On the first day, my family visited the US pavilion. We were greeted by a snaking queue in front of the pavilion, with lots of metal railings set up. Looked like a maze or something, so much was the amount. We walked in, taking in the pavilion in our eyes. My first impression was that it was made up of two or more buildings. After about 20mins of queuing, we reached the entrance. We were greeted by a friendly american student who spoke Chinese better than most people in my class. She told us she was part of an ambassador project, where University students from all over the US get chosen to come to Shanghai expo as a guide.
The first attraction was a short film, in which US citizens learn to speak simple Chinese phrases, like 你好 and 欢迎你的来到. After which we were led to another room, this time a longer film where President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton spoke in English to us about core american values, with Chinese subtitles. They then proceeded to say some simple Chinese Phrases and the film ends.
The third attraction is the very popular 4D movie, The Garden. The movie tells of a little girl trying to plant flowers at an abandoned corner in the urban jungle. Her determination inspires her neighbours and they ended up all helping her construct the garden. After the 8 mins long movie, we were led into another room, this time with all the companies' advertisements and stuff. Thus ends the trip into the US Pavilion.
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