China’s Tianducheng Is an Eerie Ghost Town Version of Paris
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Name of the Article: China's Tianducheng Is an Eerie Ghost Town Version of Paris
Name of Magazine: Smithsonianmag http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/09/chinas-tianducheng-is-an-eerie-ghost-town-version-of-paris/  |
REMEMBER
1. China has replicas of Venice, the White
House, the World Trade Towers, London-like Thames town and now a miniature
Paris, built in 2007 in a town called Tianducheng close to Shanghai.
2. This is a good idea for Chinese people,
because they can to live in other countries with your culture. But the project
did not go as planned, because the location is all wrong and the residents
never showed.
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SUMMARIZE
3. China has replicas of important places of
the world, but the experts scoff.
4. This is attractive to Chinese people,
because they have to live in China and to live others cultures at the same
time.
5. Now, this project is the ghost town because
the location is all wrong. Tainducheng’s
developers build the city in the middle of the rural countryside, where there
are no urban connections or public transportation. Now attract urban tourist
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QUESTION
6.
What is your opinion about of “ghost city”?
and How could exploit this city to recover the investment?
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COMMENT
7. First question: Tianducheng’s developers
don’t used engineering, because they did not think in all important things
for build a city to live.
8.
Second
question: Use Tainducheng for tourist and cinematography, while there are more
connections and public transportation for to call more dwellers.
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CONNECT
Xetulul is Guatemala’s park that has replicas of square Spain, square Italian,
square France, and square Germany and Switzerland, this is a good idea for
Guatemalan people, because they can enjoy of another countries. But Xetulul
is only a park to enjoy.
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VACABULARY
Dwellers: People to live in the town, city or country.
Wrong: Any things or ideas with mistake/error.
Scoff: to speak about of a person’s
idea without respect.
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