2万场精彩节目将亮相上海世博会

Step One: Words in the News
 
Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
 
观众 audience 

演出 performance 

信息 information 

查询 search 

订票 book tickets 

Step Two: Read and Prepare
 
Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
 
The Shanghai World Expo will stage more than 20,000 performances by Chinese and foreign artists.According to the expo's press release on Monday, audiences will be treated to a kaleidoscope of cultural and arts activities during the 184-day event that starts May 1st. Some 17,300 performances of 807 shows, seleced from more than 10 thousand candidate programs worldwide, have been included in the Expo's program.

The Expo Bureau's coordination department released an initial event listing of 200 performances scheduled for May and June. The Bureau will release specific information about each performance every two months. Audiences can search the information at the Expo's official website and book tickets. The Expo Bureau expects the total number of performances to be more than 20-thousand by the end of the Expo. It means more than 100 performances on average every day.

Step Three: Read
 

在即将开幕的上海世博会上，来自中国和世界各国的艺术家将联袂为观众献上超过2万场的精彩演出。本周一世博会新闻发布会上获悉，5月1日起，历时184天的上海世博会将为观众奉上异彩纷呈的文艺盛宴。此次演出的807个节目是从世界各地超过1万多候选节目当中精心挑选出，演出总场次达到17,300场。

上海世博会事务协调局公布了五月和六月首批节目名单，共计200场表演，以后还将公布每两个月演出的具体信息。观众可以在世博会官方网站上查询和订票。世博局希望在世博会期间可以为观众奉献2万多场表演，这意味着平均每天的演出次数将超过100场。

Step Four: Study and Repeat
 
Read the text again to see how the vocabulary words are used. And then repeat these words below.
 
观众 guān zhòng   演出 yǎn chū     信息 xìn xī   

查询 chá xún      订票 dìng piào