英闻天下——288 Hong Kong Disneyland Posts First Profit

 　　Hong Kong Disneyland's parade now has all the more reason for celebration, as the seven-year-old theme park has just announced its first ever net profit.

 

　　The world's smallest Disneyland, which opened in September 2005, has posted its first net profit over over 100 million HK dollars in fiscal¹ 2012.

 

　　Last year the theme park drew in a record attendance of 6.7 million people.

 

　　That is up 13 percent from the previous year.

 

　　Hong Kong Disneyland's managing director Andrew Kam says the resort has turned a corner.

 

　　"Now, obviously, we are all very excited about the milestone² that we have achieved. This is a very significant milestone. We have seen the business has turned a corner. This is very, very encouraging and exciting among our leaders and our shareholders³."

 

　　The theme park recently invested over 450 million US dollars to build three new attractions, including Asia's only Toy Story Land.

 

　　This is now said to be drawing in a lot more Hong Kong locals to the park, many of whom had intially been shunning⁴ the facility amid wide-spead complaints of long lines and a lack of enterainment options.

 

　　"It's definitely a good thing. For example, we come here every two to three months. If they have more new activities, we'll come more often. We can experience something new."

 

　　"I feel like I'm in a different world."

 

　　REPORTER ASKING: "What is this world like?"

 

　　"It's a world filled with joy."

 

　　Managing director Andrew Kam says the expansion is the key in helping⁵ them put their business operations into the black.

 

　　"Number one is our expansion. Our expansion is the most critical success factor that contributed to our result this year. Because of our expansions, we have expanded our capacities to receive more guests and this enabled us to further grow the volume of our business."

 

　　Nearly half of Hong Kong Disneyland's visitors are from the mainland.

 

　　Hong Kong locals currently make up a third of the guests.

 

　　However, Hong Kong Disneyland is eventually going to lose its status as China's only Disneyland.

 

　　A new Disneyland, which is roughly 3-times the size of the one in Hong Kong, is due to open in Shanghai by the end of 2015.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Su Yi.

1 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

2 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

3 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

4 shunning   

v.避开，回避，避免( shun的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• My flight was more a shunning of external and internal dangers. 我的出走是要避开各种外在的和内在的威胁。 来自辞典例句
• That book Yeh-yeh gave me-"On Filial Piety and the Shunning of Lewdness"-was still on the table. 我坐下来，祖父给我的那本《刘芷唐先生教孝戒淫浅训》还在桌子上。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。