苦樂參半的勝利
Taiwanese female mountaineer, Chan Chiao-yu, successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 27.
台灣女性登山者詹喬愉，5月27日成功登上聖母峰。
mountaineer(n.)登山家successfully(adv.)成功地summit(n.)山頂=mountaintop
Despite overcrowding at the mountaintop and the rising number of reported deaths of climbers, she managed to pull off the feat, making her the second Taiwanese woman to do so in history.
雖然遇到山頂登山客人潮過多，和一路攀升的登山者罹難人數，她仍然成功地完成這項創舉，成為史上第二位聖母峰攻頂的台灣女性。
overcrowding(n.)人潮擁擠pull off成功做到feat(n.)創舉death(n.)死亡(人數)
Due to weather factors and an increased number of climbing licenses, about 200 climbers tried to summit Mount Everest at the same time on May 22, causing a "traffic jam" on the mountaineering route.
由於天氣因素，以及登山許可證的核發數增加，今年約有200位登山者試圖要在5月22日登上聖母峰，造成登山路線的大塞車。
mountaineering(n.)登山活動
Since normally people can only spend a few minutes at the summit without extra oxygen supplies, the area near the peak where the climbers were queuing turned into a "death zone."
由於一般來說，在沒有多餘氧氣供應的情況下，人只能在山頂待幾分鐘，登山者於山頂附近排隊的地方就成為了「死亡區域」。
oxygen(n.)氧氣supplies(n.)供給量queue(v.)排隊=line
Because of the crowded conditions on the route and the recent increase in deaths of climbers, Chan decided to descend to a lower base camp, which is 6,400 meters above sea level.
由於山頂大塞車，登山死亡人數也逐漸增加，詹喬愉只好先退回海拔6400公尺的營區。
increase(n.)增加descend(v.)往下走、下降
She thought about giving up because of her weakened physical state, but she eventually decided to complete her journey.
她的健康狀況不佳，一度考慮要放棄，但最後她還是決定要完成這個旅途。
weakened(adj.)減弱的state(n.)狀態=conditioneventually(adv.)=finally=in the end最後
“My legs were really sore, and I coughed like I was going to throw up. But I kept thinking that I couldn’t give up. I decided to take advantage of the remaining few hours in order to reach the peak,” she said.
「我的腳很痠，而且我咳嗽咳到幾乎要吐了，但我還是一直想著不能放棄。我決定要把握剩餘的幾個小時登頂。」她說。
take advantage of利用remaining(adj.)剩餘的peak(n.)=summit山頂
Finally, Chan set off again around 7:30 pm local time and successfully reached the summit at the 8,848-meter mark at 3:16 am on May 27.
最後，詹喬愉再次於當地晚間7點半左右出發，而且成功地在5月27日上午3點16分抵達標記8848公尺的聖母峰頂。
set off出發=set out
While celebrating her accomplishment, Chan said it was a pity to have not been able to reach the summit at sunrise.
詹喬愉為自己的成就感到欣喜之餘，卻也說沒有辦法在日出時抵達山頂非常可惜。
accomplishment(n.)=achievement成就
She also felt sorry for those who lost their lives during the journey. The emotional nature of the experience makes her achievement a bittersweet success.
同時她也替在旅途中犧牲生命的登山者感到遺憾。這段感傷的旅程讓她的成就變成了苦樂參半的勝利。
feel sorry for對～感到遺憾bittersweet(adj.)苦樂參半的