摘要
“你想乘坐阿拉伯独桅帆船吗？今天你很走运!和他谈谈吧!”迪拜历史学家阿卜杜拉·本·贾西姆指着坐在我旁边的一位老人对我说道。“他当了很多年采珠帆船的船长，是阿拉伯海湾最好的船长。”阿卜杜拉似乎颇为这位帆船船长感到骄傲。
＂You want to sail on an Arab 1）dhow？ Then today＇s your lucky day! Talk to him!＂ Abdallah bin Jassim, a Dubaian historian, pointed to an elderly man sitting beside me. ＂He was for years a captain of a 2）pearl-diving dhow--the best 3）skipper in the Arabian Gulf.＂ Abdullah appeared to be proud of the 4）former dhow skipper.
