​ The Whole World Is Invited(a) |精采绝伦的2010 上海世博(a)

Expo 2010 Shanghai China began in May  

and promises to be the biggest and best one yet.

2010 上海世博于五月登场，保证是有史以来最盛大也最精彩的博览会。

The people of Shanghai, China, were nervous and excited as they hurried to get everything together for the millions of visitors that would come from all over the world for Expo 2010. The Expo, also known as the World's Fair, is a tradition that started over 150 years ago, with the first World's Fair in London. The idea was to bring countries together for an event that would allow them to display their latest advancements in technology, transportation, communication, art, and design. Participants could take pride in their countries' achievements, and more importantly, the world would benefit. Countries would share knowledge and discoveries with each other. The goal of each of these World's Fairs was to get countries to come together and work on building a better future.

Each Expo has a theme, and this year's is Better City, Better Life. This theme is partly about Shanghai itself, which is touting that it is on its way to becoming one of the great cities of the future. However, Expos are not just about the host city. In fact, the 2010 Expo will be the biggest one ever, with more than 190 countries showing their presence in the form of presentations and pavilions.

Pavilions are the main attractions of Expos. Each country with a pavilion at the fair can create a small piece of its own culture or even showcase what its future will look like. There is also a group of pavilions created by the host city that explores its chosen theme. For 2010, five central pavilions dive deep into the Urban theme with Urbanian, City Being, Urban Planet, Footprint, and Future.

中国上海市民忙着完成 2010 年世博会的准备工作，好迎接数百万名来自世界各地的访客时，全抱着既紧张又兴奋的心情。世博又名世界博览会，第一届在伦敦举行，是一项有 150 多年历史的传统。最初的概念，是希望广招各国参与这场盛会，并且在会中展现它们在科技、运输、通讯、艺术和设计等各个领域的最新成就。参与国可以借着这些成就宣扬国威，更重要的是，让整个世界因此受惠。各国可以分享彼此的知识和发现，而世界博览会的宗旨就是让各个国家携手共创更美好的未来。

每届世博会都有一个主题，今年的主题是『城市，让生活更美好』。这个主题有一部分是以上海为主角，用来赞扬此地正一步步晋升为未来的主要大城市之一。然而，世博会的重点可不只有主办城市而已。事实上，2010年的世博会规模之大前所未见，参加国总计超过 190 个，各自以展览和展馆的方式展现国威。

展馆是世博会的主打焦点，每个与会国的展馆都会展现一部分的国家文化，甚至是展示国家未来蓝图的作品。也有一些展馆是由主办城市以探讨此届主题而加以建造出来的。在 2010 年，总共有 5 大重点馆以城市为主题，其中包括『城市人馆』、『城市生命馆』、『城市地球馆』、『城市足迹馆』以及『城市未来馆』。