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最后，"红海行动"还成功地将中国电影推向了国际市场。作为一部汇集了中国强大制作团队的电影，"红海行动"向世界展现了中国电影产业的实力和潜力，得到了国际观众的一致好评。同时，影片的国际票房收入也证明了中国电影在国际市场上的竞争力。
Finally, "Operation Red Sea" has successfully pushed Chinese films into the international market. As a movie that brings together a powerful production team in China, "Operation Red Sea" has shown the strength and potential of the Chinese film industry to the world, and has received unanimous praise from international audiences. At the same time, the movie's international box office revenue also proves the competitiveness of Chinese films in the international market.
这部影片以其真实的事件背ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ和精彩的战斗场面赢得了观众的一致好评，不仅在中国国内取得了巨大的成功，也在国际市场上受到了广泛的关注。下面我们来深入分析一下这部电影的成功之处，并探讨一下其对中国电影产业和国际市场的影响。
This movie has won unanimous praise from the audience with its realistic background and thrilling battle scenes. It has notonly achieved great success in China, but also attracted wide attention in the international market. Now let's take a closer look at the success of this movie and its impact on the Chinese film industry and the international market.

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1 Somali pirates (索马里海盗索马里海盗)are wealthier than us 索马里海盗 British "Sunday Independent " reported on Apr 17 that at least 1,500 Somali pirates current estimates, due to substantial "career rewards", reported that a Somali pirate income $ 79,000 a year, Somali pirates or by the global economic losses in 2015 $ 15billions.

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There is a great rush to the port of Eyl, where most of the hijacked vessels are kept by the well-armed pirate gangs.People put on ties and smart clothes. They arrive in land cruisers with their laptops, one saying he is the pirates' accountant, another that he is their chief negotiator.With yet more foreign vessels seized off the coast of Somalia this week, it could be said that hijackings in the region have become epidemic.Insurance premiums for ships sailing through the busy Gulf of Aden have increased tenfold over the past year because of the pirates, most of whom come from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.In Eyl, there is a lot of money to be made, and everybody is anxious for a cut.Entire industryThe going rate for ransom payments is between $300,000 and $1.5m (£168,000-£838,000).A recent visitor to the town explained how, even though the number of pirates who actually take part in a hijacking is relatively small, the whole modern industry of piracy involves many more people."The number of people who make the first attack is small, normally from seven to 10," he said."They go out in powerful speedboats armed with heavy weapons. But once they seize the ship, about 50 pirates stay on board the vessel. And about 50 more wait on shore in case anything goes wrong."Given all the other people involved in the piracy industry, including those who feed the hostages, it has become a mainstay of the Puntland economy.Eyl has become a town tailor-made for pirates - and their hostages.Special restaurants have even been set up to prepare food for the crews of the hijacked ships.As the pirates want ransom payments, they try to look after their hostages.When commandos from France freed two French sailors seized by pirates off the Somali coast in September, President Nicolas Sarkozy said he had given the go-ahead for the operation when it was clear the pirates were headed for Eyl - it would have been too dangerous to try to free them from there.The town is a safe-haven where very little is done to stop the pirates - leading to the suggestion that some, at least, in the Puntland administration and beyond have links with them.Many of them come from the same clan - the Majarteen clan of the president of Somalia's transitional federal government, Abdullahi Yusuf.Money to spendThe coastal region of Puntland is booming.Fancy houses are being built, expensive cars are being bought - all of this in a country that has not had a functioning central government for nearly 20 years.Observers say pirates made about $30m from ransom payments last year - far more than the annual budget of Puntland, which is about $20m.When the president of Puntland, Adde Musa, was asked about the reported wealth of pirates and their associates, he said: "It's more than true".Now that they are making so much money, these 21st Century pirates can afford increasingly sophisticated weapons and speedboats.This means that unless more is done to stop them, they will continue to plunder the busy shipping lanes through the Gulf of Aden.They even target ships carrying aid to feed their compatriots - up to a third of the population.Warships from France, Canada and Malaysia, among others, now patrol the Somali coast to try and fend off pirate attacks.An official at the International Maritime Organisation explained how the well-armed pirates are becoming increasingly bold.More than 30% of the world's oil is transported through the Gulf of Aden."It is only a matter of time before something horrible happens," said the official."If the pirates strike a hole in the tanker, and there's an oil spill, there could be a huge environmental disaster".It is likely that piracy will continue to be a problem off the coast of Somalia as long as the violence and chaos continues on land.Conflict can be very good for certain types of business, and piracy is certainly one of them.Weapons are easy to obtain and there is no functioning authority to stop them, either on land or at sea.Somalia pirates hold U.S. captainAmerican seamen on the Maersk Alabama cargo ship manage to fend off the attackers, but they escape in a lifeboat with the captain as a hostage.By Edmund Sanders and Julian E. BarnesApril 9, 2009Reporting from Washington and Nairobi, Kenya -- With a U.S. warship on site keeping watch early today, Somali pirates and American seamen engaged in a standoff on the high seas after the crew of a freighter loaded with food for Africa fought off the hijackers -- who fled in a lifeboat with the captain as a hostage.The assault on the U.S.- registered Maersk Alabama cargo ship far off Somalia's coast marked the first attack against a U.S.-flagged vessel off Africa since the days of the Barbary pirates more than 200 years ago, a maritime official said.The 20-member crew, unarmed, according to the ship's owner, managed to overpower at least four pirates and regain control, U.S. officials said. But the captain, 55-year-old Vermont resident Richard Phillips, was being held by the pirates, a U.S. Defense official said.The attempted seizure of the Danish-owned vessel marks the latest chapter in the piracy saga off Somalia. Poverty, civil war and the lack of a functioning government since 1991 have turned the waters around the Horn of Africa nation into the most crime- infested on Earth.The attack on the cargo ship was the second in two days, U.S. officials said. After rebuffing the first attempt, the ship's crew radioed Wednesday that two skiffs were closing in. Thirty minutes later, the ship told maritime officials that pirates had attached a grappling hook and were climbing aboard.It remained unclear how the American crew retook the ship, and with Phillips in pirate hands, second-in-command Shane Murphy was in control. A crew member told CNN that one of the pirates had been detained, but then was released in an unsuccessful bid to exchange him for the captain.U.S. Defense Department officials said the U.S. destroyer Bainbridge arrived on the scene early today and was monitoring the situation. Navy P-3 surveillance planes also were keeping watch.Officials said the destroyer would establish communication, watch the situation and seek to negotiate the hostage's release, which could take some time."I wouldn't expect it to resolve itself like an episode of "CSI" in 45 minutes," a Defense official said. Both Murphy and Phillips are graduates of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, where Murphy'sfather teaches a course in anti-piracy tactics. Academy President Rick Gurnon said it was his understanding that the crew had disabled the cargo ship in a bid to thwart the hijackers.Phillips' sister-in-law, Lea Coggio, described him as "easygoing, laid-back," and added that she wouldn't be surprised if he was having a relaxed conversation with the pirates.Numerous merchant vessels have successfully fended off or outrun pirates, but the actions of the U.S. crew appeared to mark a rare instance of seafarers overpowering pirates after a ship was seized, maritime officials said.It remained unclear who attacked the 17,000-ton vessel, but past attacks have been launched by Somali warlords, disgruntled fishermen and foreign-based criminal networks. After chasing ships in speed boats and scaling the ships' hulls, Somali pirates typically anchor vessels off the coast and negotiate ransoms of $1 million to $3 million.Last year, pirates attacked 122 vessels in the region and seized 42 of them. Total ransom payments collected by Somali pirates were believed to have topped $50 million. Maritime officials say at least 16 ships and 200 crew members are being held.Among high-profile attacks last year was one against a Ukrainian vessel carrying 33 military tanks and another targeting a Saudi-owned tanker carrying $100 million worth of crude oil.Pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama about 7:30 a.m., U.S. Navy officials said. The ship was in the Indian Ocean about 240 nautical miles southeast of the Somalia port city of Eyl, they said.The ship's owner, Norfolk, Va.-based Maersk Line, is a U.S. subsidiary of Denmark's A.P.Moller-Maersk. The shipping giant is a longtime Pentagon contractor, according to security analyst firm Global , operating vessels with "top security clearance." But the hijacked vessel was not sailing under a Defense Department contract at the time of the attack, company and U.S. military officials said.Maersk Line Chief Executive John Reinhart said at a news conference that the company's seafarers were trained in prevention methods to combat piracy, such as increasing the ship's speed or changing direction, preventing pirates from boarding, using extra lookouts and maintaining regular communication with the U.S. Navy."We have ways to push back, but we don't carry arms," he said.A spokesman for the World Food Program confirmed that part of the ship's cargo was being ferried on its behalf, including 4,000 metric tons of corn headed for Somalia and Uganda, and 1,000 metric tons of vegetable oil for refugees in Kenya. It was expected to dock in the Kenyan port of Mombasa on April 16.。

