Dubai is a city of big business, expensive hotels, skyscrapers, and shopping malls. In the early twentieth century, Dubai was a (success) trading port. People from the world stopped in Dubai to do business, it was still a small city. And most people lived as fishermen and businessmen. In1996, oil was discovered. This (bring) a lot of money into the area, and soon Dubai began to change.
Today Dubai is one of the world's most important business (center). In fact, each year the city gets its money (main) from business, not oil.
Recently Dubai has attracted (吸引) more and more visitors aboard. They come (relax) on its beaches and go shopping.
Dubai is also one of the world's fastest growing cities. Many tall buildings (build) in months. The city has many man-made islands. One of (they), the Palm Jumeirah, is like a palm tree and is very beautiful.
Many people welcome the city's growth. But number of Dubai natives worry about the speed of change. As a Dubai native says, "Our kids must know we worked very, very hard to get where we are now, and there's a lot more work to do."
