【轻松英文阅读】迪士尼乐园

 While Mickey Mouse may look young forever, his cheerful home will celebrate its 58th birthday on July 17th, as Walt Disney built his first theme park on that date in 1955, in Anaheim, California (just outside of Los Angeles of Los Angeles).

 

Since that day, over 650 million people have visited Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, shared adventures with the Pirates¹ of the Caribbean, and thrilled to the Main Street Electrical Parade. Known as “the Happiest Place on Earth,” Disney has added theme parks in Florida, Tokyo, Paris, and Hong Kong, to the original Los Angeles location. The Shanghai Disney Resort² is now under construction, and it is expected to open in 2016.

 

While it is unknown just what Goofy, Donald and their friends are planning for Disneyland's birthday this summer just what Goofy, Donald and their friends are planning for Disneyland’s birthday this summer, one thing is for sure: children from around the world will share in the celebration.

1 pirates   

n.海盗( pirate的名词复数 )；剽窃者；侵犯版权者；非法播音的人（或组织）

参考例句：

• Children dressed (themselves) up as pirates. 孩子们假扮成海盗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The pirates treated their captives with barbarity. 海盗们残暴地对待他们的俘虏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 resort   

n.凭借，手段，常去之地，胜地；vi.求助，诉诸，采取（某种手段等），常去

参考例句：

• He couldn't have passed the exam without resort to cheating.他要不是靠作弊是通不过这次考试的。
• Beidaihe is noted for its summer resort.北戴河以避暑胜地而著称。