• As the man tried to swim the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands. He waved _______ desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing the last fifteen minutes. Both men ________for had had hardly _______time to realize what was thrown happening when they were _________violently into struck the sea. The speedboat had ________a buoy, but it continued ________to move quickly across the water. Both men had just ________to swim toward the shore, begun noticed when they _______with dismay that the speedboat was moving a circle. It now came straight _______ towards them at tremendous speed.
• In less than a minutes, it________ past roared them only a few feet away. After it had passed they ________ swam ________, on as quickly as they could because they _______ that the knew boat would soon return. They had just had ________enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed ________ a circle. On this occasion, however, it had slowed _______down considerably. The petrol been used Before long, the nearly allhad _______up. dropped completely and the boat noise ________ ________ began to drift gently across the water.
[‘petrəl] n.汽油
• Please fill up the tank with petrol. • 请把油箱装满汽油。
•10.Violently [‘vaiələntli] adv.猛烈地激烈的
• They have come into conflict, sometimes violently. 他们产生了矛盾,有时矛盾还非常激烈。 • 10.Roar [rɔ:] v. 咆哮、呼喊 • n.怒号、吼 • The little girl was frightened by the tiger‘s roars. • 小女孩被老虎的吼叫声吓坏了。
2.Dismay [dis'mei] • n.沮丧，灰心；惊慌 vt. 使沮丧；使惊慌 • The thought that she was crying dismayed him. 想到她正在流泪，他惊慌不已。
• 3.Tremendous [tri‘mendəs] adj. 巨大的
• When you can write that down, for me, there is just tremendous sense of creativity and of purpose and meaning. • 当你能把它写出来的时候， 对我个人来说，会感到这种 来自巨大的创造性,目的性， 意义性的满足感。
• 7.Gently [‘dʒentli] adv.慢慢地、轻轻地
• Hold it gently. 小心地拿着它。
• panion [kəm‘pænjən] n.同伴，伙伴 • Are you alone or with a companion? 你单独一人还是与朋友在一起?
• 9.Petrol
Further notes on the text
• • • • • • • • 1．Out of control，（标题）失控。 介词短语out of可以表示“失去”、“欠缺”等： We are out of bread. 我们的面包吃完了。 Tony walked so fast that he was soon out of sight. 托尼走得很快，不久就无影无踪了。 He has been out of work for two months. 他失业两个月了。
Hale Waihona Puke • 2．…the steering wheel came away in his hands.……方向盘脱手了。 • come away表示“脱落”、“脱离”、“脱开”等： • When I tried to lift the suitcase, the handle came away. • 当我试图提起手提箱时，把手掉了下来。 • 3．Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea. • hardly…when…表示“几乎未来得及……就……”， hardly用于主句中，并且主句通常用过去完成时。 • Be thrown 被抛入
• 7．Before long, the noise dropped completely… 没过多久，噪音便彻底消失…… • drop在这里为不及物动词，表示“减少”、 “变弱”或“消失”： • When he saw that Mary was annoyed, his voice dropped. • 他发现玛丽生气时，便降低了嗓门。 • We had to stay at home before the wind had dropped. • 风力减弱以前，我们不得不呆在家里。
• 4．they swam on as quickly as they could, 他们以最快的速度向前游去。 • on在这里是副词，表示“向前”： • Walk on along this road for ten minutes and you'll see the railway station. • 沿着这条路向前走10分钟你就会看见火车 站。 • I think he saw me, but he just marched on. • 我觉得他看见了我，但他却径直往前走了。
• He watched the boat drift downstream. 他看着船向下游漂去。
• 6.Buoy [bɔi] n. 浮标 v.支持鼓励 • Her spirits were buoyed up by hopes of success. 成功的希望使她振作 起来。 • In May they danced in the streets, buoyed by their victory... 5月里，他 们在大街上载歌载舞，
• 4.Desperately [‘despərətli] adv.绝望地 • He said desperately that the opposing team was too strong for us. • 他绝望地说对面的队伍对我们来说太强壮 了。
• 5.Drift [drift]
v. 漂流
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6．The petrol had nearly all been used up. 汽油几乎已经用光。 use up表了“用完”、“用光”、“耗尽”： They have just bought a house and a car. They must have used up all their money.
• 5．They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle. • 他们刚刚来得及游出危险区，快艇就又转了一圈。 • just是个可以和各种完成时连用的时间副词，它与 when连用时常用于过去完成时： • Jim had just left when you rang. • 你打电话时吉姆刚走。 • I had just finished my homework when my mother entered my room.
Lesson 86
Out of control
speedboat
water skiing
steering wheel
Word study
• 1．swing vt. , vi. • （1）（使……）摆动/摇动： • He can't stand those who swing their legs while eating. • 他受不了吃东西时晃腿的那些人。 • She tried to swing the baby to sleep. • 她试图把孩子摇得睡着。 • （2）突然转向，使……转向/转身： • The man tried to swing the speedboat round. • 那人试图让快艇转弯。 • He swung round and looked at the two men. • 他突然掉转身，看着那两个人。
• up表示“彻底地”、“完全地”，它也可以与其他 一些动词连用： • The child soon ate up the cake. • 孩子很快把蛋糕吃完了。 • She burned up all his letters. • 她把他的信都烧掉了。 • Can you read up the book in two hours? • 你用两小时就能把这书读完吗？