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索马里海盗事件英语作文China warned Somali pirates on Tuesday it was prepared to use force when its navy ships arrive in the Gulf of Aden to combat a wave of piracy that has disrupted international shipping, AFP reported.中国警告索马里海盗，称其海军舰艇将奔赴亚丁湾。

中国已做好使用武力的准备，来打击扰乱国际海运的海盗行为。

Two Chinese destroyers and a supply ship set sail on Friday -- the first time in recent history that the nation has deployed ships on a potential combat mission well beyond its territorial waters.中国2艘驱逐舰以及一艘补给舰将于周五启航——这是中国历史上首次将其军舰部署在领海之外，执行可能的战斗行动。

China would also be willing to provide rescue and aid services to Taiwan-owned ships as long as they registered with the mainland, he said.中国将很乐意为在大陆注册的台湾船只提供援助。

About 100 ships -- seven of them Chinese -- have been attacked by Somali pirates since the beginning of the year.今年年初以来，约有100多条船——有7艘是中国船只——遭到了索马里海盗的袭击At least one Chinese vessel is believed still to be in the hands of the attackers.至少有一艘中国船只已确定落入了袭击者之手。

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Somali piracy is worst in worldThursday, 5 January 2010 From:The Los Angles TimesAn increase in piracy off the Indian Ocean coast of Somalia has made these waters the most dangerous for pirate activities in the world.Shipping companies say the area has overtaken those traditionally plagued by piracy such as the Straits of Malacca in south east Asia.The pirates generally use speedboats to steal trading goods or food aid - sometimes impounding ships and crew at gunpoint and then demanding ransoms before they are released.Somali clan leaders have just signed an agreement to try to end over two decades of factional fighting in the country - and they say they have also made attempts to address the piracy problem.But the high level of lawlessness off the long eastern Somali coastline reflects the level of chaos there has been on the ground in the country for more than a generation.The problem does not affect the northern coast of the self-proclaimed and more stable Somaliland as much.Shipping companies grouped under the International Maritime Bureau (a branch of the International Chamber of Commerce) say there have been 35 incidents of piracy off the Indian Ocean coast of Somalia in the past nine months.Piracy off the coast of Somalia is getting worse. Time to actFeb 3RD 2010 From：The New York TimesLAST year, pirates took 1,181 people hostage off the Somali coast. About half were released after the payment of ransoms, a few have died of abuse or neglect and around 760 are currently in captivity. They are usually held prisoner on their own hijacked vessels, some of which are employed as mother-ships from which the pirates stage further raids. So far this year, there have been 35 attacks, seven of them successful. In March, when the monsoon abates and the Arabian Sea grows calmer, the pace of the attacks will quicken.The problem has worsened sharply in recent years. There were 219 attacks last yearcompared with 35 in 2005. Ransoms paid last year climbed to $238m, an average of $5.4m per ship, compared with $150,000 in 2005. At the end of last month Jack Lang, a former French minister who advises the UN on piracy, warned the Security Council that Somali pirates were becoming the “masters” of the Indian Ocean. He puts the economic cost of piracy at $5 billion-7 billion a year (see article). The price in human misery is unquantifiable.However, eradicating Somali piracy is as hard as it is desirable. Because Somalia is not a functioning state, the pirates can operate freely from their harbours in the north, mostly in the breakaway territory of Puntland. Although ships from over 25 countries patrol the area and maritime law equips naval vessels off the Horn of Africa with powers of arrest, bringing pirates to justice is frustrated by cost, restrictive rules of engagement and politics. Hence 90% of captured pirates are released quickly and without sanction. And the foreign patrols’ effectiveness is declining as the pirates move ever farther offshore.There are many suggested remedies, some bad. Outlawing ransoms is neither feasible nor in the hostages’ interests. Stationing armed guards on vessels or training crews to use firearms would only provoke a more brutal response from the pirates. Applying the historic cure for piracy—exemplary violence—would lead to many more dead hostages.The successful campaign against the pirates who caused mayhem in the Malacca Strait a decade ago suggests that the answer lies onshore rather than offshore. Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore agreed to bury their differences and work together—patrolling, arresting, prosecuting and imprisoning pirates. At the same time as the risks for the pirates increased, conditions on shore improved. The post-tsunami peace settlement between the Indonesian government and rebels in Aceh, where most of the pirates came from, paved the way for investment, economic development and a better way of life.Suddenly, a Rise in Piracy’s Price5 Dec 2011 From: GuardianAt some point, Thomas Jefferson realized, you just can’t do bu siness with pirates any more. For years, the infant American government, along with many others, had accepted the humiliating practice of paying tribute —essentially mob-style protection fees —to a handful of rulers in the Barbary states so that American ships crossing the Mediterranean would not get hijacked. But in 1801, Tripoli’s pasha, Yusuf Karamanli, tried to jack up his prices. Jefferson said no. And when the strongman turned his pirates loose on American ships, Jefferson sent in the Navy to bombard Tripoli, starting a war that eventually brought the Barbarystates to their knees. Rampant piracy went to sleep for nearly 200 years.The question now is: Are we nearing another enough-is-enough moment with pirates?On Tuesday, Somali pirates shot and killed four American hostages. A single hostage intentionally killed by these pirates had been almost unheard of; four dead was unprecedented. Until now, the first thing that came to mind about Somalia’s buccaneers was that they were brash and mercurial. Just a few weeks ago they let go some Sri Lankan fishermen after they essentially said, “You’re poor, like us.” They were seen as a nuisance, albeit an expensive one, but not a lethal threat.Exactly what happened Tuesday is still murky. Pirates in the Arabian Sea had hijacked a sailboat skippered by a retired couple from California, and when the American Navy closed in, the pirates got twitchy. Navy Seals rushed aboard but it was too late. It’s still not clear why the pirates would want to kill the hostages when their business model, which has raked in more than $100 million in the past few years, is based on ransoming captives alive.