about the same level in the tower for the whole bone-shaking ride.
    在这惊心动魄的整个过程中，我在高塔内几乎差不多的高度上飘动。

3. I struggled uselessly to respond to the instructions of my coach, who was shouting above the roar of the fan to tell me how to ride the wind funnel up and down, left and right, by bending various limbs.
    教练的喊声盖过风扇的轰鸣，告诉我如何屈折各肢体来乘着风柱上下左右地飘动，我照着他说的毫无结果地折腾了一番。