From the outside, the seven-storey(七层楼的) building at 2 America Square looks like any other office block in the heart of(在…中心) London’s financial district.
从外表看，位于美洲广场2号的这栋七层建筑与伦敦金融区中心的其他写字楼并无二致。
Located about half a mile from Tower Bridge, one might expect it to be a hive(蜂巢；繁忙场所) of commercial activity, teeming(充满的，挤满的) with employees holding important meetings. However, much of the property is home not to staff vying(争夺，竞争) for their next bonus, but to stacks of nondescript(平淡无奇的，不引人注目的) black boxes arranged in neat lines.
该建筑距离伦敦塔桥约半英里，人们或许会以为这里是一派商业繁荣的景象，挤满了正在开重要会议的员工。然而，这栋房产的大部分并非员工争抢下一笔奖金的地方，而是整齐排列的一堆堆不起眼的黑色箱子。
The building, leased by a Virgin Islands-based company called 48th Street Holdings Ltd, has found itself at the centre of a court case that has finally signalled the end of a tax avoidance scheme believed to have cost local authorities more than £1bn.(这栋建筑被一家维尔京群岛公司租赁，如今成为官司焦点，该官司标志着避税计划的终结。)
这栋建筑由一家名为48街控股有限公司的维尔京群岛公司租赁，如今却成为一场官司的焦点，这场官司最终标志着一种据信已使地方当局损失超过10亿英镑的避税计划的终结。