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Why I won’t be joining the queue at the top of Everest
? ? ? ? 為什么我不會加入珠峰峰頂?shù)牡巧疥?duì)伍
·名詞性定語從句??queue隊(duì)伍
·Everest
? ? ? ?珠穆朗瑪峰廓俭，它在英文中有兩個(gè)常用名云石，一個(gè)是 Chomolungma，這是它的藏語諧音研乒，另一個(gè)是 Mount Everest汹忠，經(jīng)常被簡稱為 Everest。珠峰是世界海拔最高的山峰，坐落在尼泊爾和中國的西藏邊境線上宽菜，不僅海拔巨高谣膳，而且山路崎嶇兇險(xiǎn)。
For a climber, looking at Nirmal Purja’s picture last week of the queues close to Everest’s summit — delays that may have contributed to several deaths – is something that inspires dread.
? ? ? ? 對于登山者而言铅乡，看著 Nirmal Purja 上周拍的照片會感到不寒而栗继谚。照片拍下了珠峰峰頂附近的長隊(duì)，而（排隊(duì)引起的）延誤可能導(dǎo)致了數(shù)人死亡阵幸。
·inspire? ? vt. 激發(fā)花履；啟示
·dread/dred/
n. 恐懼，害怕挚赊；憂慮
英文釋義：a strong feeling of fear or worry
搭配短語：the dread of losing what we love
詞性拓展：dread（v. 對...感到擔(dān)憂诡壁，害怕）
例句：He's dreading the exam.
It depicts an anxiety-inducing conga line in the death zone above 8,000 metres, where the body can’t properly function, and where movement forwards and backwards is seriously impeded. In a sport where efficient autonomous movement is regarded as crucial to safety, you want to ask, why would you put yourself in this position? The answer is to be found, in large part, in the commodification of the world’s highest mountain.
? ? ? ? 在這張照片中，海拔超過 8咬腕，000 米的“死亡地帶”上排起了一條令人擔(dān)憂的長龍欢峰。在這個(gè)“死亡地帶”，人的身體無法正常運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)涨共，無論前進(jìn)還是后退都步履維艱纽帖。在（登山這樣的）一項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)中，能夠自由高效地活動(dòng)被認(rèn)為對安全至關(guān)重要举反。所以你可能想問懊直，為什么人們要把自己置于這種險(xiǎn)境之中？而答案主要就在于這座世界最高峰的商品化火鼻。
·depict? ? vt. 描述室囊；描畫
康加舞（一種拉美舞蹈），它最大的特點(diǎn)是：跳舞的人有很多魁索，且是排著隊(duì)跳融撞。后來 conga line 經(jīng)常被拿來喻指很長的隊(duì)伍，中文可以翻譯成“長龍”粗蔚。
·death zone
“死亡地帶”尝偎，這個(gè)名字是登山者用來形容海拔高到?jīng)]有足夠氧氣供人呼吸的地帶，一般是 8000 米以上鹏控。根據(jù)數(shù)據(jù)顯示致扯，在攀爬珠峰途中死亡的 200 多人大部分都死于“死亡地帶”。
·where引導(dǎo)的定語從句
·impede/?m?pi?d/
v. 妨礙当辐，阻礙
例句：Rescue attempts were impeded by the storm.
·autonomous? ?adj. 自主的抖僵；
·crucial? ? adj.至關(guān)重要的
·be to be found = can be find??可以找到
·commodification/k??mɑ?d?f??ke?.??n/
n. 商品化；將…視為一件商品（或貨物）
詞根詞綴：commodity（n. 商品）缘揪；-fication（...化）
-fication 派生詞：beautification（n. 美化）耍群；simplification（n. 簡化）
搭配短語：the commodification of knowledge and information
Everest has become largely detached from the rest of climbing and mountaineering. It has become a trophy experience, drawing too many otherwise without much interest in the sport.
? ? ? ? 在很大程度上义桂，其它的攀巖運(yùn)動(dòng)和登山運(yùn)動(dòng)已經(jīng)不能和（登）珠峰相提并論了。（登）珠峰已經(jīng)成為一種光鮮的經(jīng)歷世吨，由此吸引了太多對登山這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)本身并無太大興趣的人澡刹。
·be?become?detached from? 和...分開，分離
·trophy/?tro?fi/
adj. 炫耀性的
詞性拓展：trophy（n. 贏得比賽的人獲得的獎(jiǎng)杯耘婚；戰(zhàn)利品）
搭配短語：to present the trophies
英文釋義：it is used about things that you get because you want to impress other people
·drawing,現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語 =?attract 表吸引
·be withou = do not have 沒有，缺乏
The transactional nature of most Everest attempts has seen a shift in how aspirants view responsibility, moving it away from a question of an individual’s own judgment and subcontracting it to guiding companies, some excellent, some of them far less scrupulous.
? ? ? ? 大多數(shù)攀登珠峰的嘗試所具有的交易性質(zhì)已經(jīng)發(fā)生了變化陆赋，變化在于想要征服珠峰的人們改變了對于責(zé)任的看法：開始沐祷，他們把這項(xiàng)責(zé)任視為個(gè)體的獨(dú)立判斷，現(xiàn)在卻將這項(xiàng)責(zé)任轉(zhuǎn)包給了向?qū)Ч驹艿骸６@些公司（的服務(wù)）有的非常優(yōu)質(zhì)赖临，有的卻遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不夠盡職盡責(zé)。
·transactional/tr?n?z?k??n?l/
adj. 交易型的
詞根詞綴：transaction（n. 交易灾锯，買賣）兢榨； -al（..的，有...性質(zhì)的）
搭配短語：transactional charges/fees
·nature? ?n. 特性顺饮，本質(zhì)
·attempt = efford 努力吵聪，嘗試
·aspirant /??sp?r?nt/
n. 抱負(fù)不凡者；有志者
拓展發(fā)音： /??spa??r?nt/
搭配短語：aspirants to the title of UEFA Champions
·moving it away from A and subcontracting it to B
兩個(gè)現(xiàn)在分詞作方式狀語
·subcontract/?s?b?kɑ?ntr?kt/
v. 分包兼雄，轉(zhuǎn)包
詞根詞綴：sub-（under吟逝，在…之下）；contract（n. 合同）
例句：Some companies would subcontract the translation work out.
