烟花秀落成迪拜塔：危机中的“沙漠神话”？(视频)

揭秘迪拜塔听力文本：

This is what Dubai does best. Spectacular celebrations mark the official openning of the world's tallest building. The Burj Bubai renamed the Burj Khalifa exploded like a giant firecracker. It officially stands at 828 metres tall. For Dubai the Burj Khalifa is another historic achievement. But to some, this glimming skyscraper is a symbol of Dubai's economic failure.

迪拜给世界最好的礼物就是它了。落成典礼在烟火绽放中举行，828米的焦点在夜幕中写下历史，散发魔力。然而，对于有些人来说，迪拜塔的夺目也是迪拜进入经济危机的一大原因。而迪拜塔的建设者却不这么认为。

Its inaguration comes just weeks after Dubai told the world it needed time to repay part of its 85-billion-dollar debts. But the man behind the Burj insist, Dubai has nothing to hide.

"I have a business to run. And I have an icon, a global icon, a living city that we've created, and it's ready to be launched. And we are able to launch it. We owe to our customers, legally; we owe to our company, we owe to our city, and people we live in the city. So I am doing the right thing because that's the business I meant."

It has taken an army of 12,000 labours working day and night to complete this tower. Its architects described the 160 floors of apartments, offices and hotel as a vertical city.

6年的艰辛，12，000人的共同努力，成就了这160层汇聚住家、办公、旅馆为一体的“斜体城市”在严峻经济危机中的毅然矗立。有人说它的落成将为迪拜的经济恢复带来正面的影响。除此以外，迪拜十年来的飞速发展，也给世界带来和留下了无限奇迹和惊喜。

Construction work began on the Burj Dubai at the height of the building boom back in 2004, so 6 years later, Dubai has the world's tallest building. It's also in the middle of its worst economic crisis.

There is talk of the Burj effect a ripple of real estate positivity that will spread from the epicentre to the rest of Dubai's devastated property market. And ultimately restore invest confidence. But there is no evidence to support that theory yet.

"Dubai has really come leaps and bounds over the last 10 years, establishing itself as a global location. And I think this is just doing the next step in that, what it means to you if you leave out other parts of Dubai, probablly, practically not that much. Or there is a fair good factor, it's a sentiment factor, but from a day to day perspective, probably not very much."

Inside the Glashah, there is unfinished work that needs to be completed before the first residents arrive in Feburary. The Burj's developers claimed 90% of its units being sold, but actual occupancy levels are understood to be much lower. Dubai has yet to emerge from the shadow of the economic crisis. And on December its credits will set the Burj as another example ofassets. But Dubai will use this architectual marvel as proof that it can deliver, even in the worst of times.

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