A: Hey, didn’t you go to the opening of the Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport Nangang last week?
B: Yeah, there are about 300 shops, including the first overseas branch of Japan’s Mahou Dokoro — a famous Harry Potter-themed store.
A: Wow, I’ve always wanted to get a magic wand.
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B: There are also a bunch of great restaurants, such as Smart Fish hotpot restaurant.
A: I wish I had Harry Potter’s “apparition” and “disapparition” magic, so I could teleport to the mall right now.
A: 你上週不是有去LaLaport南港的盛大開幕嗎？有什麼特別的？
B: 那裡有多達300家專櫃，包括魔法之地的海外首店——它可是日本知名的《哈利波特》專賣店。
A: 哇我一直想買根魔杖。
B: 另外還有各式各樣的美食，像是林聰明沙鍋魚頭。
A: 真希望我也有哈利波特的「現影術／消影術」魔法，能瞬間移動到商場去！
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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