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珠穆朗瑪峰，是世界海拔最高的山峰，位於中國與尼泊爾邊境線上，是世界最高峰。2005年珠峰巖石面海拔高程8844.43米的精確測定和公布，具有嚴密的科學性、嚴格的法定性，作為中國統一採用的標準數據一直採用。2020年12月8日，珠穆朗瑪峰最新高程8848.86米。
KATHMANDU, Nepal - The world's highest peak just became a tiny bit higher. Nepal and China, the two countries that share a border on Mount Everest, announced a new official measurement of the mountain's height on December 8, 2020: 8,848.86 meters, or 29,031.69 feet.
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That's about 3 feet higher than the most commonly used measure of Everest's height that came from a survey conducted by India in the early 1950s.
The announcement - which was broadcast live on national television in Nepal - is the culmination of an exhaustive process involving two trips to the summit and years of measurements to calculate Everest's precise height above sea level.
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01 culmination
1⃣️ 🔍 牛津詞典
3⃣️ 中文釋義 ✅ n.頂點，最高峰
4⃣️ 文中同詞替換：peak = summit= top
02 Exhaustive
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4⃣️ 中文釋義 ✅ adj. 詳盡的；徹底的
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"We can be confident that this is the most accurate height of Everest that we have ever had," said Susheel Dangol, Nepal's chief survey officer, who headed the project. "It was a huge responsibility on our part. It is a moment of great pride for us.」
Head the project= lead the project
Experts say that Tuesday's figure is likely to become the standard height for Everest. "It will be difficult to improve on the new number," said Roger Bilham, a geologist at the University of Colorado. The measurements taken by Nepal are "remarkable for their density.」
density n.密度
Geologists say that the height of Everest is a moving target, thanks to shifting tectonic plates and the occasional earthquake. The former pushes the mountain's height ever-so-slightly upward each year, while the latter can cause it to sink.
Tectonic adj. [地質] 構造的；地殼構造上的
For Nepal, the drive to measure Everest was partly an exercise in national pride. Despite being home to the world's highest peak, Nepal had never conducted its own measurement. Starting in 2018, Nepal announced it would spend $1.3 million on the project.
3⃣️ 中文釋義 ✅ n. 決心，雄心 💪⛽️
The country's surveyors employed two methods to measure the mountain: the first was based on trigonometry, a time-tested technique that is also known as a leveling survey. The second used the latest technology, relying on a combination of readings from a satellite navigation system and a complex model of sea level.
Trigonometry n. 三角學
拓展：shapes vocabulary
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The calculations by both countries "have synchronized well enough to reach this single figure," he said. "It couldn't have been more accurate than this.」
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03 Synchronize
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Everest -- known as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet --straddles Nepal and China. Climbers can approach the summit from either side, but the Nepalese route has long been more popular. In 2019, crowding on the mountain may have contributed to one of the deadliest climbing seasons in years.
Nepal shut its borders to tourists during the pandemic but recently reopened to climbers. Most people seeking to summit Everest climb the mountain in the spring, particularly in May, when the weather is more favorable forascents.
04 ascent
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While Everest is the highest mountain in the world, it is not technically the tallest as measured from base to peak. That superlative belongs to Hawaii's Mauna Kea, which is largely underwater.
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文章原文標題
It's official: Mount Everest just got a little bit taller
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By Ankit Adhikari and Joanna Slater, Washington Post
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culmination
exhaustive
density
tectonic
trigonometry
synchronize
ascent
寶藏詞：drive