Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb31highest peak (山峰) in the Alps. 32mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop33and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not34his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber35was planning to climb the highest peak.
Franz was very angry when he found out36Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, too. Franz also didn’t want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top37him.
Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,38as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and couldn’t go on farther. Franz39behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the40to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to41him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was42and hurt. Rudi must decide whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.
He thought Saxo’s life was more43than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz continued the climb, and finally44reached the top. Later, the villagers45knew Rudi was the real conqueror (征服者) of the mountain.
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