the Pirate
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
T able of Contents The Man Behind the Myth.
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4 Becoming Blackbeard.
4 成为黑胡子。
5 Blackbeard Ruled the Sea.
5"黑胡子统治"出海.
8 Blackbeard’s Capture.
8 黑胡子被俘.
12 The Legend of Blackbeard.
12"黑胡子传奇".
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 The Man Behind the Myth Picture a pirate in your mind.
16 神话画面背后的人 一个海盗在你脑中。
Do you think of a man with an eye patch, a parrot, and black hat?
你觉得一个人有眼罩 有鹦鹉 有黑帽子吗?
That colorful picture is not just from cartoons or the movies.
这幅多彩的相片不仅仅是卡通片或电影中的.
In the early 1700s, a pirate with a dark beard and wild eyes really did sail the seas.
1700年代初,一个长有黑胡子和野生眼睛的海盗确实出海出海了.
His name brought fear to the hearts of sailors.
他的名字给水手带来了恐惧
He was known as Blackbeard.
他被称为"黑胡子".
Movie and cartoon pirates may look funny, but real pirates like Blackbeard (right) were colorful characters, too.
电影和卡通海盗看起来可能很有趣,但像"黑胡子"(右)这样的真正的海盗也是多彩的角色.
One of the pirate ships recreated for the Disney movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.
其中一艘海盗船为迪士尼电影"加勒比海盗:黑珍珠号的诅咒"所再生.
Becoming Blackbeard Not many facts are known about the man who was called Blackbeard.
成为黑胡子 鲜为人知的关于那个叫"黑胡子"的人的事实.
He may have been born in Bristol, England, around 1680.
他可能在1680年左右生于英国布里斯托尔.
His real name was Edward Teach.
他的真名是爱德华·蒂克.
Sometimes his name was spelled Thatch or T eache.
有时他的名字被拼作"Titch"或"T"各取一字.
Edward Teach became a sailor– a very hard life that paid little money.
爱德华·蒂克成为了一名水手——一个付出了很少钱的非常艰难的生活.
He soon became an English privateer, robbing enemy ships for England.
他很快成为了英国私家侦探,为英国劫掠敌舰.
That led to a job with Captain Benjamin Hornigold, a famous English pirate.
这导致了与本杰明·霍尼戈德船长的工作,他是英国著名的海盗.
Pirate or Privateer?
海盗还是私生子?
Many countries hired sailors as privateers during wars with other countries.
许多国家在同其他国家的战争中雇用了水手作为私人.
By law, privateers could attack enemy ships.
根据法律,私人可以攻击敌舰.
They would add the best captured ships to their country’s navy, and sell the items the ships were carrying.
他们将在本国海军中增加最好的被俘船只,并出售这些船只携带的物品。
Privateers were given a small share of the profits, but they had to follow certain rules of war.
私人公司得到的利润有一小部分,但他们必须遵循某些战争规则。
Many privateers became pirates instead.
许多私家侦探成了海盗。
As pirates, they didn’t have to follow the rules of war.
作为海盗,他们不必遵守战争规则。
They could attack any ship—and keep all the treasure for themselves!
他们可以攻击任何一艘船,而把所有的财宝都保存起来。
The trading ships of many countries sailed back and forth across the southern Atlantic Ocean.
许多国家的贸易船相继出航穿越了南大西洋.
It was a very busy area for trade—and for piracy.
这是一个非常繁忙的贸易和海盗地区。
Edward was fearless and bold.
爱德华无所畏惧而大胆.
Captain Hornigold put him in charge of a captured ship.
霍尼戈尔德船长让他负责一艘被俘船只.
The two worked as a team, attacking ships and stealing cargo.
两人作为一个团队工作,攻击了船只并偷窃了货物.
Soon, they were the most feared pirates on the ocean.
很快,他们就是海洋上最受恐惧的海盗.
In November 1717, Edward took command of a large, captured French ship named La Concorde.
1717年11月,爱德华接掌了一艘被俘法国大船"拉康科德"号.
He named it the Queen Anne’s Revenge and added more cannons to it.
他将它命名为"安妮王后复仇"并增加了更多的大炮.
His ship was now heavily armed.
