阿聯酋降罕見大雪 民衆登山樂開花
Emiratis frolic in the snow as temperatures plummet in the UAE
近日，由於阿聯酋的氣溫驟降，該國全體國民開啓了一場雪上狂歡。The UAE's weather service, the National Center of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS), reported that the usually warm and arid region experienced temperatures as low as -5 degrees Celsius (23 Fahrenheit) last Friday evening.
根據阿聯酋氣象服務部門--國家氣象中心報道，以往炎熱乾旱的地區在上週五晚上氣溫都下降到了零下五攝氏度（23華氏度）。The rare snowfall covered the UAE's tallest peak, Jebel Jais, and residents weren't afraid to brave the cold.
罕見的降雪讓阿聯酋的最高峯賈伊斯峯銀裝素裹，但當地居民都不畏寒潮。
Many gathered on the mountain and spent the day building snowmen, having snowball fights and holding tobogganing races
許多人紛紛聚集在山上，花整天的時間一起堆雪人、打雪仗、舉行滑雪比賽。
While the region Ras al-Khaimah has experienced snow several years in a row, the heavy snowfall at Jebel Jais mountain was unusual.
儘管在拉斯阿爾卡麥地區，連年下雪是再正常不過的事，但在賈伊斯峯山上，這樣大的降雪還是很少見的。"It was pretty busy (on the mountain) as we don't usually get snow in UAE, so people from all (over) the Emirates came to see the snow," a photographer in the region, Shakar Alzaabi, told CNN.
當地一位名叫夏克爾·阿爾扎比的攝影師向CNN透露：“我們都玩瘋了（在山上），因爲在阿聯酋看見雪實在太難得了，所以全國的人都到這兒來看雪了。”The average minimum temperature across the UAE since 2003 has been 13.3 degrees Celsius (55.58 Fahrenheit) according to the NCMS.
根據阿聯酋氣象局的報道，自從2003年以來，阿聯酋出現過的最低氣溫是13.3攝氏度（55.58華氏度）。Despite the snow being welcomed and celebrated by many, elsewhere organizers for the Tour of Dubai were forced to cancel stage four of the cycling race due to high winds causing dangerous conditions.
雖然這場大雪在當地收到了極大的歡迎，但這也使得“環迪拜自行車賽”的組織者不得不取消第四階段的騎行比賽，因爲大風天氣可能會造成許多危險的後果。
