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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.

在看過系列大片《加勒比海盜》后，俄羅斯一個小村莊的 38 歲企業(yè)家亞歷山大·馬爾琴科

決心建造自己的“黑珍珠號”海盜船。

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.

馬爾琴科游歷過整個俄羅斯，現在他認為哪兒都沒有家鄉(xiāng)美。他決定對周圍的美景加以利用， 并建造一個旅店。

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.

他注意到當地的度假村和旅館都千篇一律，所以想推陳出新，以吸引游客，于是“黑珍珠號” 浮現在了腦海中。在沒有任何造船經驗的情況下，他上網下載了一些著名船只的圖片和構造

圖作參考，并迅速開工。幾年過去了，他的“黑珍珠號”如今停泊在葉尼塞河上，已經初具雛形。

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.

這艘長達 21 米的船由當地的松木和杉木制成。“船長”計劃把“黑珍珠號”原型的最細微之處都添加進來，包括桅帆、繩梯和槍炮口等。為了把船固定住，他決定將其與一個軍用浮舟系在一起。

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

從船只受關注的程度來看，馬爾琴科相信它一旦建成，游客便會蜂擁而至，前來參觀他的木制奇跡。

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