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位于加州的迪士尼樂園是全球建立最早的主題公園。去迪士尼樂園游玩一直是作者夢寐以求的事情，在游玩的過程中，作者看到了什么？聽到了什么？感受到了哪些奇妙和夢幻以及文化的魅力？請聽作者娓娓道來。

I'm Davis and I'm 12 years old.I have wanted to visit a Disney park since I was small，andthanks tomy aunt Jane and the nice people at Disneyland，I have finally had my first adventure.

They say that Disneyland is the happiest placeon earth.It is！It began with my mom，my aunt and I flying to Los Angeles，California（LAX airport）and arriving mid-September to stay at the Disneyland Hotel，one of the three Disney properties （財產(chǎn)）.It is perfectly located so we could easily walk to the two parks that connect through Downtown （市中心）Disney just within several minutes.At the hotel，we were welcomed by Goofy—that was cool.

我叫戴維斯，今年12歲。我從小就想去參觀迪士尼樂園，多虧了我姑媽簡和迪士尼樂園里的好人，我終于有了我的第一次冒險。

他們說迪士尼樂園是世界上最幸福的地方。它確實是。我媽媽、我姑媽和我首先飛往加州的洛杉磯 （洛杉磯機場），并于9月中旬抵達迪士尼樂園酒店，這是迪士尼三大酒店之一。它的位置很好，所以我們可以在幾分鐘內(nèi)輕松地步行到兩個公園，這兩個公園連接到了市中心。在酒店，我們受到了高飛的歡迎——太酷了。

I had a quick swim at the hotel and then we were off.We walked through Downtown Disney with all its shops，thousands of decorated pumpkins and every variety of restaurants before I saw what I had been waiting for—the big entry gates to both parks：Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park.Which one first？ Disneyland Park won out for our first day.

I have no interest inprincesses，hugging Mickey （okay， maybe a little hug） or having my face painted.I wanted the rides！All of them.

Disneyland Park took our whole day and we still wanted more，so we went back in the evening for their seasonal Mickey's Halloween （萬圣節(jié)）Party.It was a highlight for all of us.It's a special nighttime event where Disneyland Parktransforms intoa spectacular （壯觀的）evening.The Frightfully Fun Parade with the headless horseman started the fun as he rode down Disneyland's Main Street U.S.A.

Everyonedressed upas they visited trick-ortreat stations scattered （分散）throughout the park.Halloween screams，a supernatural firework display are all part of the adventure.At Disney，they call their staff “cast members”.Some of them gave us the inside story about what goes into making Disneyland so perfect Halloween.

They are given two weeks to transform both parks into Halloween and then Christmas.It's all done at night when the park is empty.They have special items you can buy for each season，such as ugly Christmas sweaters，which I couldn't wait to buy for my mom.

我在酒店里快速地游了一會兒，然后我們就出發(fā)了。我們走過迪士尼中心所有的商店，數(shù)以千計的被裝飾的南瓜和各種餐廳，然后我看到了我一直在等待的——這兩個公園的入口都很大：迪士尼樂園和迪士尼加州冒險樂園，先去哪個？迪士尼樂園贏得了我們的第一天。

我對公主不感興趣，擁抱米奇（好吧，也許是一個小小的擁抱），或者畫我的臉。我想搭便車！所有的。

游玩迪士尼樂園花了我們一整天的時間，但我們?nèi)詻]有玩夠，所以我們晚上返回去參加了他們季節(jié)性的米奇的萬圣節(jié)派對。這對我們所有人來說都是最激動人心的部分。這是一個特殊的夜間活動，迪士尼樂園的夜晚變得很壯觀。這支令人毛骨悚然又充滿樂趣的游行隊伍帶著無頭騎士游著迪士尼樂園主要街道行駛的時候，樂趣就被點燃了。

當他們參觀散落在公園里的不給糖就搗蛋的車站時，每個人都打扮得漂漂亮亮的。萬圣節(jié)的尖叫，超自然的煙花表演都是冒險的一部分。在迪士尼，他們稱自己的員工為“演員”。他們中的一些人向我們講述了不為大多數(shù)人知道的故事，像什么使迪士尼樂園變成完美的萬圣節(jié)。

The first day was so perfect，but I couldn't imagine the second day would be so great.On the second day，we visited Disney's California Adventure Park andconcentrated onthe new Guardians of the Galaxy-Mission：BREAKOUT Ride.

