影片对白  Gentlemen, milady. You will always remember this as the day that you almost caught...Capitan Jack Sparrow.

文化面面观  The history of piracy 海盗们的“光荣”历史

 

This image shows many of the characteristics commonly associated with a stereotypical pirate in popular culture, such as a parrot, peg leg, and eye patch.

The development of national navies caused the decline of piracy. Beginning in 1803, the United States endeavored to crush the corsairs of Tripoli. In 1815 and 1816 the United States, the Netherlands, and Great Britain wiped out the Barbary pirates, who had exacted tribute under the threat of capturing ships and imprisoning their crews. In 1816, Great Britain and the United States began operations against pirates in the West Indies, particularly those on the Cuban coast, and in 1824 the United States sent David Porter to complete the task. The power of the pirates along the Straits of Malacca and the China seas was broken after the Opium Wars in the late 19th cent. During the Spanish Civil War the major powers agreed (1937) at the Nyon Conference on an antipiracy pact after mysterious attacks on merchant ships in the Mediterranean. Small-scale piracy persists in some waters, particularly in Indonesia and SE and S Asia, in the Red Sea and off the Horn of Africa, off the Gulf of Guinea coast, and off Ecuador.

我观之我见

告别了刀风血雨的冷兵器时代，现代人的生活被越来越丰富的物质、越来越先进的科技所包围，这种温室中的生活难免让人怀念起几个世纪前那些艰苦的生存斗争。于是就有人把这些斗争包装成惊险浪漫的故事，剔除那些实际生活的困苦，让现代人在幻想中经历一场大冒险，满足寻求刺激的心理。这，也许就是近几年海盗片、古代战斗史诗片分外火的原因吧。只是这一次我们的故事可算不上悲壮，一个疯疯癫癫的海盗，一个英俊执着的铁匠，一位敢爱敢恨的美女，再加上一群看了就想笑的骷髅船员，这部片子带给你的绝对不止是冒险的满足，还有愉悦身心、轻松大脑的功能。烦恼的时候拿出来看看，肯定立刻会云开雾散。

考考你

用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。

1. 我确定他想再买一辆车。
2. 不管怎么努力，我就是接受不了那个提议。

《加勒比海盗》1（精讲之一）考考你 参考答案

1. Jan welcomed the chance to speak her mind about abortion.
珍愿意就此机会谈谈对堕胎看法。

2. In recent months, the several parents who had given their children an ultimatum have thrown the anxieties and frustrations of parenting into sharp reliefs.
最近几个月来，这几位给孩子发最后通牒的父母让大家清楚认识到了教育孩子得经受多大的压力和打击。



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