"Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time"
(Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay during their Everest expedition)
Sir阁下，爵士 Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest珠穆朗玛峰. On May 29, 1953 he scaled the highest mountain then known to man-29,000 feet straight up直率地，真实地. He was knighted授予爵位 for his efforts.
He even made American Express card美国运通卡 commercials because of it! However, until we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.
You see, in 1952 he attempted to climb Mount Everest, but failed. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to address its members.
Hillary walked on stage to a thunderous像打雷的 applause. The audience was recognizing an attempt at greatness, but Edmund Hillary saw himself as a failure. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the edge of the platform.
He made a fist握拳 and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a loud voice, "Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going to grow... but I'm still growing!"
相关单词：mount
mount解释：n.山峰，乘用马，框，衬纸；vi.增长，骑上（马）；vt.提升，爬上，装备
mount例句：
Their debts continued to mount up.他们的债务不断增加。
She is the first woman who steps on the top of Mount Jolmo Lungma.她是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰的女人。
相关单词：applause
applause解释：n.鼓掌，喝彩，赞许
applause例句：
His appearance on the platform was greeted with a burst of applause.他一登上台就博得了一阵热烈的掌声。
His speech won round after round of enthusiastic applause.他的演讲博得了一阵又一阵的热烈掌声。
相关单词：microphone
microphone解释：n.扩音器，麦克风，话筒
microphone例句：
He gave a tap at the microphone before speaking.他在讲话前先轻叩了一下扩音器。
She behaved naturally before the microphone.她在话筒前表现自然。
相关单词：pointed
pointed解释：adj.尖的，直截了当的
pointed例句：
He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
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