John and his friends used to go mountain climbing once every year. This time they have1 to climb mountains in the Swiss Alps.
They reached the famous mountain 2 in the Swiss Alps and were surprised to see many people climbing the mountains. John and his friends started 3 all the mountain climbing gear(装备) and started climbing. In no 4 , they reached the top of the mountain.
After 5 there, John's friends decided to camp there. Then John saw another mountain where only a 6 of people were trying to climb it. He told his friends,"Let us go and climb that mountain too. It will be fun and 7 instead of camping here."A friend replied,"No way! The path is difficult to climb."People nearby hearing this said, "If it's easy to climb, why are we sitting here doing nothing?"8 them, John took that as a challenge and went alone towards climbing the peak.
Two hours later, he reached the top. John was 9 to have climbed the peak. He could see the beautiful views of nature from the top. He started a(n)10 with people there and asked them,"While climbing this peak, I felt it was not so difficult. Then why only a handful of people are here? If people could climb the below peak, they can climb here too if they 11 some effort."A veteran(老兵) replied,"Most people in the crowd right there are happy with what they find 12 . They never think that they have the 13 to achieve more. Many of them do not show any 14 , and they remain part of the crowd the whole life, complaining about the handful of courageous people and call them lucky."
Hearing this, John 15 the veteran for explaining the importance of courage in our life.