他的船现在全副武装
When Hornigold retired, Edward took over.
霍尼戈尔德退休后由爱德华接任.
Within a year, Edward the sailor had become Blackbeard, the pirate.
一年之内,水手爱德华成为了"黑胡子","海盗".
Blackbeard Ruled the Sea The Queen Anne’s Revenge was large, fast, and had all that cannon power.
黑胡子统治了海洋 安妮女王的复仇是巨大的,快速的,拥有了所有的大炮力量.
Blackbeard himself was also a fearful sight to face!
黑胡子本人也是一副可怕的面目!
He was a huge man.
他是个大人物
He wore beads and ribbons twisted into his thick, black beard.
他戴着珠子和丝带被扭曲成他厚而黑的胡子.
He even stuck lit fuses in it, so his beard looked as if it was on fire.
他甚至把点燃的导火线插入里面,所以他的胡子看起来好像着了火.
Most of his victims were so scared of him that they gave up without a fight.
他的大多数被害者都非常害怕他,于是他们不战而退.
The Golden Age of Piracy During the 1700s, European countries set up new towns in the Caribbean and North and South America.
1700年代期间,欧洲国家在加勒比以及北美洲和南美洲建立了新的城镇。
English, French, Dutch, and Spanish cargo ships sailed back and forth.
英,法,荷,西等货轮相继起航.
They were easy targets for pirates.
他们很容易成为海盗的目标。
Blackbeard captured ship after ship until he had four ships and a crew of over 350 men.
黑胡子接连捕获了舰只,直到他拥有了四艘舰只和350多名船员.
In May of 1718, his four ships arrived outside Charleston, South Carolina.
1718年5月,他的四艘船抵达了南卡罗莱纳州查尔斯顿外.
For one week, his ships robbed every ship coming and going.
一个星期,他的船 抢劫了每艘船来去。
He captured people on the ships and demanded that the town pay to get them back.
他把船上的人抓了起来,要求镇上的人付钱让他们回来.
Pirate’s Life for Me?
海盗的生命对我来说?
How did Blackbeard get such a big crew?
黑胡子怎么会有这么多人?
Most sailors got little pay or respect.
大多数水手的薪水和尊敬都很少.
If a pirate attacked their ship, sailors often chose to join the pirates!
如果海盗袭击了他们的船,水手们常常选择加入海盗!
Former slaves also gladly became pirates to escape slavery.
前奴隶也乐于为逃避奴隶制而成为海盗.
Pirates often shared treasure with their crews.
海盗经常与船员分享宝藏.
Blackbeard’s black flag showed a skeleton stabbing a heart and holding an hourglass.
黑胡子的黑旗显示一具骨架刺伤了心脏并握有一小时的玻璃.
The hourglass showed that the victim only had a short time to give up or Blackbeard would attack.
小时玻璃显示被害者只有很短的时间放弃,否则黑胡子会出手攻击.
AT L A N T IC O C E A N Florida South Carolina North Carolina Georgia The Southern Outer Banks Islands Charleston, South Carolina Bath, NC Wreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge Bath, NC Beaufort Inlet Beaufort Ocracoke Island Cape Hatteras North Carolina Beaufort Virginia The Northern Outer Banks Islands This map shows where the wreck of Blackbeard’s ship was found near Beaufort Inlet off the coast of North Carolina.
AT L A N IC O C A N 佛罗里达 南卡罗来纳州 北卡罗来纳州 乔治亚州 南外班克斯群岛 查尔斯顿岛 南卡罗来纳州 南卡罗来纳州 南卡罗来纳州 安妮女王复仇浴场的NC Wreck NC Beaufort Inlet Beaufort Ocracoke Island Cape Hatteras 北卡罗来纳州 北卡罗来纳州 北外班克斯群岛 这张地图显示在北卡罗来纳州海岸外的博福特因莱特附近发现了黑胡子的舰只残骸.
Blackbeard planned to set up a new base on the Outer Banks, a chain of islands off North Carolina.
黑胡子计划在外滩上建立一个新的基地,这是北卡罗来纳州外的一连串岛屿.
On the way there, the Queen Anne’s Revenge got stuck on a sandbar near Beaufort.
