Blackbeard the Pirate

Black Beard the Pirate. Written by Kate Follett. Illustrated by John Walker.

《海盗黑胡子》 作者：凯特·福利特 绘者：约翰·沃克

The man behind the stories. Picture a pirate in your mind. Do you think of a cartoon pirate with a beard, an eye patch, and a parrot? 300 years ago, real pirates did sail the seas. One pirate had a name that scared everyone. He was known as Blackbeard.

这些故事背后的男人 你在脑海里想象一下海盗的样子 你是不是会想到卡通里的海盗，留着胡子、戴着眼罩， 还有一只鹦鹉？ 300年前，真的有海盗在海上航行哦。 有个海盗的名字能把所有人都吓坏， 他就是大名鼎鼎的黑胡子。

Becoming Blackbeard. Blackbeard's real name was Edward Teach. He was born in England about 1680. When he was old enough, Edward learned to sail a ship. England was at war. Edward joined the crew of a ship that attacked enemy ships to help the English Navy. Soon, he decided it would be better to join a pirate crew instead.

黑胡子的由来 黑胡子的真名叫爱德华·蒂奇 他大约1680年出生在英国 爱德华长到足够大的时候，就学习驾船 当时英国正在打仗 爱德华加入了一艘船的船员队伍，专门攻击敌船，来协助英国海军 没过多久，他觉得不如去当海盗更好。

The leader of the pirate crew put Edward in charge of a pirate ship. They attacked so many other ships that everyone was afraid of them.

海盗团伙的老大让爱德华负责掌管一艘海盗船 他们打劫了好多船，所有人都怕他们。

One day, Edward and his pirate crew took over a large, fast French ship that they had captured. The pirate leader gave the ship to Edward as a reward. Edward added more cannons to make it a very dangerous ship. Then he gave his ship a new name, the Queen Anne's Revenge. The Queen Anne's Revenge and Edward soon became very famous. No ship wanted to see the fast ship and its black pirate flag chasing them. Edward was now Blackbeard, the pirate.

有一天，爱德华和他的海盗手下抢到了一艘又大又快的法国船 海盗老大把这艘船奖给了爱德华 爱德华给船加装了更多大炮，把它变成了一艘极具杀伤力的船 然后他给这艘船起了个新名字，叫“安妮女王复仇号” 很快，“安妮女王复仇号”和爱德华就出了名 没有船愿意看到这艘快船挂着黑色海盗旗追自己 爱德华从此就成了海盗黑胡子。

Blackbeard ruled the sea. Blackbeard scared everyone who saw him. He was a huge man with a thick braided black beard. He stuck burning fuses in his beard, so it looked as if his beard was on fire.

黑胡子称霸了大海 每个见到黑胡子的人都被他吓得够呛 他块头很大，留着浓密的编起来的黑胡子 他会把点燃的导火线插在胡子里， 这样看起来就好像他的胡子着火了一样。