Hot air balloon festival for southern China

时间：2007-06-18 05:47:21

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Haikou, June 16 - Hot air balloon enthusiasts1 on Friday joined in the Qiongzhou Strait challenge and the first Haikou hot air balloon festival in the southern Chinese island of Hainan.

 

The three-day event is themed as "Meeting The 2008 Beijing Olympics and Building a Harmonious2 Haikou". The 10 participating contestants3 are China's top athletes in the hot air balloon arena4.

 

This is the first hot air balloon festival for Haikou, the island province's capital, and has attracted at least 1,000 residents who watched folk dance performances at the opening ceremony.

 

Cruise voyages of 10 cars each carrying a hot air balloon nacelle respectively and throwing flame in unison5 passed downtown areas after the opening ceremony.

 

Early on Friday morning, nearly 500 locals gathered on the Haikou People's Square and waited for balloon rides.

 
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1 enthusiasts 7d5827a9c13ecd79a8fd94ebb2537412     
n.热心人，热衷者( enthusiast的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive. 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. 一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。 来自新概念英语第二册
2 harmonious EdWzx     
adj.和睦的，调和的，和谐的，协调的
参考例句：
  • Their harmonious relationship resulted in part from their similar goals.他们关系融洽的部分原因是他们有着相似的目标。
  • The room was painted in harmonious colors.房间油漆得色彩调和。
3 contestants 6183e6ae4586949fe63bec42c8d3a422     
n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 arena Yv4zd     
n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台
参考例句：
  • She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
  • He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。
5 unison gKCzB     
n.步调一致，行动一致
参考例句：
  • The governments acted in unison to combat terrorism.这些国家的政府一致行动对付恐怖主义。
  • My feelings are in unison with yours.我的感情与你的感情是一致的。

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