在途中,安妮女王的"复仇"被卡在了博福特附近的沙巴上.
Blackbeard told his men to put the treasure aboard the other ships.
黑胡子让他的手下把宝藏放上其他船只.
He had heard that England was letting pirates go free if they turned themselves in.
他听说如果海盗自首 英格兰会放他们自由
He sent one of his captains off to see if it was true.
他派了一名船长去查看是否是真的
While that captain was away, Blackbeard dropped off many men on a nearby island.
当船长不在的时候 黑胡子在附近的一个岛上 放下了很多人
Then, Blackbeard sailed off, taking the loot with him.
接着,黑胡子出海去取了赃物
Some people say that Blackbeard ran his ship onto the sandbar on purpose.
有人说黑胡子故意把船开到沙滩上
Had he tricked his crew so he wouldn’t have to share the treasure with as many people?
若他欺骗他的船员,
Blackbeard’s Capture It seemed that Edward Teach had taken his loot and stopped sailing.
黑胡子的捕捉 似乎爱德华·蒂克已经拿走了他的赃物并停止出海.
The governor of North Carolina forgave his past crimes.
北卡罗莱纳州长原谅了他过去的罪行.
Blackbeard soon returned to his old tricks, though.
黑胡子很快就回到了老把戏
He offered to share his loot if the governor would allow him to rob ships sailing off the Carolina coast.
他提出要分享他的赃物,如果州长允许他去抢劫在卡罗来纳海岸航行的船只.
With this backing, Blackbeard began attacking cargo ships in his remaining ship, the Adventure.
在这种支持下,"黑胡子"开始攻击他所剩船上的货船"冒险"号.
The wreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge was found near the Beaufort Inlet, off the coast of North Carolina, in 1996.
安妮王后复仇号的残骸于1996年在北卡罗来纳州近海的博福特出入口附近被发现.
The governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, became tired of Blackbeard’s looting.
弗吉尼亚州州长亚历山大·斯波茨伍德厌倦了黑胡子的掠夺.
Spotswood sent Lieutenant Robert Maynard to find and capture Blackbeard.
斯波茨伍德派了罗伯特·梅纳德(英语:Robert Maynard)中尉去寻找并捕获了"黑胡子".
On the morning of November 22, 1718, the crew of Maynard’s ship, Ranger, spotted the Adventure near the island of Ocracoke.
1718年11月22日上午,梅纳德的"游骑兵"号舰上船员在奥克拉克克岛附近发现了"冒险"号.
Blackbeard fought for many hours.
黑胡子战斗了好几个小时
The Adventure’s cannons fired on Maynard’s ship.
冒险号的大炮向梅纳德的飞船开火.
In the heavy smoke from the battle, Maynard’s men hid so it seemed as if they had been killed.
在战斗中浓烟中,梅纳德的手下躲藏起来,似乎好像被杀死了.
Thinking he had won, Blackbeard climbed aboard the Ranger.
以为他赢了 黑胡子爬上游侠号
Maynard’s men ran up on deck and hand-to-hand fighting began.
Maynard的手下在甲板上跑来跑去,亲手战斗开始.
Blackbeard fought bravely but Maynard had too many men.
黑胡子勇敢地战斗 但梅纳德有太多的人
Blackbeard was shot five times before he finally fell dead.
黑胡子在最终倒地前被枪杀了5次.
Maynard’s men threw Blackbeard’s body into the sea.
梅纳德的人把黑胡子的尸体扔入了大海.
Blackbeard’s last battle at Ocracoke became famous.
黑胡子在奥克拉克克的最后一战出名.
Even young Benjamin Franklin wrote a poem about it.
甚至年轻的本杰明·富兰克林也为此写了一首诗.
The Legend of Blackbeard Blackbeard’s name lived on.
黑胡子名字的传奇一直存在。
Like many pirates, he became an outlaw hero.
和许多海盗一样,他也成为了不法英雄.
His life story may be behind characters in books such as T reasure Island and movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean.
他的生平故事可能出现在"T Reasure Island"等书和"加勒比海盗"等电影中的角色后方.
Next time you hear or read about a pretend pirate, remember one of the real men behind the legend: Blackbeard!
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