The highest mountain in the world is in Asia.世界最高峯在亞洲。
It is called Mount Everest.它叫珠穆朗瑪峯。
The first man to climb to the top of it was Sir Edmund Hilary.第一位登上珠峯的`人是希拉里爵士。
He was an Englishman who used the services of the local shepherd guides.他是英國人，藉助了當地牧民導遊的幫助。
The most famous of these shepherds was Shepherd Tenzing who helped Hilary.其中最有名氣的當數丹增middot;諾爾蓋。
Since the 1950s when Mount Everest was first conquered, many others have tried.自從50年代珠峯第一次被征服以來，許多人都在進行嘗試。
Many people have died trying to climb Everest and other mountains.在攀登珠峯和其它山峯的途中，許多人失去了生命。
When asked why he climbed it, Hilary simply answered, ldquo;Because it is o;當人們問到爲什麼要攀登珠峯時，希拉里很簡單地回答：ldquo;因爲它在那兒。rdquo;
This pioneering attitude has driven countless others to attempt mountaineering.這種開拓精神激勵了無數的攀登者。
When we go very high, the air contains less oxygen.越往上攀登，空氣中的氧氣含量越少。
We call this thin or rare air.我們稱之爲空氣稀薄。