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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年上海世博會(huì)

Expo Emblem世博會(huì)會(huì)徽 Expo Theme世博會(huì)主題

Expo Mascot世博會(huì)吉祥物 Expo Souvenir世博會(huì)紀(jì)念品

Expo Park/Site世博園(區(qū)) Expo Village世博村

Theme Pavilion主題館 International Pavilion國(guó)際館

Enterprise Pavilion企業(yè)館 China Pavilion中國(guó)館

Expo Dining Center世博餐飲中心 Information Center信息中心

Service Center 服務(wù)中心 Expo First-aid Center世博急救中心

Expo’s Information Booths 世博信息展示臺(tái)

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.

閱讀中，你遇到“攔路虎”了嗎?請(qǐng)參考

feature 以……為特色modify 調(diào)整 urban 城市的

international community 國(guó)際社會(huì) sustainable 可持續(xù)的

ambassador 大使potential 潛力 organization 組織、機(jī)構(gòu)

participant 參與者civilization 文明 full extent充分

habitat 居住地eco-friendly 生態(tài)友好的 enter for 報(bào)名參加

voluntary 志愿的considerable 可觀的 category 類別

reception 接待disabled 殘疾人 maintenance 維護(hù)

events organization 活動(dòng)組織 station 安置

transportation center交通樞紐 tourist attraction 旅游景點(diǎn)

conscientiousness 盡心盡責(zé)cordiality 熱忱

gallery 展覽館

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations 萬(wàn)國(guó)工業(yè)產(chǎn)品博覽會(huì)

acre 英畝(≈4050m2)slogan 口號(hào)Apollo 12 阿波羅12號(hào)飛船

taste bud 味蕾attractive 吸引人的ethnic 民族的

champagne 香檳酒Ukrainian borsch 烏克蘭紅菜湯

Swiss grilled sausage 瑞士烤香腸Brazil roast beef 巴西烤肉