中国摄影师拍摄珠峰美景

安徽 王保霞

为了纪念人类第一次挑战攀登珠穆朗玛峰100周年，两名来自中国的年轻人前往珠穆朗玛峰进行摄影之旅。 在日出时分，山峰变成了粉红色，这样的壮丽景色让两人在旅行中兴奋不已。

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1To commemorate (纪念) the 100th anniversary of mankind's first Mount Qomolangma expedition， two young men from China went on a photography trip to the mountain.

2The two photographers arrived at the mountain by following the same path taken by the English mountaineer and explorer George Mallory， who had died on one of his climbs of Mount Qomolangma. They arrived at a place called the Kada Valley where they could admire the mountain. Seen from this angle， the magnificent mountain appeared like a massive pyramid.

3Ma Chunlin is a photographer born in 1995 in Chengdu. In 2019， he saw the Kada Valley on the map， and realized that it would be a good platform for shooting pictures of Mount Qomolangma. Dong Shuchang， born in 1998 and from Yinchuan， northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region， was crowned the overall winner of the 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. With a similar interest， Dong joined Ma.

4Because the route had not been taken by any explorer for a period of 100 years after Mallory， before embarking on the journey， Ma and Dong carefully studied 400 pages of documents recording Mallory's trip and then planned their own route. The preparatory work lasted three months.

5Setting off on Sept. 23， the two had to deal with bad weather and road conditions， as well as encountering some very dangerous animals before they finally arrived at the Kada Valley.

6In the early morning of Sept. 26， the clouds began to fade away， finally granting a view of the giant mountain before them.

7“Words couldn't express my feelings at that moment. The mountain peak turned pink during the sunrise， and we couldn't help crying out loud ‘Mount Qomolangma glows! ’” The miraculous view lasted for two hours， during which the two photographers were able to clearly spot the climbing route along the mountain's northern slope.

8The photos taken by the two photographers during their journey were taken up by the Chinese National Geography magazine. The two photographers declared that they were happy about this opportunity and thought that their trip was worth all the effort despite all the difficulties they had encountered.

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Language Study

Ⅰ. Analyze the difficult sentence in the text

Setting off on Sept. 23， the two had to deal with bad weather and road conditions， as well as encountering some very dangerous animals before they finally arriving at the Kada Valley. 两人于9月23日出发，他们不得不应对糟糕的天气和路况，以及在最终抵达卡达山谷之前遇到的一些非常危险的动物。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句，Setting off on Sept. 23是现在分词短语作时间状语，before引导时间状语从句。

Ⅱ. Memorize some text-centered chunks

go on a trip 去旅行

arrive at 到达

deal with 处理

as well as 除……之外；也；还

fade away 逐渐消失

at that moment 在那时；就在那一刻；在那一瞬间

cry out 喊叫；呼喊

take up 开始从事；占据；接受