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為什么迪拜如此富有
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is home to the tallest skyscraper in the world.It stands almost 3 thousand feet in the air,and cost the city more than 1 billion dollars. On the ground signs of Dubai’s wealth are apparent, as the police patrol the streets in Ferraris, and Lamborghinis. So how did the Emirates, and Dubai in particular, get so rich?
阿聯酋的迪拜擁有世界上最高的摩天大樓，高達3千英尺，耗費了這座城市超過10億美元。迪拜財富的標志非常明顯，街道上巡邏的警察開的都是法拉利和蘭博基尼。那么，阿聯酋，尤其是迪拜，為什么那么富有呢？
Well, the UAE is a federation of seven emirates,each ruled, in part, by its own Islamic monarchy.
阿聯酋是七個酋長國組成的聯盟，每個酋長國都由自己的伊斯蘭君主統治。
Historically the UAE has been a prime location for international trade. Situated at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, ships sailing around Asia and Africa made frequent stops there.
歷史上，阿聯酋曾經是國際貿易的首要地點。位于波斯灣入海口，在亞洲和非洲航行的船只經常在這里停靠。
In the late 1950s, large oil deposits were found near the UAE’s capital of Abu Dhabi,beginning a hugely lucrative oil industry.The oil deposits proved to be so vast, that presently, they account for a tenth of the world’s total oil reserves. Crude oil exports are responsible for almost $400 billion dollars of the UAE’s GDP. But Dubai, by itself, isn’t very oil-rich.Reports indicate that in 2010, only around 1% of Dubai’s economy was from oil sales.
上世紀50年代末，阿聯酋首都阿布扎比發現了大量石油儲備，開始了獲利豐厚的石油行業。這里的石油儲備非常巨大，占據全世界石油總儲量的十分之一。原油出口為阿聯酋的GDP貢獻了近4000億美元。但是迪拜的石油儲量并不是很豐富。報道稱，2010年，迪拜經濟只有1%的收入來自石油銷售。
So how is Dubai so wealthy? Well, both Dubai and the entire UAE have a historically productive relationship with the United Kingdom. This relationship granted them access to exclusive western investments and partnerships. In 2000, the international credit boom helped the Emirates solidify their place in the Middle East as a financial and cosmopolitan hub. Foreign investments poured in for ambitious projects like the world’s tallest skyscraper, largest resort, and even a series of man-made islands. Since then,
tourism, trade, and retail has flourished,attracting a large number of visitors and immigrants. Dubai was reported to be the world’s 5th most popular tourist destination in 2014.
那么，為什么迪拜如此富有呢？歷史上，迪拜和阿聯酋與英國之間都著非常良好的關系。這種關系讓他們能夠享受西方特有的投資和合作。2000年，國際信譽升級幫助阿聯酋鞏固了他們在中東地區的位置，成為重要的金融和國際化樞紐。外國投資涌入，參與雄偉的項目建設，比如世界上最高的摩天大樓，最大的度假村，甚至一系列人造島嶼。自那時以來，旅游，貿易和零售業都繁榮發展，吸引了大量游客和移民。2014年，迪拜成為世界上第五大受歡迎的旅游目的地。
Additionally,there are no corporate taxes,except on oil companies and foreign banks, making them an attractive business destination.
此外，迪拜并不收取公司稅，除了石油公司和外國銀行之外，讓它成為受歡迎的商務目的地。
However, despite the flow of investments and a growing tourism industry, the late 2000s global economic crisis hit the emirates especially hard. Real estate prices collapsed throughout the area, and one study found that more than 200 construction projects were cancelled between 2009 and 2011. It got so bad that eventually, Abu Dhabi had to bail out Dubai with a $10 billion dollar loan. So yeah, Dubai is massively rich, but as we’ve seen in recent years,there’s no guarantee it’ll stay that way.
然而，盡管大量投資涌入，旅游業繁榮發展，千禧年末的經濟危機對阿聯酋造成了嚴厲打擊。整個地區房產價格下跌，一項研究發現，2009年至2014年間，超過200個建筑工程取消。更嚴重的是，阿布扎比最終不得不投入100億美元貸款救助迪拜。是的，迪拜非常富有，但是近年來，已經沒人能夠保證迪拜可以繼續保持這種狀況。
