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The world's highest mountain Mount Everest is 0.86m higher than had been previously officially calculated, Nepal and China have jointly announced.

Until now the countries differed over whether to add the snow cap on top. The new height is 8,848.86m.

China's previous official measurement of 8,844.43m had put the mountain nearly four metres lower than Nepal's.

语言点

1. Mount Everest 珠穆朗玛峰

2. officially calculated 官方测量

· calculate v. 计算，测量

3. jointly do sth. 共同做某事

· jointly organize 联合主办

· jointly produce 联合制作

· We organized the conference jointly.

我们共同组织此次会议。

· 注：在写作中，“联合做某事”用do sth. jointly会比do sth. together更为正式

4. differ over sth. 对某事存在不同意见

· The two sides differed over the question of pay.

双方没有谈妥报酬问题。

5. official measurement 官方测量数据

· measurement n. 测量的结果(usually expressed by numbers)

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