“Of course, I do not know what the U.S. will do in response to this latest atrocity,” said Frank Lambert, a professor at Purdue who is an expert on the Barbary pirates. But, he said, “Jefferson advocated an armed response and eventually war against Tripoli for far less provocation.”For years now, Somali pirates with fiberglass skiffs and salt-rusted Kalashnikovs have been commandeering ships along one of the most congested shipping routes in the world — the Gulf of Aden, a vital conduit for Middle East oil to Europe and the United States. More than 50 vessels are now held captive, from Thai fishing trawlers to European supertankers, with more than 800 hostages. Those numbers grow each year.But the international response has been limited, partly because the most promising remedies are intensely complicated and risky. Western powers, including the United States, have sent warships to cruise Somalia’s coast and discourage attacks. When a vessel is hijacked, ship owners cough up a ransom, nowadays in the neighborhood of $5 million, and most of that cost gets passed to the end user —consumers. Until recently, most hostages would emerge unharmed, albeit skinny and pale from being locked in a filthy room. The average time in captivity is around six months.But recently the pirates have been getting more vicious; reports have emerged ofbeatings, of being hung upside down, even of being forced at gunpoint to join in raids. And now the pirates have gunned down four Americans.“I think there’s going to be some type of retaliation,” said a European diplomat in Nairobi, Kenya, who trades ideas on anti-piracy strategies with other diplomats and was instructed not to speak publicly about the issues. “I could see the Americans going after the pirate bosses, the organizers, maybe even blockade some of the ports that they use,” he speculated. “I don’t think the Americans are going to invade Somalia, because of Iraq and Afghanistan, but they can use local allies.” Another obvious possibility w ould be American Special Forces, who have killed terrorism suspects in Somalia.The American government isn’t revealing its plans but officials suggest — as long as they are not quoted by name — that the killings of the four Americans could be a game-chan ger. “We get it,” said one State Department official. “We get the need to recalibrate.”Any course of action, however, will confront two huge obstacles: the immensity of the sea and the depth of chaos in Somalia.The pirates used to stick relatively clos e to Somalia’s shores. But now, using “mother ships” — hijacked vessels that serve as floating bases — they attack ships more than 1,000 miles away. Sometimes that puts them closer to India than to home. The red zone now covers more than one million square miles of water, an area naval officers say is impossible to control.The Terror of Somali PiracyFebruary 26th, 2010 From: Chicago TribuneThe situation in southern and central Somalia is widely recognized as “one of the world’s most intractable crises.”One of the more notorious manifestations of the crisis has been the growing threat of “Somali pirates . . . terrorizing mariners sailing far off the African coast,” the Associated Press reports. For President Obama and his administration, the phenomen on constitutes “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”The U.S.-led international effort to repress piracy has focused on dispatching naval forces and employing drones off the coast of Somalia in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean as part of prevention and interdiction operations. InDecember, the State Department’s coordinator for counterpiracy and maritime security, Donna Hopkins, expressed her jubilation over the “unprecedented solid arity among nations” committed to eliminating the “common threat.” Indeed, U.S., NATO, and EU navies are accompanied by forces from over 30 nations, including warships deployed by China, Russia, India, and several others. All are authorized by UN Security Council Resolution 1851 to use “all necessary measures” to combat piracy.The “common interest” unifying these nations is the protection of maritime trade, which accounts for more than 80% of the world’s trade. U.S. planners have described the Gulf of Aden as “one of the world’s most important waterways,” in large part because close to 12% of the world’s petroleum passes through it. Somali pirates have exploited the vital shipping lanes by overtaking everything from chemical and oil tankers to fishing vessels and private yachts.A new study conducted by the One Earth Future foundation estimates the total annual cost of maritime hijackings to be somewhere between $7 and $12 billion. The high price tag is primarily due to the hike in insurance rates and growing security costs taken on by commercial vessels as well as the dramatic rise in ransom payments, an estimated 60% increase in 2010 from 2009 levels.To date the growing presence of international naval forces has done little to repress Somali piracy. Ecoterra International, an organization that monitors piracy, claims that “more than 50 captured ships are in the hands of Somali pirates, with at least 800 captives.” The number of total attacks have also increased, though the number of successful hijackings fell from 2009 to 2010—a small victory many analysts attribute to the international flotilla.Pirates are responding to the international presence, however, by extending their reach deeper into the Indian Ocean through the use of “mother ships”or captured commercial vessels that serve as floating stations from which smaller boats can perform piracy operations. On December 11, 2010 Somali pirates ventured as far as 1,000 miles east off the Somali coast and only 550 miles from the coast of India to hijack a cargo vessel. As a result of this expansive reach, “over 40 percent of the world’s seaborne oil supply passing through the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea is at risk from Somali pirates,” the shipping industry warns.The growing threat is prompting some nations to take more aggressive measures. Last month, South Korean armed troops raided a hijacked cargo vessel and rescued 21 sailors. In what is suspected of being a display of power directed at North Korea, the South Korean government hailed the military raid as evidence of its “strong will to never negotiate with pirates.” But amid the fanfare experts warned that aggressive military action will