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Day 2 - Shanghai World Expo
by Harrison, Miguel and Noah
When all of us had finished eating our
breakfast we headed to the smaller World
Expo pavilions on the Puxi side of the
Huangpu River. These exhibits were
about the future of China and the world.
The pavilions we went to talked about the
possibilities of the future utopias and the
impact of the environment on the future.
After lunch we skipped the long queue
at the pavilion of the United States and
were ushered into a room where we
watched a funny video with Americans
attempting (and ultimately succeeding
to say hello in Chinese. In the second
room we watched a video about the
children’s, and teamwork’s impact on the
future. This video included Kobe
Bryant, Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, and President Obama.
The next room had a video about a
girl who had a dream of planting a
beautiful garden in her ruined poor
neighborhood. With the help of her
neighbors and local friends she was
able to plat a pretty garden but it was
ruined by a thunderstorm, which led to the
neighbors to re-plant the whole garden.
This was a nice story about accomplishing
your goals, following through with your
dreams and teamwork.
We entered the French pavilion at the VIP
entrance thanks to Lafarge. The French
pavilion was
a rectangular
building around a
central courtyard.
At the beginning
you take an
escalator to the
top and walk
down a spiraling
hallway till we
reached the
bottom floor and
that was the end
of the exhibit. The
pavilion consisted
mainly of little
exhibits about
French culture, art, fashion and food.
After we had visited the US and France
we broke up into small groups to go to any
pavilion of our choice.
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The Aspect - November 2010