How to be a Pirate

How to be a pirate in 10 easy stages

如何轻松十步成为海盗

Stage 1. What kind of pirate do you want to be? To help you decide, here are some famous pirates. A terrifying pirate. Blackbeard had a long beard, which he tied with ribbons. A wild pirate. Anne Bonny had a terrible temper. Stage 2. What kind of pirate do you want to be?

第一步：你想成为什么样的海盗？ 帮你做决定哦，下面介绍几位有名的海盗。 凶猛吓人的海盗。 黑胡子留着长长的胡须，还用丝带绑起来。 野蛮张狂的海盗。 安妮·邦尼的脾气超级暴躁。 第二步：你想成为什么样的海盗？

A sneaky pirate. John Avery sailed off with a treasure belonging to other pirates. Bye! A gentleman pirate. Bartholomew Roberts loved fine clothes and only drank tea. A cunning pirate. Captain and Mrs Cobham got up to all sorts of clever tricks.

鬼鬼祟祟的海盗。 约翰·埃弗里偷了其他海盗的财宝，驾船溜之大吉。 拜拜咯！ 绅士范儿的海盗。 巴塞洛缪·罗伯茨喜欢漂亮衣服，而且只喝茶。 诡计多端的海盗。 科巴姆船长和夫人会耍各种各样的聪明花招。

Stage 2 Wear the right clothes Pirate captains often wore smart clothes. The sails of pirate ships were made of canvas. Ordinary pirates often had to use bits of canvas to make their clothes.

第二步：穿对衣服 海盗船长通常都穿得很光鲜。 海盗船的帆是用帆布做的。 普通海盗常常得用碎帆布来做自己的衣服。

When their ship was sailing, the crew had to climb around the rigging. To make this easy, they wore baggy clothes and took off their shoes. They wore earrings because they thought it made their eyesight better. Pirates usually plaited their hair in a pigtail. Then the pigtail was covered in flour and water to make it stiff. Pirates wore all sorts of hats and headgear.

船航行的时候，船员得在索具间爬来爬去。 为了行动方便，他们会穿宽松的衣服，还把鞋子脱掉。 他们戴耳环，因为他们觉得耳环能让视力变好。 海盗通常会把头发编成辫子。 接着他们会在辫子上涂满面粉和水，让辫子变硬挺。 海盗会戴各种各样的帽子和头饰。

Stage 3. Where to find your crew? The inns round harbours were full of sailors. Many wanted to be pirates because it seemed an exciting life. It was also very dangerous. Often, when pirates attacked a ship, they forced the crew from that ship to join them as pirates.

第三步：去哪里找你的船员？ 港口周围的小酒馆里全是水手。 很多人想当海盗，因为这种生活听起来刺激极了。 不过当海盗也非常危险。 海盗袭击船只的时候，常常会强迫那艘船的船员也加入他们当海盗。