新视野大学英语读写教程听力 第四册 课文 te-09a_new

[-1:-1.00]Officials point out, for example, that Sleeping Beauty's castle,
[-1:-2.00]the central feature of the theme park, is based not on Hollywood,
[-1:-3.00]as some might think, but on the illustrations in a medieval European book.
[-1:-4.00]Also, a 360-degree movie, based on the adventures of Jules Verne,
[-1:-5.00]features well-known European actors.
[-1:-6.00]Asked to describe other aspects of the effort to make the park more European,
[-1:-7.00]a spokesman mentioned that direction signs in the theme park
[-1:-8.00]will be in French as well as English,
[-1:-9.00]and that some performers will chat in French,Spanish and English.
[-1:10.00]"The challenge is telling things people already know —
[-1:11.00]and at the same time making it different," the spokesman said.
[-1:12.00]On the other hand, this effort is not being taken too far.
[-1:13.00]Another Disney spokesman said earlier
[-1:14.00]that the aim of the theme park is to provide a basically American experience
[-1:15.00]for those who seek it. In this way, he said,
[-1:16.00]people who might otherwise have contemplated a vacation in the United States
[-1:17.00]will be happy to stay on this side of the Atlantic.
[-1:18.00]The Disney organization does seem to focus a bit too much on hair.
[-1:19.00]"Main Street, USA", the heart of Euro Disneyland, it promises,
[-1:20.00] will feature an old time "Harmony Barber Shop"
[-1:21.00]to deal with "messy hair and hairy chins" — and perhaps even offending mustaches.
[-1:22.00]One difference from California or Florida:
[-1:23.00]Parts of Main Street and waiting areas to get into the attractions
[-1:24.00]will be covered over as a concession to Paris's rainy weather.
[-1:25.00]Euro Disneyland's short distance to Paris is a definite attraction.
[-1:26.00]Anyone tiring of American or fake European culture
[-1:27.00]can reach the Louvre art museum by express railway in less than an hour —
[-1:28.00]from Minnie Mouse to Mona Lisa in a flash.
[-1:29.00]Communications figured largely in the Disney organization's decision
[-1:30.00]to site its fourth theme park near Paris.
[-1:31.00]The site is within a two-hour flight of 320 million Europeans.
[-1:32.00]The opening of Eastern Europe is another prize for the company,
[-1:33.00]which thinks that millions of people will put Disneyland
[-1:34.00]at the top of a list of places to visit on their first trip to Western Europe.