2 Chapter 1 Mysterious Beginnings

Chapter 1 Mysterious Beginnings The man who became Blackbeard might have been born in Bristol, on the southwest coast of England, around the year 1680. Only one record has been found to prove that. The man's real name is a mystery, too. It often appears as Edward Teach. However, it was also written as Thatch, Tache, Tack, or Thatche.

后来成为黑胡子的那个人大概在1680年左右出生在英格兰西南海岸的布里斯托尔。 只有一项记录可以证明这一点。 这个人的真名也是个谜。 它经常以爱德华·蒂奇的名字出现。 然而，它也被写成Thatch, tch, Tack或Thatche。

It does make sense that a man like Teach would have come from a place like Bristol. At that time, Bristol was one of the major ports in England. It is located on the River Avon, which leads to the Atlantic Ocean. Shipbuilders in Bristol were famous throughout England for the strength and

像蒂奇这样的人来自布里斯托尔这样的地方是有道理的。 当时，布里斯托尔是英国的主要港口之一。 它位于通往大西洋的埃文河上。 布里斯托尔的造船工人在全英国都很有名

design of their boats. The busy docks were crowded with ships and sailors. A boy like Edward Teach would have found lots to see and do. In fact, many young boys found jobs on ships as cabin boys or servants.

他们船的设计。繁忙的码头上挤满了船只和水手。 像爱德华·蒂奇这样的男孩会发现有很多东西要看，要做。 事实上，许多年轻的男孩在船上找到了船舱服务员或仆人的工作。

Ships left from Bristol for trips to ports all around the world. All those departing ships meant that there was a great need for sailors. Thousands of men from Bristol had become sailors on merchant ships. Others joined the British Royal Navy.

船只从布里斯托尔出发前往世界各地的港口。 所有这些离开的船只意味着对水手的巨大需求。 成千上万来自布里斯托尔的人成为商船上的水手。 其他人则加入了英国皇家海军。

By the 1600s, European countries—including Spain, England, and France—had claimed parts of the Americas and the Caribbean islands as colonies. The only way to reach those colonies

到17世纪，包括西班牙、英国和法国在内的欧洲国家已经宣称美洲和加勒比岛屿的部分地区为殖民地。 到达那些殖民地的唯一途径

was by sailing, so sailors headed west in great numbers. The ships carried food, clothing, building materials, slaves, and colonists to the New World. They returned with sugar, rum, gold, tobacco, and spices. Edward Teach was said to have fought as a sailor in Queen Anne's War, which lasted from

是通过航海，所以大批水手向西航行。 这些船把食物、衣服、建筑材料、奴隶和殖民者带到新大陆。 他们带回了糖、朗姆酒、黄金、烟草和香料。 据说爱德华·蒂奇曾在安妮女王战争中担任水手，这场战争持续到