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Qinhuangdao to host fireworks festival

文章来源：文章作者：发布时间：2007-07-27 06:22 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Chinanews, Shijiazhuang, July 27 - From September 8 to 13, the first Shanhaiguan Pass Fireworks Festival will be celebrated¹ in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province.

During the festival, 6 fireworks teams from Germany, Australia, Portugal, Chinese mainland and Hong Kong SAR will compete in a fireworks contest, to entertain the people with a brilliant visual feast.

One of the important purposes of the festival is to give publicity² the forthcoming 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. It will also serve as a preview for the grand fireworks show at the opening ceremony of the Games, which, in fact, has become an Olympic tradition.

It is said that the festival will also be the biggest of its kind in China, and Qinghuangdao is confident in making it a new tourism brand of its own.

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1 celebrated
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
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He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。 The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

2 publicity
n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告
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The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。 He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

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