The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World

But one thing was clear: they had left because of us. A few uniforms, some innocent inquiries, and one paranoid leader in Garowe were all it took. The pirates were spooked.

蹲守被搅动成情节，plot 88。

“The pirates pay in cash, nothing less,” said Maryan, smiling broadly.

女商人口吻立人，cast 90。

“He says there’s no way you’re getting on that ship,” Omar reported. “They think that you’re a CIA spy.”

谈判否决推下一拍，pace 87。

The cabin absorbed the heat of the midday African sun like a Dutch oven, thickening the air until it was unbearable to breathe.

感官句撑开场，prose 89。

Piracy has weighted so much of the daily economic life in Puntland towards the buying, bargaining, and bartering of khat that Puntlanders would perhaps do well to junk their near-worthless currency and adopt one based on the “khat standard.”

赎金回流成地方经济，world 93。

I arrived in Somalia in the frayed seat of a 1970s Soviet Antonov propeller plane, heading into the internationally unrecognized region of Puntland on a solo quest to meet some present-day pirates.

一人一机直奔海盗，hook 92。

“It is when the pirates count their booty,” author William Bolitho once wrote, “that they become mere thieves.”

浪漫海盗解构为账本，innov 88。

As the plane gained altitude, Bossaso shrank to a pale yellow smudge in the side window. … Far below, the Gulf of Aden stretched to the horizon, blue and unbroken.

离境海面封口，ending 88。