likely cause pirates to adopt moreviolent tactics, thereby jeopardizing the safety of hostages who for the most part have not been physically harmed by their captors.In fact, Tuesday morning marked the “first time US citizens have been killed in pirate attacks,” the Guardian reports, when Somali pirates murdered four American hostages after being captured on Friday, February 18. This deadly incident occurred after negotiations between the pirates and American officials “went south” due to a “dispute about the money,” according to one U.S. official. While circumstances surrounding the event remain unclear, U.S. officials claim that the pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade at one of the Navy warships “shadowing” the hijacked vessel. U.S. forces then raided the vessel where they found two pirates already dead and all four hostages shot. During the raid, military forces killed two pirates and captured the remaining 15. The next day the Associated Press reported that captains of other hijacked ships “have been ordered to tell navies not to approach or hostages would be killed.”This dreadful event will likely be used to justify the need for more aggressive military action taken against pirates, a position U.S. leadership has held for several years.Somali piracy taking an ‘alarming turn’Tuesday, 10 May 2010 From: USA TodaySomali piracy has taken an “alarming turn” since the beginning of the year, becoming more “prevalent, lucrative and violent”.According to Special Contingency Risks and Maritime & Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC), an estimated $65 million was paid in ransoms in the first quarter of 2011, compared with around $39 million in the same period of 2009.At least 18 commercial vessels (10 of which were hijacked this year) and around 500 hostages are being held by Somali pirates.Addressing a conference hosted by Willis, the specialists conceded that pirates have recently been forced to release several ships for lower than average ransoms.However, MUSC suggests that a glut of hijacked vessels over-stretched pirates’ resources, and warns that once sufficient levels of hard currency have been accrued from “firesales”, operations will begin again in earnest.The experts also revealed commercial vessels are being actively used by pirates as floating bases to launch attack skiffs, to resupply pirate attack groups and to conduct hijackings.The success of the pirates has attracted a new, more aggressive generation of practitioners from criminal gangs and even neighbouring countries in the Horn of Africa.This has led to an increase in violence towards seafarers with hostages being executed.The average ransom has reportedly increased from $2.1 million in the first quarter of 2009 to $4.6 million in the first quarter of 2011.Because of risks associated with a spate of pirate attacks off the Somali coast, Munich Re expects insurance premiums against sea piracy to ri se.Mr Dieter Berg, Munich’s head of marine insurance, says insurance rates are rising in all markets –marine insurance being no exception.Payouts from current claims are pushing premiums up, Mr Berg said.He added that the risk of piracy is increasing despite naval ships being sent to patrol the Somali seas. Attempts to hijack ships could spread to other areas of the world, such as the east coast of Latin America, and southeast Asia, Berg warned.The business model used by the Somali pirates could become popular around the world, he said.The Somali piracy is a growing threat to a shipping industry responsible for nearly 80 per cent of the world’s trade.Pirate attacks are on pace to set a nine-year record in 2011, according to data from the International Chamber of Commerce, which tracks global pirate attacks.Over the past five years, the number of attempted pirate attacks around the world nearly doubled to 445 in 2010. Pirates successfully boarded the attacked vessels in 50 per cent of these attempts. It’s estimated that only 30-40 per cent of attacks are reported to international agencies so these are pretty conservative figures. Currently, 750 seafarers on over 30 vessels are held hostage by pirates demanding enormous ransoms.The largest problem area has been off the coast of Somalia. The country’s history of piracy extends over 20 years since the fall of its government. In an attempt to protect their waters from being overfished, Somali vigilantes began forcing fisherman in the area to pay a tax.The area Somali pirates controlled was once only along the coast of Somalia to the Gulf of Aden. Now, following a concentrated effort by naval vessels to eradicate piracy in the area, these pirates are extending their destructive efforts to one of the most important shipping areas in the world: the Arabian Sea, Red Sea and Indian Ocean.Their tactics have become more sophisticated. The revised scheme is to use previously hijacked vessels, called “motherships,” to transport people and supplies as far as 1,500 nauti cal miles from land, making it much more difficult for naval warships to patrol.With Somali pirates covering a larger area, there’s an increased risk to energy tankers entering the Indian Ocean headed for key ports in Indonesia, India and China. In 2010, a third of all pirate attacks were targeting ships carrying chemicals, crude oil and natural gas. This has increased from just 20 percent five years ago.One country bearing the brunt of Somali piracy is neighbouring Kenya. The Kenyan Shippers Council estimates that piracy increases the cost of imports by $23.8 million per month, and exports by $9.8 million per month, according to One Earth Future, a global think tank on trade.Across the continent, Nigeria’s oil industry has been a direct target of pirates.One Earth Future calculated that Nigeria’s oil production has dropped by 20 percent since 2006 as a result of piracy and other attacks. Royal Dutch Shell estimates that about 100,000 barrels a day (roughly 10 percent) of Nigeria’s oil production is stolen every day.To avoid the high-risk areas and protect the workers on the ships and supplies from a pirate attack, these tankers have changed their routes. They now travel farther east toward the coast of India before heading south, adding six days of travel time for a Western destination and increasing travel expenses for the shipper. Energy tankers are also employing armed security guards, paying increased insurance rates and retrofitting their vessels to lessen the chance of a pirate attack.One Earth Future estimates the global cost of piracy on the economy has grown to $7 to $12 billion a year。

