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重點詞組：
mascot吉祥物
emblem 會徽
non-commercial 非商業的
approve: 審批，批準
publicize: 宣傳
文化融合:cultural fusion
主題演繹：interpretation of the theme
城鄉互動：interplay between urban and rural areas
社區建設：community construction
重要句型：
The mascot was named Haibao, which literally means "treasure of the world". It is a blue smiling cartoon figure with curly hair and shaped like the Chinese character REN, or human being.
吉祥物叫做“海寶”，意為“四海之寶”，是一個藍色的微笑的卷發卡通形象，形狀像漢字的“人”。舉辦2010年上海世博會，將為我國進一步改革開放和加快現代化建設增加新的動力，為世界了解中國、中國進一步走向世界開辟新的窗口，為加快全面建設小康社會提供新的機遇。
The hosting of the World Exposition 2010 in Shanghai will add new driving forces to China's reforms and opening up and accelerate China's modernization drive. It will not only open up a new window for the world to understand China and for China to become further integrated into the world, but provide new opportunities to speed up the construction of an all-round well-off society.
世博論壇的特點是務實——每屆論壇始終圍繞上海世博會主題和副主題展開。在過去幾年里，我們談到了文化融合，談到了經濟發展，談到了主題演繹，接下去就要考慮高科技對都市發展的影響，要考慮城鄉互動，要考慮社區建設。
The outstanding feature of the Expo Forum has always been its pragmatism. Every session is conducted on the themes and sub-themes of the Expo. Over the past few years, its topics have included cultural fusion, economic development and interpretation of the theme. According to our plan three more sessions of the Forum will be held, focusing on the impact of high technology on urban development, the interplay between urban and rural areas as well as community construction.
相關背景知識：
What is the World Expo? The World Expo is a large-scale, global, non-commercial Expo. The hosting of the World Expo must be applied for by a country and approved by the international World Expo committee. Expo aims to promote the exchange of ideas and development of the world economy, culture, science and technology, to allow exhibitors to publicize and display their achievements and improve international relationships. Accordingly, the World Expo with its 150-year history is regarded as the Olympic Games of the economy, science and technology. Brief intro to World Expo 2010 Shanghai China World Expositions are galleries of human inspirations and thoughts. Since 1851 when the Great Exhibition of Industries of All Nations was held in London, the World Expositions have attained increasing prominence as grand events for economic, scientific, technological and cultural exchanges, serving as an important platform for displaying historical experience, exchanging innovative ideas, demonstrating esprit de corps and looking to the future.
Emblem of world Expo 2010 The emblem, depicting the image of three people-you, me, him/her holding hands together, symbolizes the big family of mankind. Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character (meaning the world), the design conveys the organizers' wish to host an Expo which is of global scale and which showcases the diversified urban cultures of the world.
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