事实:在迪拜机场被遗弃的豪华轿车-Luxury Cars Abandoned at Dubai Airport(在线收听) |
Pre-Listening Vocabulary luxury: expensive
abandon: to leave without taking someone or something
expat: short for expatriate; a person who lives in a country that he/she is not a citizen of
auction: a public sale where the highest bidder gets to buy the item
Luxury Cars Abandoned at Dubai Airport
Expensive cars, such as Corvettes, Ferraris and Porsches are regularly abandoned at airport parking lots in Dubai. The cars belong to expats or citizens who can no longer afford to pay down their car loans. Islamic law is still in place in the United Arab Emirates, and failing to pay one’s debt is a criminal offence that can result in jail time. To avoid getting in trouble with the law, many people flee the country and abandon their cars. The cars collect dust for a few months before they are sold at police auctions.
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