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Make Euro Disney More European 课文结构分析(text structure analysis)

The article looks into the questions of setting up a Euro Disneyland near Paris. Different people and different organizations may think about the different aspects about Euro Disney and have different responses to it. Would Euro Disney be the site of a pleasant blend of cultures or a painful clash? Would it make money and expand or lose money and close? 
    The article can be broadly divided into three main parts: a law case reflecting the cultural clash the Disney organization faces; a transitional paragraph linking the first part with the third part; the different concerns from the government towards the Euro Disney near Paris, from French intellectuals and kids and from the Disney organization.


    1. The first part consists of 7 short paragraphs, from Paragraph 1 to Paragraph 7. This part deals with details about a law case, which reflects a cultural clash about Euro Disney. Paragraph 1 to Paragraph 5 deal with specific details that lead to a law case. Paragraph 6 is a conclusion of the previous paragraphs by saying that this is an illustration of the delicate cultural issues the company faces. Paragraph 7 presents the response taken by the company. This part is just like a lead-in of the whole article, which reveals that there exists a cultural clash around Euro Disney.


    2. The second part is one paragraph only, Paragraph 8. This paragraph links the first part with the third part. Following the cultural clash mentioned in the above 7 paragraphs, the transitional paragraph asks what the people think of Euro Disney, which draws readers’ attention to the attitude of other people or organizations.

    3. The third part is made up of 10 paragraphs, from Paragraph 9 to Paragraph 18. This is the major part of the passage, which deals with the different responses to or concerns about Euro Disney. 
    Paragraphs 9 to 11 present the attitude of the French government concerning Euro Disney. Paragraph 9 tells us that the French government has been more concerned about Euro Disney’s social effect rather than the cultural clashes. It made an extraordinary series of tax and financial concessions to attract the theme park to be built near Paris rather than let it go to sunny Spain.
Paragraphs 10 and 11 are details about what the government has decided to do in order to attract Euro Disney to Paris.
    Paragraph 12 is about the responses from ordinary people. The French intellectuals have not found many kind things to say about the project whereas the kids will probably never notice anything about the cultural clashes. 
    Paragraphs 13 to 16 focus on the response from the Disney organization, which is trying to make Euro Disney cater to two needs. On the one hand it is making conscientious efforts to make the park more European, and on the other hand it is trying not to carry the efforts too far. Paragraphs 13 and 14 are about the efforts to make Euro Disneyland primarily a European experience. Paragraphs 15 and 16 are about the Disney organization’s efforts to make Euro Disneyland bear some American characteristics. 
    Paragraphs 17 to 18 are about the major concern of the Disney organization on whether the Euro Disney would be a commercial success. The paragraphs present the expectations that Euro Disney would turn out to be a success with its convenient communications.