【明報專訊】The Universal Exposition is a huge public exhibition. Yeosu (麗水), Korea hosted Expo 2012, and Expo 2015 is held in Milan from May 1 to October 31 this year.

Fill in the following blanks with the correct forms of the following words.

concentrate / select / term / participate

Milan has been (1)__________ as the host city of the 2015 Universal Exposition. The theme chosen is Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. It provides a global platform for exchanging ideas and sharing solutions about food for the 140-odd (2)___________ countries.

Participating countries' pavilions are the main attractions at the Universal Exposition. They are usually designed to reflect their national characteristics. In them there are large-scale exhibits featuring the main theme of the Expo.

For example, the Italian Pavilion (3)__________ on presenting the national food culture and tradition in (4)___________ of very high quality products and finished goods.

■English highway - words and collocations

Goods is always in the plural form. It refers to things that are produced to be sold.

e.g. Electrical goods are not available in this shop.

■Vocab Cards

Collect them all!

site (n) 場地

tour (v) 觀光

interactive (adj) 互動的

admission (n) 進入許可

■Glossary

host (n) 東道主

theme (n) 主題

pavilion (n) 臨時建築物

large-scale (adj) 大規模的