It was as if he were trapped on a large local desert basin where one step was identical to the next and the interesting peaks were far away. 他就好像陷入了一個巨大的沙漠腹地，前一步與下一步紋絲未變，而有意思的頂峰卻還很遙遠的前方。
On the road leading from Dubai to Oman, deep in the desert, a kilometre-long dragon-shaped building has become a symbol of China's growing ties with the Middle East. 從迪拜到阿曼的路上，在沙漠腹地之中，一座長達一公里的龍形建築物已成為一個標誌，象徵著中國與中東之間日益加強的關係。
