great revival after the chinese sports delegation won the first place in the XX beijing olympic games for the first time in the olympic history. i’m angela zhang from class 4 grade 8. today, my topic is, “the shanghai world expo”. hello, ladies and gentlemen. i’m angela zhang from class 4 grade 8. today, my topic is, “the shanghai world expo”. first, i’ll say something about world expo history. as we know, the very first world expo, the great exhibition of 1851, took place in the crystal palace in london. uk. ever since then, the goals of world expos have been both high-minded as well as commercial. visitors are able to explore the world outside of their everyday experience―outside cultures, new scientific advancements, and new inventions. world expos have excited and inspired more and more people in the world. on december3, XX, the bureau of international expositions (or call it bie) announced that shanghai will host expoXX. the bie had received bids from f ……………………