Dubai, one of seven members of the United Arab Emirates, gained a reputation for excess with the creation of man-made islands shaped like palms and an indoor ski slope in the desert.

迪拜是阿联酋七个酋长国之一，拥有人工修建的“棕榈岛”以及位于沙漠中的室内滑雪场，让其名噪一时。

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The result, according to Julien Jalal Eddine Weiss, an expert on classical Arab and Sufi music, was like “using African bongos in a Mozart sonata”.

用阿拉伯和苏菲派（Sufi）传统音乐专家朱力安.贾拉尔.艾迪恩.韦斯（Julien Jalal Eddine Weiss）的话来说，其效果就像是“用非洲的邦哥小对鼓（亦称曼波鼓）来演奏莫扎特的奏鸣曲”那样。

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AN ARAB CAMEL-DRIVER, after completing the loading of his Camel, asked him which he would like best, to go up hill or down.

一个阿拉伯的骆驼夫把货满载在骆驼背上后，问骆驼是喜欢上山还是喜欢下山。

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