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A popular Tokyo amusement park on Monday closed its doors for the last time after being in business for more than nine decades, with part of the site set to make way for a “Harry Potter” theme park.

Toshimaen amusement park, which opened in 1926 in northern Tokyo, caught the imagination of locals such as Junko and Hikari Abe, a mother and daughter who work at the park and met their partners there.

語言點

amusement park: 游樂園

· theme park: 主題樂園

· Disneyland: 迪士尼樂園

· universal studios: 環球影城

be in business: 在營業中

· The hotel has been in business for over 150 years.

這家酒店已經營業超過150年了。

· 關于生意的表達：

How is business at the moment?

= Are you selling much at the moment?

現在生意怎么樣？

-Business is good/booming (= I'm selling a lot). 生意興隆。

-Business is bad/quiet (= I'm not selling much). 生意清淡。

decade n. 十年

· a decade ago: 十年之前

· two decades: 二十年

make way: 讓路，讓位

· Several houses were pulled down to make way for the new road.

幾所房屋被拆了，為修新路騰出空間。

· He stood down to make way for the young people.

他退下來（退位，退休）好為年輕人讓路。

catch/capture the imagination of sb.: 給某人以想象的空間；激發想象力

· Her books have caught the imagination of children from around the world.

她的書激發了全世界小朋友的想象力。

· They use puppets to capture the imagination of kids.

他們用木偶來啟發小孩子的想象力。

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暴虐訓練是夏鵬老師首創的英語學習法，以意群為單位進行語音示范朗讀，通過模擬一對一帶練，有效矯正發音、輕松記憶語篇、訓練流暢表達。

1.每個意群示范5-7遍

2.由詞到句拆解每個發音要點

3.模仿標準音進行持續跟讀

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