Everest

基本解釋

Also on the plaque: a big rock gathered on the summit of Everest during that same expedition.
同時在這塊牌匾上，還裱著一塊當時從珠穆朗瑪峰山頂采集的巖石。
He did them all, except for climbing Everest, for which he found he did not have the patience.
他都做到了，除了爬珠穆朗瑪峰（那是因為他發(fā)現(xiàn)他沒那耐心）。
But what if I said there is a place even higher than Everest, with a gentle three-degree slope that you could stroll up?
但如果我說還有比珠峰更高，卻只有三度左右的平緩坡度以至于你能漫步其上的地方，你會怎么想呢？

On May twenty-ninth, nineteen fifty-three, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to reach the summit of Everest.
You could have the identical experience of climbing Mount Everest, let's say, so that you'll feel the wind bracing you.
你能獲得一模一樣的體驗,比如說攀登珠穆朗瑪峰，你能感受到風吹襲你。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選
Strictly speaking, that's not true, because you're not up on Mount Everest. There is no wind.
嚴格地說，那不是真實的，因為你不在珠穆朗瑪峰上，沒有風。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選

the highest mountain on earth, situated on the border between Nepal and Tibet in the west of China