Dubai aims for fireworks world record 迪拜以烟花燃放世界纪录为目标

              Dubai is aiming to break the world record for the largest fireworks display this New Years Eve, it was reported. 迪拜的目标是打破世界纪录的最大的烟火表演在此次新年前夕,据报道。 The current record holder is Kuwait, which set off 77,282 fireworks stretched over 5km and lasting one hour and four minutes during celebrations for the 50th anniversary of its constitution in November 2012, Gulf News said. 目前的纪录保持者是科威特, 在2012年11月庆祝宪法成立50周年,总共燃放了77282发烟花，绵延5公里并且持续了1小时4分钟。 On December 31, Dubai is set to stage a world record-breaking attempt with fireworks spread across The World and The Palm manmade islands, with work already underway to install the display. 12月31日,迪拜将上演一场打破世界纪录尝试烟火蔓延世界各地和棕榈人工岛屿,目前已经在施工开始安装。 “We are waiting for Dubai to break the record. With this, it becomes an international destination for celebration,” said Talal Omar, country manager, Middle East and North Africa, Guinness World Records Limited, was quoted as saying. “我们正在等待迪拜打破纪录,它将变成一个国际目的地的庆祝活动,”国家管理者塔拉尔奥马尔表示,中东和北非,吉尼斯世界纪录保持者，据此发表说话。 Last month, Dubai’s Atlantis The Palm hotel promised its own New Year’s Eve fireworks display would be the “biggest fireworks display in the world”. 上个月,迪拜亚特兰蒂斯棕榈酒店承诺自己的新年烟火表演将是“世界上最大的烟火表演”。 The $1.5bn resort hosted the most expensive launch party in history, spending a rumoured $40m, when it opened in 2008. The fireworks display of one million fireworks – almost 10 times the scale of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony – was said to cost $3m alone. 1.5亿美元的度假胜地将举办了历史上最昂贵的开盘仪式,传言在它于2008年开业时花4千万美元。100万发的烟花焰火,几乎是北京奥运会开幕式规模的10倍——据说奥运会当时花销仅3亿美元。