Major Events in Shanghai
2010上海世博会
2010 Shanghai expo
Expo 2010 Shanghai China was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in the city of Shanghai， from 1 May to 31 October 2010. The theme of the exposition is 'Better City - Better Life'and signifies Shanghai's new status in the 21st century as the 'next great world city'. The Expo emblem features the Chinese character 世 ('world'， pinyin'shì') to represent three persous together in is 2010. It has the largest number of participants and is the most expensive Expo in the Expo history. The Shanghai World Expo site was also the largest one ever at 5.28 square km.
2010年上海世界博览会（简称上海世博会）于2010年5月1日至10月31日在中国上海的黄浦江两岸举办。该届世博会的主题是“城市，让生活更美好”，也标志着上海成为21世纪的又一个世界性大城市。世博会标志中的“世”字，形状为三个人形以及2010的年份，体现了“以人为本”的理念。该届世博会是迄今为止参展国家最多、花费最高的，也是占地面积最大的，超过5平方公里。
192 countries and 50 organizations registered to participate in the Shanghai World Expo. A record number. By the end of the Expo， over 73 million people have visited - a record attendance. On 16 October 2010， the Expo set a single-day record of over 1.03 million visitors that day.
192个国家50个组织注册参加上海世博会，是世博会史上参展国家、组织最多的一次。
截至世博会结束时，共计超过7300万的参观游客，2010年10月16日当日的单日游览量达到破纪录的103万人次。
In 2004， the Chinese central government established the Shanghai World Expo Organising Committee as the organization dedicated to organize the event. The Organising Committee set up a Executive Committee which is responsible for the execution and management of expo affairs. Besides， the Shanghai World Expo Coordination is founded for the daily affairs of the Executive Committee.2004年，中国政府组建了负责相关事宜的世博会组委会，组委会又设立了执行委员会负责展会的执行和管理。另外还成立了上海世博局来负责执行委员会的日常事务。
The site of the event was the Nanpu Bridge-Lupu Bridge region in the center of Shanghai along both sides of the Huangpu River. The area of the Expo 2010 covers 5.28 square km.
上海世博会的场地选择在了上海中部黄浦江两岸的南浦大桥和卢浦大桥区域，占地超过5平方千米。
After winning the bid to host the Expo in 2002， Shanghai began a monumental task to reshape the city. More than $48 billion was spent for the preparation， more than the cost of cleaning up Beijing in the preparations for the Olympics in 2008. Shanghai began clearing the area of 2.6 square kilometres along the Huangpu River； that involved moving 18，000 families and 270 factories， including the Jiang Nan Shipyard， which employed 10，000 workers.
在2002年获得世博会举办资格后，上海市开始大规模地进行城市改造，总计花费了超过480亿美元，比北京为准备2008年奥运会的投入还要多。尤其是对黄浦江畔2.6平方公里的区域进行清理，包括迁走18000家住户，270家工厂，拥有10000名员工的江南造船厂也在其中。
Six new subway lines were opened between 2008 and 2010； four thousand brand new taxis were added to the taxi fleets a month before the opening Expo 2010 and the city's buildings along the river were decorated with more energy-efficient LEDs.
2008年到2010年间新开了6条地铁线路；世博会开始前月投入了4000辆出租车，江边的建筑上也装饰了更为节能的
LED灯。
During the Expo， the Expo site was crowded with national pavilions， sculpture gardens， shops， a sports arena and clam-shaped performing arts centre. Besides the national pavilions， there are also corporate pavilions and pavilions for international organizations like the Red Cross. And there were five central theme pavilions at the Expo 2010， displaying different aspects of urban development. They were called Urban Footprints， Urban Planet， Urbanian， City Being and Urban Future.
展会期间，展区内有众多的国家展馆、雕塑公园、商店、体育馆，还有一处蚌型表演艺术中心。除了众多的国家展馆之外，还有企业馆及世界组织馆，例如红十字会展馆等。上海世博会共有5个主题馆，从不同角度展示城市的发展，分别为“足迹”、“城市星球”、“城市人”、“城市生命”和“城市未来”。
Shanghai trained more than 1.7 million volunteers and adopted Olympic security measures， including adding metal detectors to subway entrances and screening cars entering the city.
上海还训练了170万多名志愿者，采用了奥运会的安保措施，在地铁入口安装了金属探测器，并对入城车辆进行审查。
The Shanghai World Expo provided an unparalleled opportunity for the tourism industry. During 2010's Spring Festival， Shanghai received 2.79 million tourists， an increase of 12 percent from the previous year and record high numbers of visitors. Overall Shanghai's tourism revenue achieved an increase of 13 percent year on year during Spring Festival， namely in RMB 2.1 billion .
上海世博会为上海旅游业带来了空前的商机。在2010那年春节期间，有279万游客来到上海，比前一年同比增长了12%，打破了历史记录；春节期间的旅游收益总计21亿元，同比增长13%。
Shanghai spent 11.964 billion yuan to host the event and made it the most expensive World Expo ever， but the organizers still have a profit of more than 1 billion yuan (US$157 million) thanks to the record attendance. The total revenue was 13.014 billion yuan， including 7.36 billion yuan in admission fees and almost 4 billion yuan in sponsorship income. However， the city invested another 19.74 billion yuan to prepare and construct the 5.28 square kilometer site， exceeding the budget of 18 billion yuan.
上海总计在运营上投入119亿多人民币，是最贵的一届世博会，然而组织者仍旧从中赚得10亿多人民币盈利。总收入约130亿人民币，其中门票占了73亿多元，赞助费40亿元。不过，上海还投入了将近200亿元在场地的准备和建造上，超过了180亿元的预算。
Mascot-Haibao
Haibao was the mascot of the Shanghai Expo 2010. It means treasure of the sea and was based on the Chinese character for man or person， “人”. It was chosen through an open competition which received 26655 pieces of design.
吉祥物--海宝
2010上海世博会的吉祥物为“海宝”，是在组委会向全球公开征集的26655件作品中选拔而出，寓意“四海之宝”，以汉字“人”为设计核心，也体现了“以人为本”的理念。
核心词汇
1.emblem[?embl?m] v. 象征；用符号表示n. 象征；徽章；符号
例：The cross is an emblem of Christianity.十字架是基督教的象征。
2.unparalleled [?n?p?r?leld] adj. 无比的；无双的；空前的
例：The scenery of this village is unparalleled.这个村庄的风景无与伦比。
3.sponsorship [?sp?ns??ip]n. 赞助
例：It is said that there will be a total ban on tobacco advertising， promotion and sponsorship.
有消息称将对烟草广告、促销和赞助颁布禁令。
情景对话
A：Where have you been last week？
你上周去哪里了？
B：I went to Shanghai.
我去上海了。
A：Did you go there for a visit？
去上海旅游吗？
B：Yes， I went to the Shanghai Expo.是的，我去参观了世博会。
A：Oh， that's great. How do you think about it？
太棒了。你觉得怎么样？
B：It's fantastic. All the pavilions are creatively designed.好极了。所有的展馆设计的都充满创意。
A：Which one do you like most？
你最喜欢哪个？