L.6
Pirate劫掠者
Terrorize: force sb. to do sth. by threat of violence.恐嚇,脅迫
動詞變化形: Terrorized; terrorized; terrorizing
In search of: find out sth.
cruelty:殘酷,殘忍[U]
terrifying害怕,恐怖的
myth : a story from ancient times, especially one that was told to explain natural events or to describe the early history of a people; this type of story 神話dismayed : feel shocked and discouraged 驚慌 ; 沮喪的
Prospect: the possibility that sth. will happen 希望
feisty adj 活躍的 ; 好爭吵的surrender v.投降,自首 = give up
take up with:開始與..交往
odd:奇特的
fabric:織品
pardon:原諒
piracy:剽竊
execute:將..處死
attempt to:嘗試
Valiant: boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted: a valiant soldier
Captured: to take by force or stratagem
Predicament: an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing
Execution: the act or process of executing
Nunnery: a building or group of buildings for nuns
pillage(v.)搶奪；掠劫
strategist(n.)戰略家；軍事家
discipline : 紀律,風紀;教養
impose : 把...強加於[(+on/upon)]
behead: 砍...的頭,把...斬首
ruthless: 無情的,殘忍的 (adj.)
brute:殘忍的;蠻橫的
spare :饒恕,赦免;不傷害 (v.)
Summary:
It states there were the hundreds of women pirates in our history which people often overlooked. It may be a myth that one of the earliest women pirates appeared. Alwilda was promised in marriage to Prince Alf. However, Alwilda was discouraged that she decided to get away. She was dressed in men's clothes and sailed to the Baltic Sea with her female friends. Alwilda became the new captain on the ship of which had lost their captain and they had a battle with Denmark. Finally, the pirates give up and she decide to marry the Prince of Denmark and became the Queen of Denmark. Bonny made friend with John Rackham whose nickname is Calico Jack. He was a pirate, and his name came from the odd fabric in his pants. Bonny knew she would be executed because she tried to murder her father. After her last brave fight she was captured. After her friend John Rackman was hung she said she was sorry to see him in this awakward situation. However, he had fought like a man but he has to die like a dog. The paragraph ends talking about there was no record in what happened to Anne Bonny. Was she executed or did she escape execution to become a nun? Cheng I Sao was a woman who took in charge her deceased husband's piratic fleet which consisted of over 1500 ships that plundered the traffic on sea and towns from the whole Chinese coast to the far Malaysia. Cheng's battle plans and discipline were incredibly ruthless. She often used brute force and discipline as the punishments.