Most of all, the Shanghai world Expo will be another encounter on a massive scale between China and the world - only it will last for far longer than the Beijing Olympics.

最重要的一点，上海世博会将是继北京奥运会之后中国与世界的又一次全面的接触，而且历时更长。

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The film is about the encounter of a Japanese hair designer and a Chinese woman taxi driver in the modern metropolis of Shanghai.

这部电影讲述的是一名日本的发型师和中国的一名女出租车司机在现代的大都会上海相遇的故事。

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A lot of people I encounter that have never been to the Far East think of Shanghai as a city or even a town that you won't be able to survive in if you can't speak Chinese.

我遇到过许多从来没有来过远东地区的人，他们都认为上海是这样一座城市：如果你不会讲中文的话，你是无法在这里生存下来的。有的人甚至还以为上海是一个小镇。

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