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Candles



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:51 pm    Post subject: Fairground attraction Reply with quote

Please help me to understand this sentence:

Escalator was originally designed as a fairground attraction.

What does "fairground attraction" here mean?

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We sometimes have "fairs" -- celebrations that can last a week or two and for larger areas, can include contests and competitions, shows, and an area with rides, like an amusement park. (Here is a link to California's State Fair, for example. http://www.bigfun.org/ ) A "fairground attraction" would be something that was created for the fair and placed in the fairgrounds (the place of the fair) to attract people and make them interested in attending.
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