11规则航海英语听力与会话(船长)学习笔记 unit 1 Lesson 1 shipboard everyday life

中华人民共和国海船船员适任考试培训教材航海英语听力与会话（船长）学习笔记Unit 1 general English（通用英语）Lesson 1 shipboard everyday life（船上的日常生活）I Warming-up (预热)Read the diary by Captain Keith Townley.The ship is nearly full but there is room for a bit more cargo before crossing the pacific to Los Angeles. Our last call here will be Yokohama, Japan.Good news. The pilot boarding time has been changed from 0600 to 0800 which is a bit more civilized and means there will be a chance for breakfast as well.0930 all fast in Yokohama. A nice day with a straight forward pilotage and a simple berth approach. Very cautious pilot-pleasantly common in Japan-and although sometimes a few minutes slower, undoubtedly much safer.1430 everything done, paperwork too, so we can set sail for the US. Looking forward to ten days at sea though the weather predictions are not looking too good.Questions for discussion1.What is the ship’s last call of the voyage?2.Why is the captain happy that the pilot boarding time has been changed?3.What does the captain think of the Japanese pilots in general?4.What is the ship’s next port of call?diary ['daiəri] n.日记, 日记簿a bit more多一点civilized['sivilaizd] a.文明的, 有礼的cautious ['kɔ:ʃəs] adj.谨慎的, 十分小心的pleasantly ['plezntli]adv. 愉快地, 友好地, 亲切地, 客气地，合意地paperwork ['peipəˌwə:k] n.文书工作prediction[pri'dikʃәn]n.预言, 预报set sail for开船, 动身vt.启航,驶往阅读船长基思·汤利的日记。

Somali Pirates Take Recently Captured Hostages to Somali Coast

Somali Pirates Take Recently Captured Hostages to Somali Coast索马里海盗劫持事件On Monday，the European Union Naval Force Somalia announced it had rescued the captain of a yacht off the Somalia coast which had been hijacked by pirates. The EU's anti-piracy force said the skipper was rescued after fleeing captivity upon landing at the Somali coast.The EU Naval Force release contradicts earlier reports that the man had been killed by his captors while attempting to flee. Though it is unclear whether or not the man had been injured in the exchange, the Coordinator of the East African Seafarers' Assistance Program, Andrew Mwangura, told VOA he was likely alive and en route to Mombasa, on the Kenyan coast.At least two other crewmembers were kidnapped by the pirates, but according to EU Naval Forces, their location was unknown. Reports now indicate the two have been taken to the town of Barawe, in southern Somalia. According to Mwangura, being held in Barawe could complicate their release."If it is true that is a very dangerous place," said Mwangura. "Barawe is under control of Islamic groups. If it's not in good cooperation with the pirates, maybe the group will demand to take over the hostages and the pirates will not let go; so there will be fighting between them. The Islamic group will take them for political gains while the pirates are taking them for commercial gains."Barawe is controlled by al-Qaida linked group al Shabab, which is currently battling the government in Mogadishu to establish an Islamic state in Somalia.The recent kidnapping comes as ransoms for pirated ships in East Africa reach record levels . The South Korean Supertanker Samho Dream, along with 24 crewmembers, was released Saturday after being held in Somalia for nearly seven months. The boat was released after the hijackers received a record payment of $9.5 million.Analyst worry the rise of ransom prices is spurring more piracy in the Indian Ocean, and could complicate negotiations. According to Mwangura, ships are now being held longer to extract the maximum payment from their owners."As it is, the ship is held captive for a period of not more than six weeks but now, they go for more than four months," said Mwangura. "And the rate is not less than $3 million for a big ship. And now, yesterday, they took $9.5 million, meaning that now the bargaining power is high, and they are demanding more money."Mwangura said contact with the yacht hijackers likely would be established through relatives of their hostages' families. The hostages, who were hijacked off the coast of Seychelles, are reported to be South African.。

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A record ransom has been paid to Somali pirates in exchange for a South Korean tanker. About $9m was paid for the Samho Dream, which was seized in April while carrying oil from Iraq to the United States. In a separate move, nearly $3m was paid for the Golden Blessing, a Chinese-owned chemical tanker registered in Singapore. Somali pirates are holding at least 25 other ships. Kevin Mwachiro reports.
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索马里海盗资料--英文版

4. Prevention and Deterrence Results
5. Addressing Root Causes
• Pressuring and disrupting the flow of finance (Hawalah system) • Identifying where the pirates purchase equipments (GPS, satellite phones) • Implementing social and economic activities such as the telecommunication, fisheries, agriculture sector • Mineral extraction • Development at the micro level
IMO Circ.1333.1334 SN.1/Circ.281 MSC.1/Circ.1405 MSC.1/Circ.1406 MSC.1/Circ.1408
National Laws
4. Cooperation framework
Piracy Cooperation International CGPCS
Support on the ground
• People who give information to pirates • People who are keeping the hostages (From villages) • People who rent the dock • Guns for hire who protect pirates • They are around 2000 to 5000 people who are living with piracy incomes

新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第三册UNIT3课文及翻译(A+B篇)

TEXT AAudrey Hepburn — A true angel in this world奥黛丽·赫本——人间天使1 Audrey Hepburn thrilled audiences with starring roles in noteworthy films like Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sabrina, Roman Holiday, My Fair Lady, War and Peace, and Always.奥黛丽·赫本在《蒂凡尼的早餐》、《龙凤配》、《罗马假日》、《窈窕淑女》、《战争与和平》和《直到永远》等出色电影中主演的许多角色让观众为之陶醉。

