Mission﹕World's Fair
【明報專訊】The Universal Exposition is a huge public exhibition. Yeosu (麗水), Korea hosted Expo 2012, and Expo 2015 is held in Milan from May 1 to October 31 this year.
Fill in the following blanks with the correct forms of the following words.
concentrate / select / term / participate
Milan has been (1)__________ as the host city of the 2015 Universal Exposition. The theme chosen is Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. It provides a global platform for exchanging ideas and sharing solutions about food for the 140-odd (2)___________ countries.
Participating countries' pavilions are the main attractions at the Universal Exposition. They are usually designed to reflect their national characteristics. In them there are large-scale exhibits featuring the main theme of the Expo.
For example, the Italian Pavilion (3)__________ on presenting the national food culture and tradition in (4)___________ of very high quality products and finished goods.
■English highway - words and collocations
Goods is always in the plural form. It refers to things that are produced to be sold.
e.g. Electrical goods are not available in this shop.
■Vocab Cards
Collect them all!
site (n) 場地
tour (v) 觀光
interactive (adj) 互動的
admission (n) 進入許可
■Glossary
host (n) 東道主
theme (n) 主題
pavilion (n) 臨時建築物
large-scale (adj) 大規模的
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