影片對白  "Leverage", says you. "I think I feel a change in the wind," says I. I'll find us a crew.

文化面面觀  Tortuga 島的傳奇

 

Le Vasseur was killed by two of his henchmen in 1652, but the new governor sent by de Poincy also welcomed buccaneers. In January 1654, Spanish troops again drove the pirates out and this time tried to found a permanent colony. However, when an English fleet invaded in 1655, the Spanish governor withdrew its troops to defend Santo Domingo.

In 1656, soon after the English occupied Jamaica, Elias Watts acquired a commission as governor and recruited English and French settlers. The islanders soon returned to piracy. Watts was expelled in 1659 by a French adventurer and Tortuga fell under French control in 1665 when Bertrand D'Ogeron became governor.

D'Ogeron encouraged French settlement along the northern and western coast of Hispaniola, creating the French colony of Saint Dominguez. He also imposed order on Tortuga, but never tried to suppress the pirates, who formed the French colony's best defense in wartime. Pirates continued to visit the Island until France outlawed piracy after 1713. From the 1670's, however, Petit Groave replaced Tortuga as the main pirate haven in the French Islands.

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將下面句子譯成漢語。

1. They finally struck a bargain after weeks of wrangling over who would get what.
2. The tourists feast their eyes on the Grand Canyon.

《加勒比海盜》1（精講之三）考考你 參考答案

1. 別碰那本書！那可是約翰的寶貝。
Don't lay your hands on that book. That's John's precious.

2. 一些女孩認為："如果我不能漂亮的話，那我活著還有什么意義呢？
"Some girls said that: "I see no point in living if i can't be beautiful."

3. 我以死發誓，我會把你的愛人帶到你身邊的。
I swear on pain of death that I will take your love to you.

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