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In the west of England in the summer.you might see some very fast,small boats:pilot[领航]gigs[赛艇].or gigs for short.They don’t have engines,but six people instead.The oldest gig we have was built in 1 838 and is still used today.A pilot was the boss of a gig and hisjob was to help sailing ships stay away from underwater rocks and other danger,when they came in from the sea.This iob paid lots of money,but that meant that lots of other pilots wanted it too.It was a race to get to the ship first.In the early 1 900s,people stopped using
In the west of England in the summer.you might see some very fast, small boats: pilot [pilot] gigs [racing] .or gigs for short.They do not have engines, but six people instead.The oldest gig we have was built in 1 838 and is still used today. A pilot was the boss of a gig and hisjob was to help sailing ships stay away from underwater rocks and other danger, when they came in from the sea. This iob paid lots of money , but that meant that lots of other pilots wanted it too. It was a race to get to the ship first.In the early 1 900s, people stopped using