2 Despite her success in the film domain, the roles she most preferred portraying were not in movies. She was an exemplary mother to her two sons and a UNICEF (the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) Ambassador of Goodwill serving victims in war-torn countries.尽管在电影界获得成功，但她最愿意塑造的角色却并不在影片中，而是做两个儿子的模范母亲和联合国儿童基金会亲善大使，为饱受战争蹂躏的人们服务。

3 As a young girl during the Nazi occupation of her native Holland, Audrey Hepburn was aware of the brutality, death, and destruction of war. She was hungry and malnourished, as her family was bankrupted as a result of the invasion. Audrey's father abandoned the family, and two of her uncles were taken captive and killed. Audrey was grabbed off the street by Nazis and placed in line to be sent to a work camp. When the guards glanced away she darted off, barely escaping, and huddled in a cold, foul basement full of rats.作为一名在纳粹占领下的祖国荷兰生活的小女孩，奥黛丽·赫本清楚战争所带来的野蛮、死亡和破坏。

VOA慢速英语：“无网捕鱼”——索马里海盗的故事

VOA慢速英语：“无网捕鱼”——索马里海盗的故事'Fishing Without Nets,' Somali Pirates StoryBy Jeri Watson01 November, 2021Hollywood directors often make films about people who get persuaded to take part in a crime because they need money. There is a new look to this old story in a film called Fishing Without Nets. This time, the central character is a Somali fisherman who cannot support his family. And the crime is piracy – attacking ships on the high seas.In Fishing Without Nets, a fisherman named Abdi cannot earn enough because pollution has killed off much of the catch he needs to feed his family. Then a friend talks to him about helping a group of pirates and he joins. The pirates capture a French oil ship and take the international crew hostage. They hope to get a huge payment when they free the crew.Abdi： "I'm fisherman."Hostage： "No, you're not fisherman. You are pirate."Cutter Hodierne directed the film. It is his first full-length movie. News about Somali piracy in the Indian Ocean had caught his interest. He was especially fascinated by the subject from the viewpoint of the gunmen."I just was so intrigued by what would lead somebody to that point of doing something so desperate and also so kind of audacious."In 2021, at age 24, Cutter Hodierne went to Kenya and made a shorter version of Fishing Without Nets. He used Somali refugees to play the parts. These untrained actors included day laborers, fishermen and truck drivers. They were all living in Mombasa, Kenya at the time."We would set up these informal auditions in restaurants and just like hangouts where Somalis would sit around and chew khat and drink tea, and we would audition people there."The short film won a Sundance Festival grand jury prize. At that point, Vice Media provided two million dollars to finance a feature-length version of the film.It was filmed again in Mombasa with many of the same Somali non-actors. Again, they invented their own speeches. Mr. Hodierne used a translator – a language expert – totell them only basic facts about what should happen in each scene."So, they knew what was going to happen within a scene, and then they would improvise all the dialogue (talk) within that scene, so that it was in their voice. And they were amazing at that; they added so much to it that I couldn't have written on a page, so I consider them almost co-writers of the movie."Mr. Hodierne likes to describe Fishing Without Nets as an action film for theaters that show artistic films. He says the "unlikely combination of suspense and reflectiveness" works well.One critic described the movie with words like "powerful, deliberate and absolutely beautiful."The full-length film won a grand jury directing award at the Sundance Festival earlier this year. It will be released to some theaters in the United States and then available on video-on demand.I'm Jeri Watson.*This report was based on a story from VOA's Carolyn Weaver in New York. Jeri Watson wrote the story for VOA Learning English. George Grow was the editor._____________________________________________________________ Words in this Storypersuaded - v., caused to do something by reasoning or argumentpiracy – n., the act of attacking and stealing a ship at seapirates – n., people who attack and steal a ship at seaviewpoint – n., a way of looking or thinking about somethingaudacious – adj., very bold and surprising and shockingkhat – n., the source of a stimulant when chewed or used as teascene - n., a division or act in a play during which the action takes place in a single place without a break in timeNow it's your turn to use these Words in This Story. In the comments section, write a sentence using one of thesewords and we will provide feedback on your use of vocabulary andgrammar.。

