GRE阅读练习：英国律师在迪拜开启新钱途.docxVIP

Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：英国律师在迪拜开启新钱途 GRE阅读练习：GRE阅读练习：英国律师在迪拜开启新钱途 GRE考试精品课程训练  WHEN the United Arab Emirates gained its independence from Britainin 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 officein Dubai in 1975 as it began to emerge as a commercial centre.  伦敦律所CliffordChance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 floodedin, 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 advantageover 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 DubaiInternational Financial Centre threw open its courts to disputes from anycountry, 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 andoperate 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 riskyfor Western firms, which are put off by the reputation of Dubais localcivil-law courts for favouring Emiratis over foreigners, according to WillBuckby 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WillBuckby 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 have been inundatedby requests to draw up commercial contracts stating disputes have to beresolved in the DIFC courtrooms.  自从2011年开始在迪拜的英国律师说他们已经被起草列明争端得在DIFC法院解决条款的商业合同要求淹没了。  More new work has been generated since the cou