文化面面觀  Pirate flags 海盜的旗幟

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Jack: I suppose I should be thanking you because in fact if you hadn't betrayed me and left me to die, I would have an equal share in that curse same as you. Funny old world, isn't it?

Pirate: Captain, we're coming up on the Interceptor.

Jack: I'm having a thought here, Barbossa. What say we run up a flag of truce? I scurry over to the Interceptor and I negotiate the return of your medallion, aye? What say you to that?

Barbossa: Now you see, Jack, that's exactly the attitude that lost you the Pearl. People are easy to search when they're dead. Lock him in the brig!

Gibbs: Hands aloft to loose t'gallants. With this wind she'll carry every sail we've got.

Elizabeth: What's happening?

Anamaria: The Black Pearl, she's gaining on us.

Elizabeth: This is the fastest ship in the Caribbean.

Anamaria: You can tell them that after they've caught us.

Elizabeth: We're shallow on the draft, right?

Anamaria: Aye?

Elizabeth: Well, then can't we lose them amongst those shoals?

Gibbs: We don't have to outrun them long, just long enough.

Anamaria: Lighten the ship. Stem to stern!

Gibbs: Anything that we can afford to lose... see that it's lost!

Jack: Apparently there's a leak.

Barbossa: Haul on the main brace. Make ready the guns. And run out the sweeps.

Will: We're gonna need that.

Anamaria: It was a good plan up till now.

Will: Gibbs! We have to make a stand. We must fight! Load the guns!

Gibbs: With what?

Will: Anything. Everything! Anything we have left.

Gibbs: Load the guns! Case shot and language! Nails and crushed glass! With a will.

妙語佳句，活學活用

1. Run up

Run up 是一個常見的片語，它可以表示"積累（債務）"，例如：She ran up huge bills at the florist. 還可以表示"快速地賣出"，例如：I can run up some new curtains for the kitchen.

除此以外，run up 還可以表示"Raise a flag 升起"，例如：Let's run up the flag in time for the holiday. 這個用法來源于20世紀的海軍。

2. Gain on

意為"to get or come closer to (a person, thing etc that one is chasing) 逼近"，例如：Drive faster - the police car is gaining on us.

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