·far less??遠(yuǎn)不及赦肋，少得多
·scrupulous/?skru?pj?l?s/
adj. 嚴(yán)格的块攒，嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)模粚徤鞯牡璩耍瑖?yán)格認(rèn)真的
搭配短語：scrupulous attention to detail
For Nepal, where the spring Everest season is a valuable annual source of foreign currency, there is little interest in either limiting numbers or regulating the new cut-price Nepalese companies that have been set up to compete with the expensive foreign-owned guiding outfits.
? ? ? ? 對于尼泊爾而言囱井，春季珠峰攀登季是每年重要的外匯收入來源，因此這個(gè)國家無意于限制登山人數(shù)或管控尼泊爾的新（向?qū)В┕尽@些公司試圖以低廉的價(jià)格來和昂貴的外資向?qū)Ч靖偁帯?/p>
·there is little interest in either A or B 對AB都不敢興趣
·cut-price/?k?t ?pra?s/
adj. 減價(jià)的趣避；（商店）出售減價(jià)商品的
同義詞：cut-rate（美）
搭配短語：cut-price tickets
搭配短語：a cut-price supermarket
·outfit/?a?tf?t/
n. 組織庞呕，公司，團(tuán)隊(duì)鹅巍；全套衣服
英文釋義：an organization, especially a small firm
Looking at Purja’s photo, it is not only dread you sense, but hubris, too. In the suggestion that its summit can simply be bought, a key point has been lost: that climbing is as much about judicious turning back and failure as it is about reaching the top.
? ? ? ? ? 看著 Purja 拍攝的這張照片千扶，你能感受到的不僅僅是恐懼，還有自以為是骆捧∨煨撸花錢就能（登上）珠峰峰頂，但是卻漏掉了很重要的一點(diǎn)：攀登不僅關(guān)乎于登上頂峰敛苇，同樣也關(guān)乎審時(shí)度勢地及時(shí)下撤妆绞、面對失敗顺呕。
·hubris/?hju?br?s/
n. 驕傲自大;（希臘悲劇）傲睨神明
例句：There is a bit of hubris in him.
·that引導(dǎo)的同位從句對key point解釋說明
·sth. is as much about A as it is about B
例句：Marriage ?is as much about responsibility, as it is about?romance
·judicious/d?u?d???s/
adj. 明斷的括饶；明智而審慎的
英文釋義：having or showing reason and good judgment in making decisions
例句：We should make judicious use of the resources available to us.
拓展閱讀
當(dāng)?shù)侵榉宄闪魉€作業(yè)
? ? ? ? 你可能知道攀登珠峰難度大株茶、危險(xiǎn)系數(shù)高，卻不知道原來攀登珠峰價(jià)格不菲图焰，花費(fèi)需達(dá)幾十萬人民幣启盛，包括旅行費(fèi)用、攀登許可證技羔、保險(xiǎn)費(fèi)僵闯，物資、裝備費(fèi)和向?qū)зM(fèi)等藤滥。
? ? ? ? 近年來鳖粟，隨著登珠峰活動(dòng)漸漸商業(yè)化，攀登價(jià)格大幅上漲拙绊∠蛲迹花多少錢取決于你的攀登形式，后勤支持以及從哪一側(cè)攀登”昊Γ現(xiàn)在榄攀，出于環(huán)保因素的考慮，西藏（北坡）標(biāo)準(zhǔn)攀登的名額日益珍稀谨娜。如今全世界絕大多數(shù)珠峰攀登者都會選擇從位于尼泊爾的珠峰南側(cè)登頂航攒。南側(cè)登頂?shù)钠骄ㄙM(fèi)約 42，000 美金趴梢，北坡約為 39漠畜，000 美金。如果一個(gè)客戶配備一個(gè)或多個(gè)西方向?qū)哪掀屡实侵榉逦氚校辽僖?60憔狞，000 美元。普通登山者登不起彰阴，登珠峰變成了“有錢人的探險(xiǎn)”瘾敢。
? ? ? ? 個(gè)人如果想自行組團(tuán)，需要有登上 8尿这，000 米以上雪山的經(jīng)歷簇抵，而如果花錢找了登山公司，這個(gè)登山門檻就可以變低射众。有錢人只要多花錢就能降低登山難度碟摆，配備頂級的登山裝備，從謀劃路線到搭建帳篷都由夏爾巴人安排叨橱，甚至還能把登珠峰變成一種娛樂活動(dòng)典蜕，請來大廚和攝影師断盛，享受美味佳肴和旅游樂趣。
? ? ? ? 在商業(yè)化的影響下愉舔，登珠峰時(shí)只要投入足夠的資金钢猛，登山者就能夠擁有良好的保障和強(qiáng)大的裝備，但即便如此轩缤，出于安全考慮命迈，登山者仍然應(yīng)該在身體上和心理上都做好準(zhǔn)備，來登上這座世界第一高峰典奉。
