香港迪斯尼乐园开幕

Disneyland Opens in Hong Kong

香港迪斯尼乐园开幕

 

One of America's most popular entertainment icons², Mickey Mouse, has arrived at his newest home in Asia. Disney opened its latest theme park Monday in Hong Kong with tens of thousands of people joining the festivities.

 

With Sleeping Beauty's castle in the background, Mickey Mouse and Disney's cartoon friends arrived in Hong Kong Monday greeted by a colorful traditional Chinese lion dance.

 

Michael Eisner: I now declare Hong Kong Disneyland officially open.

 

Disney's Chief Executive Michael Eisner officially opened Disneyland's first theme park in China to thousands of visitors, celebrities³ and senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials in a distinctly "East meets West" atmosphere.

 

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Children from Hong Kong and from other Disney theme parks sang "It's A Small World" in Chinese, Japanese, French and English with the auspicious⁴ color red dominating the scene.

 

Only six years ago, the site of Hong Kong Disneyland was a mere⁵ speck⁶ of rocky beach. But a massive land reclamation⁷ transformed it into a wide expanse of fake forests, rivers, castles and futuristic space rides.

 

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Hong Kong Disneyland is a close replica⁸ of the original Disneyland theme park in California, but with a distinctly Chinese flavor in a bid to attract millions of tourists from China. For a measure of good luck, the park's opening day was chosen based on Chinese geomancy or feng shui. Its restaurants offer Chinese-inspired menus and Mickey Mouse and friends can be seen wearing the traditional Chinese outfit⁹.

 

Roy Tan Hardy¹⁰, Hong Kong Disneyland's vice¹¹ president for marketing¹² and sales, says demand for tickets has been strong.

 

Roy Tan Hardy: We've created a world class family vacation destination right here in Hong Kong. Whether the guest comes from Taiwan, Beijing, Sydney or right here in Hong Kong, guests in Hong Kong Disneyland resort will make magical memories that would last a lifetime.

 

The park expects more than five million visitors in its first year.

 

The Hong Kong government owns more than half of the theme park, which cost more than $3 billion to build. The government hopes to earn at least $19 billion over the next 40 years.

 

But that happy ending appears to be clouded by the possibility that Disney might build a new theme park in China in the next few years, potentially robbing the sparkle from Hong Kong.

 

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But for now, the whole city seems to be under the spell of the so-called Disney Magic.

 

Heda Bayron, VOA News, Hong Kong.

 

注释：

icon¹ [5aikRn] n. 偶像，代表

celebrity¹³ [si5lebriti] n. 名人

auspicious [C:s5piFEs] n. 吉祥的，幸运的

speck [spek] n. 一点点

reclamation [7reklE5meiFEn] n. 开垦，改造

futuristic [fju:tFE5ristik] adj. 未来的

replica [5replikE] n. 复制品

geomancy [5dVi(:)EumAnsi] n. 泥土占卜

outfit [5autfit] n. 全套服装

magical [5mAdVikEl] adj. 不可思议的

potentially [pE5tenF(E)li] adv. 潜在地

 

1 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

2 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

3 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

4 auspicious   

adj.吉利的；幸运的，吉兆的

参考例句：

• The publication of my first book was an auspicious beginning of my career.我的第一本书的出版是我事业吉祥的开始。
• With favorable weather conditions it was an auspicious moment to set sail.风和日丽，正是扬帆出海的黄道吉日。

5 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

6 speck   

n.微粒，小污点，小斑点

参考例句：

• I have not a speck of interest in it.我对它没有任何兴趣。
• The sky is clear and bright without a speck of cloud.天空晴朗，一星星云彩也没有。

7 reclamation   

n.开垦；改造；（废料等的）回收

参考例句：

• We should encourage reclamation and recycling.我们应当鼓励废物的回收和利用。
• The area is needed for a land reclamation project.一个土地开垦项目要在这一地区进行。

8 replica   

n.复制品

参考例句：

• The original conservatory has been rebuilt in replica.温室已按原样重建。
• The young artist made a replica of the famous painting.这位年轻的画家临摹了这幅著名的作品。

9 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

10 hardy   

adj.勇敢的，果断的，吃苦的；耐寒的

参考例句：

• The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。
• He is a hardy person.他是一个能吃苦耐劳的人。

11 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

12 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

13 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。