Disney Offers “Star Wars” Fans New Experience
Walt Disney World, in Florida, is
But starting this week, visitors
The new
The “trip” begins with the captain and crew welcoming the guests onto The Halcyon. Crew members will teach visitors how to use various
The Stareruiser experience lasts two days and two nights. Food and drinks are based on the movies. When visitors look out of the ship’s windows, they see what looks like outer space, stars and all. The “ship”
2 . The Louvre is the most popular museum in the world. Last year, about 10 million visitors, more than 75% of whom were foreign tourists, came to the museum. About 80% of them were here for Mona Lisa-and most of them left unhappy.
According to a survey of British tourists earlier this year, Mona Lisa was voted the world’s most disappointing attraction, beating out Checkpoint Charlie, Spanish Steps, and Urinating Boy in Brussels.
If the museum thinks that it is inspiring the next generation of art lovers, it is in fact doing the opposite, thanks to the huge crowds in front of the picture. The overcrowding here was so bad that Jean-Luc Martinez, the museum’s director, has to admit, “We have to take steps to deal with the overcrowding in the coming years: new entrances and timed tickets for the museum.”
He misunderstands the problem-for the Louvre, with more gallery space than any museum on the planet, isn’t that crowed. On my last visit, the French painting wing had just a few visitors. Even Venus de Milo, perhaps the second most famous work of art in the museum, only drew a comfortable few dozen visitors. In other words, the Louvre does not have an overcrowding problem. It has a Mona Lisa problem. No other famous painting comes anywhere close to monopolizing (垄断) a museum like she does. It is time for the Louvre to admit its failure. The museum does not need new entrances or timed tickets.
Instead, it only needs to set up a moving walkway in front of Mona Lisa and let Samsung or another smartphone company to fix its cutest cameras around her. So visitors can strike a pose on the moving walkway, and download their cutest selfies (自拍像) with Mona Lisa later. I can even picture the moving walkway smoothly guiding tourists past the Mona Lisa into the gift shops, where millions of selfiers can take time to enjoy their pictures, and spend money.
It is time to set it up now since the 2024 Summer Olympics is around the comer.
1. Which was the most disappointing attraction according to the survey? ________A.Mona Lisa. | B.Venus de Milo. | C.Spanish Steps. | D.Urinating Boy. |
A.Amazing. | B.Practical. | C.Expensive. | D.Unworkable. |
A.A lot of visitors stay there to appreciate it. | B.The room housing the picture is too small. |
C.Too many visitors want to take a picture with it. | D.The ticket for the famous painting is too cheap. |
A.To share his unpleasant visit to the Louvre. |
B.To introduce a famous painting in a museum. |
C.To offer a simple solution to the Mona Lisa problem. |
D.To show the opportunity brought by the 2024 Olympics. |
3 . Canada Coast to Coast
Throw yourself into the beauty of nature, the excitement of the city and everything in between as you make your way through the beautiful Canadian sights.
Duration: 17 days
Price: $7,432
About the Tour
Let the rails guide your adventure on this 17-day coast-to-coast Canadian tour. The journey begins in coastal Vancouver, where you get on the famous Rocky Mountaineer for a beautiful ride to Kamloops. We get on the train again the next morning for a trip through the Rockies to Banff. It is in Banff that you have the chance to enjoy all the natural wonderful sights this area offers, with guided and independent tours through some of the area’s most famous sites. Spend the night at Lake Louise before visiting Banff and Jasper National Parks, Columbia Icefield and Athabasca Glacier route to Jasper.
It is in Jasper that the true rail adventure begins, as you get on VIA Rail’s Canadian for a 3-day train ride to Toronto. Upon arrival, you will have enough time to tour the city and Niagara Falls before moving on to Montreal using VIA Rail’s Business Class train. Use the day to enjoy the sights and sounds of the city before again getting on VIA Rail for the final leg of your tour. The beautiful sights of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick lie in Halifax, the place where this 4,000-mile tour comes to a close.
The schedule about travelling from Halifax to Vancouver is also available. You can choose either trip based on your travel preference.
1. What will visitors do at Lake Louise during the tour?A.Enjoy natural sights. | B.Put up for the night. |
C.Visit a national park. | D.Ride another type of train. |
A.Vancouver→Jasper→Montreal→Toronto. | B.Vancouver→Banff→Toronto→Jasper. |
C.Banff→Jasper→Toronto→Montreal. | D.Halifax→Montreal→Banff→Jasper |
A.They have the same attractions. | B.They are very difficult to reach. |
C.They have rich traditional culture. | D.They can be the end of the journey. |
Pianyan Ancient Town in Chongqing, southwest China, was a business center In ancient China, with a history of more than 300 years. The town sits between two extensions(延伸) of Huaying Mountain, with the clear Heishultan River
Time passes, but the streets, architecture, culture and customs of the town remain
In addition to the bridges, rivers, old streets and historic houses, which
The Wu Temple,Book House, Opera Tower, Stilted Houses by the river and the ancient street paved with blue stone blocks are sure