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新概念英语第4册阅读常见话题：俄建起"黑珍珠"旅店

4. 俄建起"黑珍珠"旅店

After seeing the blockbuster movie series “Pirates of the Caribbean”, Alexander Marchenko, a 38-year-old entrepreneur from a small Russian village, decided to build his very own replica of the Black Pearl pirate ship.

在看过系列大片《加勒比海盗》后，俄罗斯一个小村庄的 38 岁企业家亚历山大·马尔琴科

决心建造自己的“黑珍珠号”海盗船。

Marchenko has traveled all over Russia, and is now convinced that there is no land more beautiful than his hometown. He decided to take advantage of the beautiful surroundings and build a hotel.

马尔琴科游历过整个俄罗斯，现在他认为哪儿都没有家乡美。他决定对周围的美景加以利用， 并建造一个旅店。

He had noticed the other resorts and hotels in the area all looked the same way, so he tried to come up with something special that would attract visitors. Then the Black Pearl came to his mind.

Without any ship building experience, he went online and downloaded photos and schematics of famous ships to use as guides, and started working on it immediately. It?s been several years and now his Black Pearl is starting to take shape on the Yenisei River.

他注意到当地的度假村和旅馆都千篇一律，所以想推陈出新，以吸引游客，于是“黑珍珠号” 浮现在了脑海中。在没有任何造船经验的情况下，他上网下载了一些著名船只的图片和构造

图作参考，并迅速开工。几年过去了，他的“黑珍珠号”如今停泊在叶尼塞河上，已经初具雏形。

The 21-meter-long vessel is made from locally-sourced pine and cedar wood, and its “captain” plans to add all the tiniest details of the original Black Pearl, from the sail masts and rope ladders to the gun holes. He decided to attach it to a military pontoon, for stability.

这艘长达 21 米的船由当地的松木和杉木制成。“船长”计划把“黑珍珠号”原型的最细微之处都添加进来，包括桅帆、绳梯和枪炮口等。为了把船固定住，他决定将其与一个军用浮舟系在一起。

Judging by the attention his ship is getting, Marchenko is convinced that upon completion, tourists will flock to see his wooden wonder.

从船只受关注的程度来看，马尔琴科相信它一旦建成，游客便会蜂拥而至，前来参观他的木制奇迹。

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