【初中英语作文成长故事带翻译】英语美文夜读：Edmund Hillary成长的不断鼓励故事(包括音频)

Still Growing继续增长

sir Edmund Hillary is famous for being the first person to climb mt . Everest .

埃德蒙希拉里爵士是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰顶峰的人，因此闻名世界。

what many people do not know is that sir Hillary did not make it to the top of Everest the first time he tried the first attempt was a complete failure。his C1 im bing party encountered one problem after another and more than half his climbing party died .

但是很多人不知道希拉里爵士第一次尝试攀登珠穆朗玛峰时没有登上顶峰。他的第一次登山以彻底的失败告终。他们接连遇到问题，登山队中一半以上的人丧生。

None the less，the British parliament decided to honor him with some type of award . when he entered the chamber to receive his award，sir he

尽管如此，英国议会还是决定给他某种奖励。希拉里爵士走进议会大厅领奖时，看到里面竖立着一幅大珠穆朗玛峰的画。

during the standing ovation that he was receiving，he walked over to the picture，shook his fist at it and said，' you won，This time

大家站起来热烈欢迎希拉里爵士。这时，他走到画前，对着画挥舞着拳头说。“这次赢了。但是你这么高，不会再长大了，我还长着呢。”

we frequently hear the stories of people who have succeeded . and we frequently assume that they succeeded the first time .

我们经常听成功人士的故事。我们经常认为他们是第一个成功的。

But in fact it's the exact opposite。

但事实恰恰相反。

the road to success is paved with the bricks of failure。

成功的道路是用失败的砖头铺设的。