The other day I went to a tourist attraction in Shenzhen called Windows of the World.  There are models of all sorts of famous buildings, but one thing that took me by surprise was the 室内滑雪 (indoor skiing) and a 滑冰场 (ice skating rink)!  Luckily, there were 靴子 (boots) available for visitors who weren’t wearing appropriate footwear.  I hadn’t expected to see a 10-ft tall 比萨斜塔 (Leaning Tower of Pisa), and what appeared to be the 东方明珠 (Pearl of the Orient) turned out to be a tower from Kuwait.  The replica of the 圣母院 (Notre Dame Cathedral) was breathtakingly identical, but I cannot say that authenticity was consistent throughout the park.  For example, the word “ALOHA” was painted on some 毛利 (Maori) dwellings, and wood-carved necklaces bearing all 12 生肖 were available for sale.

室内 shi4nei4 – indoor
滑雪 hua2xue3 – skiing
滑冰场 hua2bing1chang3 – ice skating rink
比萨 bi3sa4 – Pisa
斜 xie2 – leaning
塔 ta3 – tower
东方明珠 dong1fang1ming2zhu1 – Pearl of the Orient (a tower in Shanghai)
靴子 xue1zi3 – boots
圣母院  sheng4mu4yuan4 –
毛利 mao2li4 – Maori
生肖 sheng1xiao1 – Chinese zodiac