The First Barbary War stopped piracy against American ships for a time.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

At another time, Zeus destroys the wide camped army of people or wrecks their city with its walls, or their ships on the open water.

其他的时候,宙斯会屠戮露宿的人,摧毁他们的城墙,或在开阔的水域粉碎他们的船只

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

At this time the Dutch are sending herrings, these long flat boats, herring ships are going all the way to Newfoundland in the seventeenth century,and Iceland, freezing off the coast of Iceland.

于此同时,荷兰人也还运输鲱鱼,这些运送鲱鱼的长板船,在十七世纪一路开往纽芬兰和冰岛等地区,并不停穿梭于被冰壳覆盖的海岸线上

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

This time the pirates have hijacked three fishing vessels from Thailand with a total crew of 77 Thais aboard the ships.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20