让地球见证 男子太空求婚感动女友

 　　Jason Hakala is a video specialist, so his marriage proposal was probably always going to be a recording¹.

　　杰森·哈卡拉是一位视讯专家，所以他的求婚仪式大概也会通过录制一段视频的方式。

　　The Seattle man Hakala has now gone viral after filming a grand marriage proposal to his longtime girlfriend, Stella Yee.

　　此人名叫哈卡拉，来自西雅图，他拍摄了一场盛大的求婚仪式，献给他长期交往的女友斯特拉·绮，如今他已在互联网上大红大紫。

　　He sent a helium-filled weather balloon with his phone and and a GoPro camera attached to it 90,000 feet in the air, and the camera captured his phone playing a pre-recorded message from space.

　　他把自己的手机和一部极限运动专用相机绑在充满氦气的气象气球上，气象气球升到了9万英尺的高空，相机在空中翻录下了手机上播放的一段他提前录制的视频。

　　That message reduced Stella to tears, and many others as well now after the video was posted to YouTube.

　　这段视频让斯特拉感动得热泪盈眶，这段视频被上传到YouTube视频网站上之后，也让许多观者感动得热泪盈眶。

　　In it Hakala says: 'Hey babe. The time has finally come. It took me a trip to space to finally get the balls to do this. But I love you so much and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me, Stella Yee?'

　　在这段视频里，哈卡拉说道：“嗨，亲爱的。这一刻终于到来了。只有当此刻‘我’升上太空的时候，我才鼓起勇气问你这个问题。我太爱你了，我想与你共度此生。斯特拉·绮，你愿意嫁给我吗？”

　　And she ofcourse said yes.

　　她的回答当然是我愿意。

　　Hakala told that he made the balloon using a PVC pipe and attached a GPS so he and his friends could track where it landed.

　　哈卡拉说，他用聚氯乙烯塑料管制作了这只气球，还在气球上安装了卫星导航，这样他和女友就能追踪到它降落的地点了。

　　They launched it from a field three hours east of Seattle.

　　他们在西雅图以东三个时区的位置发射了这只气球。

　　The next day Hakala took his girlfriend - who he first met in high school - and her family on a hike in Washington.

　　第二天，哈卡拉带着他的女友——他们是在同一所高中认识的——以及女友的家属一起去华盛顿徒步旅行。

　　After reaching the summit² they aimed to conquer, he played the space video in front of everyone.

　　当他们来到预定抵达的山顶上时，他在所有人面前播放了这段以太空为背景翻录的视频。

　　The proposal took place in 2012, but Hakala only just uploaded the video online.

　　这场求婚仪式发生在2012年，不过哈卡拉最近才把这段视频上传到网上。

　　The couple were married in Hawaii and now have a 13-month-old daughter named Suvi.

　　这对恋人已经在夏威夷结婚了，现在有一个名为苏薇的一岁零一个月大的小女儿。

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 summit   

n.最高点，峰顶；最高级会议；极点

参考例句：

• They climbed up the mountain and reached the summit.他们爬山，最终达到了山顶。
• The summit of the mountain is lost in the cloud and mist.山顶隐没在云雾之中。