全球最不可思议的11个大型购物中心

爱思英语编者按：世界上最寒冷的商场可不只是购物的地方哦。你可以在这些商场里度假甚至生活。它们不仅以各种店铺为荣，而且提供从婚礼教堂到室内滑雪场的各种服务。

The 11 Most Incredible Shopping Malls In The World
世界上最不可思议的11个大型购物中心

The world's coolest malls are much more than places to go shopping.You can practically vacation or even live inside these malls. Not only do they boast a variety of shops, but everything from wedding chapels to indoor ski slopes.
世界上最寒冷的商场可不只是购物的地方哦。你可以在这些商场里度假甚至生活。它们不仅以各种店铺为荣，而且提供从婚礼教堂到室内滑雪场的各种服务。

Siam Paragon
泰国暹罗广场

Location: Bangkok
地址：泰国曼谷

Gross Leasable Area: 2.5 million sq ft
总出租面积：250万平方英尺

Why it's cool: Siam Paragon is the ninth largest mall in Asia, complete with a movie theater, opera hall, bowling alley, karaoke, 5-star hotel, art gallery, and Siam Ocean World Aquarium.Opened in 2005, it includes a variety of specialty stores and restaurants as well as a gourmet grocery store.
特色：（Siam Paragon）是亚洲第九大商场。其配套有电影院、剧院、保龄球场、卡拉OK、五星级酒店、艺术画廊、暹罗海洋世界水族馆。其于2005年开张，包括各种特种商店、餐馆。http://www.engbus.cn英语巴士网

Mall of America
美国商城

Location: Bloomington, Minn.
地址：美国明尼苏达州布鲁明顿

Gross Leasable Area: 2.77 million sq ft
总出租面积：277万平方英尺

Why it's cool: This massive mall has a theme park and a wedding chapel, where more than 5,000 couples have been married since its opening.
特色：这个封闭式的购物中心有一个主题公园和一个婚礼教堂。自从其开张以来已有5000多对新人在这里举行婚礼。

Mall of America opened in 1992 and is the third largest mall in North America. The mall has a gross area of 4,200,000 sq ft available as retail space. That's enough to fit seven Yankee stadiums inside of it!http://www.engbus.cn英语巴士网
它于1992年开张，是北美地区第三大商场。商场总面积达420万平方英尺（合39.02万平方米）。每年有4000万人（这是明尼苏达州人口的八倍）参观该商场。

Mall of America is the most visited shopping mall in the world with more than 40 million visitors annually (or roughly eight times the population of the state of Minnesota). Spending 10 minutes in every store would take a shopper more than 86 hours to complete their visit to Mall of America. The mall includes a cinema, Nickelodeon Universe theme park, aquarium, adventure golf, flight simulators, and a comedy house.
如果在每一个店铺逗留十分钟，则逛完整个商场需要86小时。这个商场除了店铺还有电影院、主题公园、水族馆、冒险高尔夫、飞行模拟器和一个喜剧屋。

Mall of Emirates
迪拜酋长商场

Location: Dubai
地址：迪拜

Gross Leasable Area: 2.4 million sq ft
总出租面积：240万平方英尺http://www.engbus.cn英语巴士网

Why it's cool:  Although it features the usual amenities for a mall (a fourteen-screen movie theater, a gaming arena, the typical variety of stores, and a drama theater), its biggest claim to fame is the Middle East's first indoor ski slope, Ski Dubai.With the ski area, one of the largest in the world, the Mall of the Emirates sets itself apart from the dozen or so other newly completed malls in Dubai and the surrounding emirates.The mall also has a theme park called Magic Planet. Magic Planet is the largest indoor family entertainment centre in Dubai
特色：它虽然有着和其他商城类似的娱乐设施（一个电影院、一个赌博场、各种典型的商铺、一个剧院）。但它是中东地区第一个室内滑雪场。这个商城也有一个主题公园叫做魔法星球。它是迪拜最大的室内家庭娱乐中心，有着中东地区最大的4D影院。