The MV Sirius Star was hijacked on November 15 more than 450 nautical miles off the coast of Kenya as it was en route from Saudi Arabia to the us via the Cape of Good Hope.
天狼星号油轮是在2008年11月15日遭劫持的，当时油轮航行在450海里以外的肯尼亚沿岸海域，这里一直是从沙特阿拉伯经由好望角去美国的必经之路。
Some ships have begun taking the long route, around Africa's Cape of Good Hope (cost: up to $500, 000 a sail), to avoid the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia.
有些船只已经开始绕道非洲好望角（单次海运费用上涨五十万美元）以躲开索马里附近的亚丁湾。
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese navigator, who discovered the route to India round the Cape of Good Hope between the year of 1497 and 1498.
达伽马是著名的葡萄牙航海家，在1497年至1498年间他发现了绕过好望角去印度的航线。
But in Europe it is believed that the first person to use the Cape of Good Hope as a sea route was Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, when he sailed from Europe to the East in 1497.
但是在欧洲人们认为第一个使用好望角，把其作为航海路线的人是葡萄牙探险家瓦斯科·达伽马。他是在1497年从欧洲开始航行到美国的东部地区。
There are fears ship owners could start diverting vulnerable ships round the Cape of Good Hope rather than brave the increasingly risky route through Suez.
人们担忧，船东们可能开始将易受攻击的船舶转道绕行好望角，而不再冒与日俱增的风险，经行苏伊士运河。
There are fears ship owners could start diverting vulnerable ships round the Cape of Good Hope rather than brave the increasingly risky route through Suez.
人们担忧，船东们可能开始将易受攻击的船舶转道绕行好望角，而不再冒与日俱增的风险，经行苏伊士运河。
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