索马里海盗：当好莱坞电影变成现实

BOOSAASO, Somalia — This may be one of the most dangerous towns in Somalia, a place where you can get kidnapped faster than you can wipe the sweat off your brow. But it is also one of the most prosperous. Money changers walk around with thick wads of hundred-dollar bills. Palatial new houses are rising up next to tin-roofed shanties. Men in jail reminisce, with a twinkle in their eyes, about their days living like kings. This is the story of Somalia’s booming, not-so-underground pirate economy. The country is in chaos, countless children are starving and people are killing one another in the streets of Mogadishu, the capital, for a handful of grain. But one particular line of work — piracy — seems to be benefiting quite openly from all this lawlessness and desperation. This year, Somali officials say, pirate profits are on track to reach a record $50 million, all of it tax free. “These guys are making a killing,” said Mohamud Muse Hirsi, the top Somali official in Boosaaso, who himself is widely suspected of working with the pirates, though he vigorously denies it. More than 75 vessels have been attacked this year, far more than any other year in recent memory. About a dozen have been set upon in the past month alone, including a Ukrainian freighter packed with tanks, antiaircraft guns and other heavy weaponry, which was brazenly seized in September. The pirates use fast-moving skiffs to pull alongside their prey and scamper on board with ladders or sometimes even rusty grappling hooks. Once on deck, they hold the crew at gunpoint until a ransom is paid, usually $1 million to $2 million. Negotiations for the Ukrainian freighter are still going on, and it is likely that because of all the publicity, the price for the ship could top $5 million. In Somalia, it seems, crime does pay. Actually, it is one of the few industries that does. “All you need is three guys and a little boat, and the next day you’re millionaires,” said Abdullahi Omar Qawden, a former captain in Somalia’s long-defunct navy. People in Garoowe, a town south of Boosaaso, describe a certain high-rolling pirate swagger. Flush with cash, the pirates drive the biggest cars, run many of the town’s businesses — like hotels — and throw the best parties, residents say. Fatuma Abdul Kadir said she went to a pirate wedding in July that lasted two days, with nonstop dancing and goat meat, and a band flown in from neighboring Djibouti. “It was wonderful,” said Ms. Fatuma, 21. “I’m now dating a pirate.” This is too much for many Somali men to resist, and criminals from all across this bullet-pocked land are now flocking to Boosaaso and other notorious pirate dens along the craggy Somali shore. They have turned these waters into the most dangerous shipping lanes in the world. With the situation clearly out of control, warships from the United States, Russia, NATO, the European Union and India are steaming into Somalia’s waters as part of a reinvigorated, worldwide effort to crush the pirates. But it will not be easy. The pirates are sea savvy. They are fearless. They are rich and getting richer, with the latest high-tech gadgetry like handheld GPS units. And they are united. The immutable clan lines that have pitted Somalis against one another for decades are not a problem here. Several captured pirates interviewed in Boosaaso’s main jail said that they had recently crossed clan lines to open new, lucrative, multiclan franchises. “We work together,” said Jama Abdullahi, a jailed pirate. “Good for business, you know?” The pirates are also sprinkled across thousands of square miles of water, from the Gulf of Aden, at the narrow doorway to the Red Sea, to the Kenyan border along the Indian Ocean. Even if the naval ships manage to catch pirates in the act, it is not clear what they can do. In September, a Danish warship captured 10 men suspected of being pirates cruising around the Gulf of Aden with rocket-propelled grenades and a long ladder. But after holding the suspects for nearly a week, the Danes concluded that they did not have jurisdiction to prosecute, so they dumped the pirates on a beach, minus their guns. Nobody, it seems, has a clear plan for how to tame Somalia’s unruly seas. Several fishermen along the Gulf of Aden talked about seeing barrels of toxic waste bobbing in the middle of the ocean. They spoke of clouds of dead fish floating nearby and rogue fishing trawlers sucking up not just fish and lobsters but also the coral and the plants that sustain them. It was abuses like these, several men said, that turned them from fishermen into pirates. Nor is it even clear whether Somali authorities universally want the piracy to stop. While many pirates have been arrested, several fishermen, Western researchers and more than a half-dozen pirates in jail spoke of nefarious relationships among fishing companies, private security contractors and Somali government officials, especially those working for the semiautonomous regional government of Puntland. “Believe me, a lot of our money has gone straight into the government’s pockets,” said Farah Ismail Eid, a pirate who was captured in nearby Berbera and sentenced to 15 years in jail. His pirate team, he said, typically divided up the loot this way: 20 percent for their bosses, 20 percent for future missions (to cover essentials like guns, fuel and cigarettes), 30 percent for the gunmen on the ship and 30 percent for government officials. Abdi Waheed Johar, the director general of the fisheries and ports ministry of Puntland, openly acknowledged in an interview this spring that “there are government people working with the pirates.” But, he was quick to add, “It’s just not us.” What is happening off Somalia’s shores is basically an extension of the corrupt, violent free-for-all that has raged on land for 17 years since the central government imploded in 1991. The vast majority of Somalis lose out. Young thugs who are willing to serve as muscle get a job, albeit a low-paying one, that significantly reduces their life expectancy. And a select few warlords, who have sat down and figured out how to profit off the anarchy, make a fortune. Take Boosaaso, once a thriving port town on the Gulf of Aden. Piracy is killing off the remains of the local fishing industry because export companies are staying away. It has spawned a kidnapping business on shore, which in turn has scaredaway many humanitarian agencies and the food, medicine and other forms of desperately needed assistance they bring. Reporting in Boosaaso two weeks ago required no fewer than 10 hired gunmen provided by the Puntland government to discourage any would-be kidnappers. Few large cargo ships come here anymore, depriving legitimate government operations of much-needed port taxes. Just about the only ships willing to risk the voyage are small, wooden, putt-putt freighters from India, essentially floating jalopies from another era. “We can’t survive off this,” said Bile Qabowsade, a Puntland official. The shipping problems have contributed to food shortages, skyrocketing inflation and less work for the sinewy stevedores who trudge out to Boosaaso’s beach every morning and stare in vain at the bright horizon, their bare feet planted in the hot sand, hoping a ship will materialize so they will be able to make a few pennies hauling 100-pound sacks of sugar on their backs. And yet, suspiciously, there has been a lot of new construction in Boosaaso. There is an emerging section of town called New Boosaaso with huge homes rising above the bubble-shaped huts of refugees and the iron-sided shacks that many fishermen call home. These new houses cost several hundred thousand dollars. Many are painted in garish colors and protected by high walls. Even so, Boosaaso is still a crumbling, broke, rough-and-tumble place, decaying after years of neglect like so much of war-ravaged Somalia. It is also dangerous in countless ways. On Wednesday, suicide bombers blew up two government offices, most likely the work of Islamist radicals trying to turn Somalia into an Islamist state. Of course, no Somali government official would openly admit that New Boosaaso’s minicastles were built with pirate proceeds. But many people, including United Nations officials and Western diplomats, suspect that is the case. Several jailed pirates have accused Mr. Muse, a former warlord who is now Puntland’s president, of being paid off. Officials in neighboring Somaliland, a breakaway region of northwestern Somalia, said they recently organized an antipiracy sting operation and arrested Mr. Muse’s nephew, who was carrying $22,000 in cash. “Top Puntland officials benefit from piracy, even if they might not be instigating it,” said Roger Middleton, a researcher at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. Actually, he added, “all significant political actors in Somalia are likely benefiting from piracy.” But Mr. Muse said he did not know anything about this. “We are the leaders of this country,” he said. “Everybody we suspect, we fire from work.” He said that Puntland was taking aggressive action against the pirates. And Boosaaso’s main jail may be proof of that. The other day, a dozen pirates were hanging out in the yard under a basketball hoop. And that was just the beginning. “Pirates, pirates, pirates,” said Gure Ahmed, a Canadian-Somali inmate of the jail, charged with murder. “This jail is full of pirates. This whole city is pirates.” In other well-known pirate dens, like Garoowe, Eyl, Hobyo and Xarardheere, pirates have become local celebrities. Said Farah, 32, a shopkeeper in Garoowe, said the pirates seemed to have money to burn. “If they see a good car that a guy is driving,” he said, “they say, ‘How much? If it’s 30 grand, take 40 and give me the key.’” Every time a seized ship tosses its anchor, it means a pirate shopping spree. Sheep, goats, water, fuel, rice, spaghetti, milk and cigarettes — the pirates buy all of this, in large quantities, from small towns up and down the Somali coast. Somalia’s seafaring thieves are not like the Barbary pirates, who terrorized European coastal towns hundreds of years ago and often turned their hostages into galley slaves chained to the oars. Somali pirates are known as relatively decent hosts, usually not beating their hostages and keeping them well-fed until payday comes. “They are normal people,” said Mr. Said. “Just very, very rich.” Mohammed Ibrahim contributed reporting from Mogadishu, Somalia. 发⾃布萨阿索，索马⾥ —— 这个地⽅也许是索马⾥最危险的⼩镇之⼀，可能要不了擦把汗的⼯夫，你已经被绑为⾁票了。

