UAE is short for the United Arab Emirates, a country in the Middle East, on the east side of the Arabian Peninsula, next to Saudi Arabia and Oman.

UAE is short for the United Arab EmiratesUAE是United Arab Emirates（阿拉伯聯合大公國）的縮寫，a country in the Middle East是中東的一個國家，on the east side of the Arabian Peninsula在阿拉伯半島的東側，next to Saudi Arabia and Oman緊鄰沙烏地阿拉伯和阿曼。

It is not one single piece of land with one ruler — it is seven small states (called emirates) that joined together in 1971 to make one country. Each emirate still has its own ruler.

It is not one single piece of land with one ruler它不是一整塊由一個統治者統治的土地——it is seven small states (called emirates)而是七個小邦（稱為emirate），that joined together in 1971 to make one country在1971年聯合起來組成一個國家。Each emirate still has its own ruler每個emirate仍然有自己的統治者。

The two you hear about most are Abu Dhabi, which is the capital, and Dubai, which is the big business and shopping and flying city. The country got very rich from oil, and now also from trade, tourism and being a place where planes stop on the way between Asia and Europe. Many people from other countries live and work there; in fact most of the people in the UAE were not born there.

The two you hear about most你最常聽到的兩個 are Abu Dhabi, which is the capital是首都阿布達比，and Dubai, which is the big business and shopping and flying city還有杜拜，那個大商業、購物和航空轉運城市。The country got very rich from oil這個國家靠石油變得非常富有，and now also from trade, tourism現在也靠貿易和觀光，and being a place where planes stop on the way between Asia and Europe還有當亞洲跟歐洲之間飛機中停的地方。Many people from other countries live and work there很多來自其他國家的人在那裡生活工作；in fact most of the people in the UAE were not born there事實上UAE大多數的人並不是在當地出生的。

In writing, we say 'the UAE' with 'the' in front, like 'the US' and 'the UK' — because the full name has 'the' in it. You say the three letters one by one: U-A-E.

In writing在書寫時，we say 'the UAE' with 'the' in front我們會在前面加the說『the UAE』，like 'the US' and 'the UK'就像『the US』和『the UK』一樣——because the full name has 'the' in it因為完整的國名裡本來就有the。You say the three letters one by one這三個字母要一個一個唸：U-A-E。

In speech, people often just say 'Dubai' when they mean the country, even though Dubai is only one part of it. Careful with 'Emirates': with a capital E and no 'United Arab', it usually means the airline from Dubai, not the country.

In speech在口語裡，people often just say 'Dubai' when they mean the country大家常常想指這個國家時就直接說『Dubai』，even though Dubai is only one part of it儘管杜拜只是其中一部分。Careful with 'Emirates'小心『Emirates』這個字：with a capital E and no 'United Arab'大寫E開頭、沒有『United Arab』的時候，it usually means the airline from Dubai通常指的是來自杜拜的那家航空公司，not the country而不是這個國家。