The snow-capped peak provides a dramatic backdrop to the city of Portland, some 20 miles (30 kilometers) away.

白雪覆盖的山顶成为20多英里（30公里）外的波特兰市引人注目的背景。

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Several years ago, when I was just a few weeks away from a big trip through Southeast Asia, I was at the peak of excitement.

几年前，在我还没去东南亚旅行的前几周，我极度的兴奋。

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Egypt, where August is a peak month for tourists from other Arab countries, has launched a festival to entice this high-income clientele to come and celebrate away from home.

每年8月，埃及都会成为其他阿拉伯国家游客的首选之地，迎来它的旅游旺季。今年埃及已经开始举办了一个旅游节，以此来招揽这些高收入的游客，让他们走出家门来埃及庆祝。

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If the optimists are right and peak oil is decades away, we have time to develop new technologies to harness alternative energies.

FORBES: Peak Oil Plan

Wall Street firms seeking peak performance have turned away from all-purpose servers to specialized technology solutions developed for a particular task, said participants at 2011 High Performance Computing Linux Financial Markets in New York.

FORBES: High End Trading Tech is Specialized

With holiday prices rising dramatically in the summer, it says the changes could also help families get away outside the peak season.

BBC: Strike pledge over school summer holiday and term changes