Christmas came in extravagant fashion to the Muslim desert emirate of Abu Dhabi as a glitzy hotel unveiled a bejewelled Christmas tree valued at more than 11 million dollars on Wednesday.

本周三，阿布达比酋长国（阿拉伯联合酋长国之一）的一家奢华酒店将一棵挂满珠宝、价值1100万美元的圣诞树布置于酒店大堂内，本年度的圣诞节开始在这片土地上刮起了奢华风。

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While Ferrari prepares its theme park in Abu Dhabi, in neighboring emirate Dubai they're gearing up for the grand opening of the first F1-X theme park.

正当法拉利筹建其在阿布扎比的主题公园时，与其相邻的酋长国迪拜正加速筹备第一座F 1 - X主题公园的盛大开张。

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates are in the area of seven second-largest emirate (after Abu Dhabi), United Arab Emirates are the economic center.

迪拜是七个阿拉伯联合酋长国中的面积第二大酋长国(次于阿布扎比)，是阿联酋的经济中心。

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The friendly neighbouring emirate of Abu Dhabi, which has been bailing Dubai out, is still flush with petrodollars.

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Syriana, he said, took longer than normal to pass because his office felt it required a second opinion from authorities in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the seven-emirate federation.

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Naysayers claim that the place has overextended itself, that many of its vaunted projects are real-estate scams, and that the emirate can afford to spend so wildly only because the giant stores of oil in neighbouring Abu Dhabi, the anchor-state of the United Arab Emirates, offer a guarantee against default.

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