GRE双语阅读训练第十弹：英国律师新钱途.docxVIP

Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE双语阅读训练第十弹：英国律师新钱途 GRE双语阅读训练：GRE双语阅读训练第十弹：英国律师新钱途 GRE考试精品课程训练  British lawyers in Dubai —— Money for old laws  英国律师在迪拜：旧法律世界新钱途  New international courts in Dubai are giving British legal firms a boost  迪拜的新国际法院给英国律所新的增长点  这篇阅读材料还有 MP3 音频哦 !下载传送门  WHEN the United Arab Emirates gained its independence from Britain in 1971, little did it expect a second wave of colonialists: British lawyers.  自从 1971 年阿拉伯联合酋长国从英国那里获得独立后，它从没想过会有第二次殖民浪潮：英国律师。  Clifford Chance, a London-based legal giant, opened a small office in Dubai in 1975 as it began to emerge as a commercial centre.  伦敦律所 Clifford Chance 自从迪拜作为一个商业中心出现的时候就在 1975 年在那里开了一个小小的办事处。  Allen Overy followed in 1978.  1978 年 Allen Overy 紧跟着开了办事处。  As Dubai boomed, lawyers from Britain and other countries flooded in, soon crowding its legal market.  随着迪拜的繁荣，来自英国和其他国家的律师涌入很快充满它的法律市场。  A new type of court may yet give British legal minds an advantage over both local lawyers and foreign rivals.  一种新型法院给予英国律师们相对于当地律师和外国竞争对手的优势。  Hoping to become the Middle Easts legal hub, in 2011 Dubai International Financial Centre threw open its courts to disputes from any country, provided both parties agree to be bound by its decisions.  为了成为中东法律中心，2011 年迪拜国际金融中心开设它的法院受理来自任何国家的争端，只要双方同意受法院裁决的拘束。  The attraction is that the courts use the English language and operate in public under English-style common law.  这个法院的吸引人之处在于它使用英语并且在英国普通法系下公开运作。  This makes the legal process more transparent and much less risky for Western firms, which are put off by the reputation of Dubais local civil-law courts for favouring Emiratis over foreigners, according to Will Buckby at Beale Company, a law firm.  这样会使法律程序更加透明并且西方律所承担更少的风险，根据一家律所 Will Buckby at Beale Company，西方律师正被被迪拜当地民事法院支持本地人的名声困扰。  British firms already appear to be benefiting.  现在英国律所已经开始受益。  Since 2011 British lawyers in Dubai say they h