Both parks are so different.What really surprised me was that the rides weren't everything the way they are in other amusement parks.It was all the other things that blew me away：The decorations， the shops， the theme of Halloween everywhere.

他們有兩個星期的時間把這兩個公園變成萬圣節(jié)，然后變成圣誕節(jié)。所有的一切都是在晚上公園空無一人的時候完成的。他們有每個季節(jié)你可以買到的特別商品，如丑陋的圣誕毛衣，我迫不及待地要給我的媽媽買。

第一天是如此完美，我無法想象第二天會如此美妙。第二天，我們參觀了迪士尼的加州冒險樂園，重點玩了新的“銀河護衛(wèi)隊——任務：突破”項目。

這兩個公園太不一樣了。真正令我驚訝的是，這些游樂設施并不像在其他游樂園里那樣。所有其他的事情都讓我很高興。裝飾、商店、萬圣節(jié)的主題無處不在。

Language study

Phrases

1.thanks to幸虧；由于

2.on the earth世界上

3.have no interest in...對……不感興趣

4.transform...into...把……變成……

5.dress up穿上盛裝

6.concentrate on聚焦；集中

Difficult sentence

It began with my mom，my aunt and I flying to Los Angeles， California （LAX airport） and arriving mid-September to stay at the Disneyland Hotel，one of the three Disney properties.我媽媽，我姑媽和我首先飛往加州的洛杉磯 （洛杉磯機場），并于9月中旬抵達迪士尼樂園酒店，這是迪士尼三大酒店之一。

【點石成金】句中含有with+賓語 （sb/sth）+賓語補足語 （adj./介詞短語/to do/v-ing/done等），表示伴隨。注意接三種形式的非謂語做賓補的區(qū)別，to do表示動作未發(fā)生，v-ing表示動作正在進行或與賓語是主動關系，done表示動作完成或與賓語是被動關系。one of的用法：one of+（the+形容詞最高級）+可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)，如：one of the most interesting films。 另外，定語從句中，主句為It/This/That is one of+n.（復數(shù)），從句用現(xiàn)在完成時。

如：This is one of the most interesting films that I have ever seen.

The teacher entered the classroom，with a book in his hand.

I'd like to sleep at night，with the door open.

With prices going up so fast，we can't afford luxuries.

She had to walk home with her bike stolen.

With a lot of work to do，he wasn't allowed to go out.

The Thorn Birds is the masterpiece of the Australian writer Colleen McCullough，which shows the heart felt severe emotional shock and pain of the thorn bird to die for love with touching songs as the destiny （命運）.

The story begins in New Zealand at the turn of the twentieth century when Meggie and her poor family are struggling to make ends meet.Several years later，Meggie's family moves to Australia to help their elderly childless aunt，Mary Carson，run a sheep station in the Outback.Ralph， a handsome，ambitious Roman Catholic priest tries to befriend Mary，to gain her money and to help him advance in the Catholic hierarchy （等級制度）.Mary dies and leaves all her property in the control of Ralph，who then has a soft spot for Meggie，but refuses Meggie's love at her confession （表 白 ）and leaves her because of his duties as a priest.

Meggie then marries Luke，who shares a resemblance （相似）to Ralph.One day，Ralph comes back on a holiday to join Meggie，and then a revelation （被暴露的真相）comes over him.He loves Meggie more than God，and he is indeed only a man，no matter how Godlike he had tried to become.They spend a few happy days together，and Ralph is forced to return to his position.Meggie leaves Luke，but does not divorce him，because she is now pregnant with Ralph's baby.She names the child Dane.Soon after young Dane's unexpected drowning，Ralph，who has already known Dane is his son，passes away.

There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life.

More sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth.