全文 12 句（男女对话）· 10 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
作者1. As the man tried to swing /swɪŋ/ v. 转向 the speedboat /'spiːdbəʊt/ n. 快艇 round, the steering wheel came away in his hands.
作者2. He waved desperately /'despərətli/ adv. 绝望地 to his companion /kəm'pænjən/ n. 同伴, who had been water skiing /'wɔːtə 'skiːɪŋ/ n. 滑水 for the last fifteen minutes.
作者3. Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea.
作者4. The speedboat had struck a buoy /bɔɪ/ n. 浮标, but it continued to move very quickly across the water.
作者5. Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay /dɪs'meɪ/ n. 沮丧 that the speedboat was moving in a circle.
作者6. It now came straight towards them at tremendous /trɪ'mendəs/ adj. 巨大的 speed.
作者7. In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away.
作者8. After it had passed, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return.
作者9. They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle.
作者10. On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably.
作者11. The petrol /'petrəl/ n. 汽油 had nearly all been used up.
作者12. Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift /drɪft/ v. 漂动，漂流 gently across the water.
作者1. 当那个人试图让快艇掉头时，方向盘在他手里脱落了。
作者2. 他绝望地向他的同伴挥手，他的同伴在过去十五分钟里一直在滑水。
作者3. 两个人还没来得及意识到发生了什么事，就被猛地抛入大海。
作者4. 快艇撞上了一只浮标，但它继续飞快地驶过水面。
作者5. 两个人刚开始向岸边游去，就沮丧地发现快艇正在转圈。
作者6. 它现在以惊人的速度直冲他们而来。
作者7. 不到一分钟，它就呼啸着从离他们只有几英尺远的地方驶过。
作者8. 它过去之后，他们以最快的速度向前游，因为他们知道快艇很快就会返回。
作者9. 他们刚来得及游出危险区，快艇又转完了一圈。
作者10. 然而这一次，它的速度慢多了。
作者11. 汽油几乎已经用光了。
作者12. 没过多久，噪音完全消失，快艇开始在水面上缓缓漂流。