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Shanghai Disneyland

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ID: 3017 Intermediate
Shanghai's Disneyland officially opened in June of 2016. With 60,000 odd customers expected daily, the park has been quite the success, despite some growing pains. In today's lesson, two friends are debating whether or not to visit since it's right on their doorstep. John Pasden wrote a blog about his visit to Disneyland over on Sinosplice that you might like to read. Image from Pixabay
Wed Jan 11 2017 | Fiona Tian, Gwilym James
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
终于 zhōngyú at last
激动 jīdòng excited
差不多 chàbuduō more or less the same
海盗船 hǎidào chuán pirate ship
终于不下雨了，去哪儿嗨？
zhōngyú bù xiàyǔ le ，qù nǎr hāi ？
It's finally stopped raining. Where should we go to have some fun?
让我想想，有了，去上海迪士尼乐园吧！
ràng wǒ xiǎngxiang ，yǒu le ，qù Shànghǎi Díshìní lèyuán ba ！
Let me think. I've got it. Let's go to Shanghai Disneyland!
好啊！就在家门口，想想就激动，和香港迪士尼乐园一样吗？
hǎo a ！jiù zài jiā ménkǒu ，xiǎngxiang jiù jīdòng ，hé Xiānggǎng Díshìní lèyuán yīyàng ma ？
OK! It's right on our doorstep. I'm excited just thinking about it. Is it the same as Hong Kong Disneyland?
迪士尼乐园都差不多吧，都是主题乐园，像“米奇大街”啦，“探险岛”啦，这样的。
Díshìní lèyuán dōu chàbuduō ba ，dōu shì zhǔtílèyuán ，xiàng “mǐqí dàjiē ”la ，“tànxiǎn dǎo ”la ，zhèyàng de 。
All the Disneylands are pretty similar, no? They are all theme parks, with "Mickey Avenue", "Adventure Isle" and so on.
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