VOA慢速英语 海盗袭击索马里海岸所有过往船只

　　The First Barbary War stopped piracy against American ships for a time. But it was not until eighteen fifteen and the Second Barbary War that the power of the Barbary pirates was broken. Commodore William Bainbridge was a hero of that war. Today, the modern destroyer, the U.S.S. Bainbridge, honors the American naval officer in name and in spirit. The warship will forever be linked to the dramatic rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates.

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　　VOICE ONE:

　　This program was written and produced by Mario Ritter. I'm Shirley Griffith.

　　VOICE TWO:

　　And I'm Steve Ember. You can find transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our reports at voaspecialenglish.com. Join us again next week for EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English.

　　一、词汇讲解

　　1. captor n. 捕捉者, 逮捕他人者

　　例句：The prisoner is forced to lie prostrate in front of their captor.

　　囚犯们被迫在逮捕他们的那些人面前卧倒。

　　2. deploy vt. 展开, 配置，派遣

　　例句：The Pentagon has notified more than 35000 soldiers to be prepared to deploy to Iraq beginning this fall.

　　五角大楼总部表示从今年秋天开始，将有三万五千多名士兵被部署到伊拉克驻兵。

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