外电报道如下:
The 2004 Miss World pageant1 got off to a sizzling start on Sunday with contestants2 from 120 countries.
The event started with the Beach Beauty final in which Miss United States, Nancy Randall, took the coveted3 laurels4, fast-tracking her to the finals.
The girls paraded on the white sand in the Beach Beauty Final, which was held in Sanya, a picturesque5 tropical city in southern Chinese province of Hainan.
Laurel表示月桂树,桂冠,殊荣,比如:gain/reap/win one's laurels(取得声望,获得冠军);look to one's laurels(小心维持桂冠,警惕角逐对手);rest/retire/repose on one's laurels(安于小成,吃老本,满足既得的荣誉)。
据了解,自1951年世界小姐组织机构成立以来,由其组织的有目的的漂亮慈善活动已经为儿童慈善事业筹集了超越2.5亿USD。