《贼船》梗概600字左右作文

《贼船》梗概600字左右作文英文回答：The story takes place in a dystopian future where the government exercises absolute control over its citizens. In this world, people's every move is tracked and scrutinized. Dissent is swiftly and brutally punished.The protagonist, Sarah, is a member of a resistance group that seeks to overthrow the government. She is tasked with infiltrating a secret facility where the government's most dangerous weapons are being developed.As Sarah infiltrates the facility, she uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of government. She learns that the government is planning to use the weapons to destroy a rival nation, sparking a devastating global war.Sarah must find a way to stop the conspiracy and saveher country. She teams up with other members of the resistance, including a hacker, a scientist, and a former government official.Together, they must overcome重重障碍, including treacherous guards, advanced security systems, and government agents. As they approach their goal, they face the ultimate choice: to sacrifice themselves for the greater good or to turn back and live.中文回答：《贼船》的故事发生在一个反乌托邦的未来，政府对公民拥有绝对的控制权。

【时事英语】索马里事件词汇大全

海盗活动对海上航运（shipping）构成了严重威胁（a serious threat），已经成为了一个国际问题（an interntional problem），需要一种国际化的解决方案（an international solution）。

在联合国安理会（UN Security Council）授权（authorize）各国对海盗基地（pirate bases）进行地面和空中打击（land and air attacks）之后，中国宣布参与执行反海盗任务（mission）。

三艘中国海军舰艇（Chinese navy ships）携带特战队（special forces）、直升机（helicopters）与导弹（missiles）等常规武器（traditional weapons）于12月26日离开（depart）三亚，加入国际反海盗力量（international anti-piracy task force）巡逻（patrolling）索马里海域（waters off Somalia）。

美军第五舰队（U.S. Fifth Fleet）负责该水域。

这是现代中国海军对传统的一次突破（a break in tradition），此前它通常只负责巡逻其海岸水域（coastal waters）。

中国此次的军事行动是由于索马里海盗对欧亚航线（shipping route）上包括中国船只在内的商船（merchant ships）的袭击不断升级（escalation）而引发（be spurred by）的。

近期一艘中国货轮（cargo ship）利用自制（homemade）燃烧弹（incendiary bombs）成功击退（fight off）了一伙（a gang of）拥有火箭发射器（rocket launchers）和重机枪（heavy machineguns）的索马里海盗。

该三艘舰船（vessels）组成的舰队（fleet）包括两艘驱逐舰（destroyers）与一艘补给舰（supplyship）。

阅读作文之新闻报道类阅读理解

新闻报道类阅读理解【篇一：2017年高考英语时文报道类阅读理解】话题八：时文报道类(一)somali pirates (海盗) robbed three thai fishing ships with 77 sailors on board nearly 1,200 miles off the somali coast, the farthest-off-shore attack to date, an officer said tuesday.pirates have gone farther south and east in answer to increased patrols(巡逻) by warships off the somali shore. the robbing of the three ships sunday was about 600 miles outside the normal operation area for the international force, said a spokesman.the spokesman said the attack so far out at sea was a clear sign that the international patrols against pirates were having a “marked effect on pirate activity in the area”．“once they start attacking that far out, youre not even really talking about the somali basin or areas of water that have any connection with somalia.” said an officer, roger middleton. “once youre that far out, its just the indian ocean，and it means youre looking at trade going from the gulf to asia, from asia to south africa.”“this is t he farthest robbing to date. they are now operating near the maldives and india.” said another officer.the three ships－the mv prantalay 11,12，and 14－had 77 members on board in total. all of them are thai, the spokesman said. before the sunday robbing, pirates held 11 ships and 228 sailors.pirates have increased attacks over the past year in hopes of catching more dollar payments. because of increased patrols and defenses on board ships, the success rate(率) has gone down, though the number of successful attacks has stayed the same year over year.1. the pirate attack reported in the text happened________.a. far out in the indian oceanb. in the normal patrol areac. near the somali coastd. in the south of africa2. according to the text, which can best describe the situationof the pirate problems?a. more goods on board are lost.b. pirate attacks happen in a larger area now.c. the number of attacks has stayed the same these years.d. pirate attacks are as serious as before along the somali coast.3. which is true about the warship patrols according to the text?a. the patrols are of little effect.b. the patrols are more difficult.c. more patrols are quite necessary even in asia.d. the patrols only drive the pirates to other areas.4. how many sailors were held by the pirates up to the time of the report?a. 228.b. 77.c. 383.d. 305.答案与解析本篇文章为新闻报道类文体。

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鲍：这是你的手机号码吗?
金：我一向都会接手机的。

解说:
contact number "联络电话"的意思. 很有用吧! 所以想跟别人要联络电话时, 该怎么说呢? 很简单, 你可以用Do you have a contact number? "您有联络电话吗?".
例句：
Do you have a contact number that I can phone you at?
你有个我能找到你的联络电话吗?
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