Lesson 86 Out of control
    第八十六課 失控
    First listen and then answer the question.
    聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
    What was the danger?
    危險是什么?
    As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands.
    當那人試圖讓快艇轉彎時，方向盤脫手了。
    He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes.
    他絕望地向他的伙伴揮手，他的伙伴在過去的15分鐘里一直在滑水。
    Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea.
    他們兩個還沒來得及意識到究竟發(fā)生了什么事情，就被猛地拋入了海里。
    The speedboat had struck a buoy, but it continued to move very quickly across the water.
    快艇撞上了一個浮標，但它仍在水面上快速行駛著。
    Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle.
    兩個人剛開始向岸邊游去，就突然驚愕地發(fā)現(xiàn)快艇正在轉著圈行駛，
    It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed.
    它現(xiàn)在正以驚人的速度直沖他們駛來。
    In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away.
    不到1分鐘的工夫，它從離他們只有幾英尺遠的地方呼嘯著駛了過去。
    After it had passed, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return.
    快艇過去之后，他們以快的速度向前游去，因為他們知道快艇馬上就要轉回來。
    They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle.
    他們剛剛來得及游出危險區(qū)，快艇就又轉完了一圈。
    On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably.
    然而這它的速度慢多了。
    The petrol had nearly all been used up.
    汽油幾乎已經(jīng)用光。
    Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water.
    沒過多久，噪音便徹底消失，快艇開始在水面上慢悠悠地漂流。