Out of Control
新概念英语第2册 · 第 86 课 · 中英文对照课文
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- Lesson 86第86课
- Out of Control失控
- What was the danger?危险是什么?
- As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands.当那个男人试图调转快艇时,方向盘突然从他手中脱落了。
- He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes.他拼命地向他的同伴挥手,而他的同伴已经滑水滑了十五分钟了。
- Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea.两人几乎还没来得及反应发生了什么,就被猛地抛进了海里。
- The speedboat had struck a buoy, but it continued to move very quickly across the water.快艇撞到了一个浮标上,但仍然以极快的速度继续在水面上行驶。
- Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle.两人刚刚开始朝岸边游去,就惊恐地发现快艇正在打转。
- It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed.现在,快艇正以惊人的速度朝他们直冲过来。
- In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away.不到一分钟的时间,它就从他们身边呼啸而过,距离他们只有几英尺远。
- After it had passed, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return.快艇驶过后,他们拼命地继续游动,因为他们知道快艇很快就会再次回来。
- They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle.他们刚好来得及游出危险区域,这时快艇又转了一圈。
- On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably.然而这一次,它的速度明显慢了很多。
- The petrol had nearly all been used up.汽油几乎已经用完了。
- Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water.没过多久,引擎声完全消失了,小船开始在水面上缓缓漂动。