1.Reported that this was the first killing of American hostage by Somali pirates.
报道称，这是索马里海盗首次杀害美国人质。
2.US naval supremacy counts for little in this confrontation with four pirates in a small boat holding an American hostage.
挟持了一个美国人质的四个海盗坐在一艘小船上。美国与其对抗时，无法发挥制海权的优势。
3.He enjoyed a counter-Carter moment when navy commandos rescued an American hostage, leaving three kidnappers dead.
海军突击队营救一名美国人质并击毙三名绑匪，奥巴马享受着反卡特时刻。
4.6 years infested with pirates in Somalia, the first American hostage killed.
索马里海盗横行6年，首次击毙美国人质。