课文对话 · Out of control 失控（课本 Lesson 86，印刷页 394-397）
1As the man tried to swing /swɪŋ/ v. 转向 the speedboat /'spiːdbəʊt/ n. 快艇 round, the steering wheel came away in his hands.
当那个人试图让快艇掉头时，方向盘在他手里脱落了。
2He 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.
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。
3Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea.
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。
4The speedboat had struck a buoy /bɔɪ/ n. 浮标, but it continued to move very quickly across the water.
快艇撞上了一只浮标，但它继续飞快地驶过水面。
5Both 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.
两个人刚开始向岸边游去，就沮丧地发现快艇正在转圈。
6It now came straight towards them at tremendous /trɪ'mendəs/ adj. 巨大的 speed.
它现在以惊人的速度直冲他们而来。
7In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away.
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。
8After it had passed, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return.
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。
9They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle.
他们刚来得及游出危险区，快艇又转完了一圈。
10On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably.
然而这一次，它的速度慢多了。
11The petrol /'petrəl/ n. 汽油 had nearly all been used up.
汽油几乎已经用光了。
12Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift /drɪft/ v. 漂动，漂流 gently across the water.
没过多久，噪音完全消失，快艇开始在水面上缓缓漂流。
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