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Approach to Expo 2010 Expo 2010 Shanghai China will be held from May 1st to October 31st. There is no doubt that the Chinese people will present to the world a successful exposition. Do you want to participate in the grand meeting? Let me show you some basic facts about the Expo.
★ The Expo Emblem
The emblem features the Chinese character “世” which means the world. It is modified to represent three people holding hands together with the date 2010.
★ The Expo Theme
The theme of Expo 2010 is “Better City, Better Life”, representing the common wish of the humankind for better living in future urban environments. It represents a central concern of the international community for future policy making and urban sustainable development.
★ The Expo Mascot
The name of the mascot of Expo 2010 is Hai Bao, which means the treasure of the sea. It is created from the Chinese character“人”, which means people. Hai Bao is the good-will ambassador of Shanghai Expo, embracing friends from all over the world with his arms and confident smile.
Expo 2010: Making City Better
Expo 2010 Shanghai China will be a great event to explore the potential of urban life in the 21st century, and it will also be an important period in urban development. Fifty-five percent of the world population is expected to live in cities by the year 2010. The prospect of future urban life, a subject of global interest, concerns all nations, developed or less developed, and their people.
Being the first World Exposition on the theme of city, Expo 2010 will attract about 200 nations and international organizations as well as 70 million visitors to take part in. From May to October, participants will display urban civilization to the full extent, exchange their experiences of urban development, spread advanced ideas on cities and explore new approaches to human habitat, lifestyle and working conditions in the new century. They will learn how to create an eco-friendly society and maintain the sustainable development of human beings.
★ Expo Words
Expo 2010 Shanghai China 2010年上海世博会
Expo Emblem世博会会徽 Expo Theme世博会主题
Expo Mascot世博会吉祥物 Expo Souvenir世博会纪念品
Expo Park/Site世博园(区) Expo Village世博村
Theme Pavilion主题馆 International Pavilion国际馆
Enterprise Pavilion企业馆 China Pavilion中国馆
Expo Dining Center世博餐饮中心 Information Center信息中心
Service Center 服务中心 Expo First-aid Center世博急救中心
Expo’s Information Booths 世博信息展示台
Volunteers: We Are Ready
By the end of 2009, more than 600 thousand people had entered for the voluntary work, and there was a considerable amount of youth.
Volunteers will be divided into two categories: those offering voluntary services in the Expo Site and those working across the city.
Expo Site volunteers mainly provide visitors and the organizers with services including information, reception, translation, assistance for the disabled, and assistance in public order maintenance, media service, events organization and volunteer management. The city volunteers are stationed at service stations and in the Expo’s information booths outside the Expo Site at key transportation centers, tourist attractions, restaurants, hotels, etc. They offer services including information, translation and even first aid.
The volunteers have their own logo. The main part of the logo is composed of the Chinese character “心” which means heart. It implies the conscientiousness and cordiality of volunteers.
Something Impressive in World Expo
World Expositions are galleries of human inspirations and thoughts. Since 1851 when the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations was held in London, the World Expositions have experienced more than 100 years.
★ The Most Frequent Host
The United States held the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in New York City in 1853. After that World Expo was held another dozen times in the United States, respectively in 1876, 1893, 1904, 1915, 1926, 1933, 1939, 1962 , 1964, 1974, 1982 and 1984, ranking first in all countries.
★ The Largest
World Expo
The 1939 New York World Expo, which covered 1,216 acres of a park, was the largest World Expo of all time. Over 44 million people attended its exhibits in two seasons. That was the first exposition to be based on the future, with an opening slogan of “Dawn of a New Day” and the theme of “Building the World ofTomorrow”.
★ The First World Expo
Held in Asia
Expo’70 was held in Osaka, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. This was the first World Expo held in Asia. A popular highlight of the Expo was a large moon rock exhibited in the United States pavilion. It was brought back from the moon by Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969.
Taste Bud’s Travel Around the Worldin World Expo 2010
How will you spend your summer vacation?Do you want to share the joy with global visitors and enjoy the delicious food from all over the world? Come and join in the Expo!
Food may be one of the most attractive things in the Expo. When you visit the World Expo Shanghai 2010, your taste buds will travel around the world too.
To provide visitors with various food choices and, at the same time, meet the dining demands of large numbers of visitors, the organizer of the World Expo 2010 has mainly introduced Chinese food and western fast food, a snack square, and ethnic restaurants into the site.
In the Expo Park, you may have the chance to taste French champagne, Ukrainian borsch, Beijing roast duck, Swiss grilled sausage... Moreover, Spanish cooking, Brazil roast beef, and Japanese cooking. If your stomach is big enough, you may taste all these in the pavilions of different countries.
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feature 以……为特色 modify 调整 urban 城市的
international community 国际社会 sustainable 可持续的
ambassador 大使 potential 潜力 organization 组织、机构
participant 参与者 civilization 文明 full extent充分
habitat 居住地 eco-friendly 生态友好的 enter for 报名参加
voluntary 志愿的 considerable 可观的 category 类别
reception 接待 disabled 残疾人 maintenance 维护
events organization 活动组织 station 安置
transportation center交通枢纽 tourist attraction 旅游景点
conscientiousness 尽心尽责 cordiality 热忱
gallery 展览馆
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations 万国工业产品博览会
acre 英亩(≈4050m2)slogan 口号 Apollo 12 阿波罗12号飞船
taste bud 味蕾 attractive 吸引人的 ethnic 民族的
champagne 香槟酒 Ukrainian borsch 乌克兰红菜汤
Swiss grilled sausage 瑞士烤香肠 Brazil roast beef 巴西烤肉
