新视野大学英语第3版读写教程第3册Unit2A.docxVIP

Swimming?through?fear 游越恐惧 I?was?on?a?tour?of?France?with?my?friends?when?ourcar?pulled?to?a?stop?at?the?beach?and?we?saw?theMediterranean?Sea.?Massive?waves?surged?againstlarge?rocks?that?formed?a?waterproof?jetty.?Peoplesaid?this?beach?was?known?for?its?notorious?ripcurrents.?I?shivered?with?fear.?Nothing?scared?me?asmuch?as?water. 当时我和朋友正在法国旅行，我们把汽车停在海滩，眼前就是地中海。巨浪翻滚击打着构筑起防波堤的偌大岩石。人们说这里的海滩以其可怕的裂流而著称。恐惧让我不寒而栗。没有什么比水让我更害怕了。 Just?the?sight?of?the?sea?made?me?sick?to?my?stomach. 只是看到了海就已经让我觉得反胃。 Id?always?loved?water?and?been?a?good?swimmer?until?last?summer,?when?Id?decided?to?climbup?to?the?highest?diving?board?at?the?pool.?Id?hopped?from?that?height?and?hit?the?water?with?anincredible?impact.?The?air?was?ousted?from?my?lungs?and?I?blacked?out.?The?next?thing?I?knew,my?brother?was?pulling?my?feeble?body?out?of?the?pool.?From?then?on,?my?fear?wouldntrecede;?I?was?absolutely?terrified?of?water. 我曾经一直都是喜欢水的，并且直到去年夏天我都还是一名游泳好手。那时，我决定爬上游泳池边上最高的跳板来跳水。我从那么高的地方跳下，重重地撞击到水面上。我肺里的空气一下子全被挤出去了，马上不省人事。醒来时发现哥哥正把我虚弱的身体从游泳池里拖出来。从那时起，我对水的恐惧就没有消退过，我怕极了水。 Jason,?are?you?coming??my?friend,?Matt,?called. “贾森，你要过来吗？”我的朋友马特朝我喊道。 Yeah,?I?said. Just?enjoying?the?view,?from?dry?land,?I?added?silently,?worried?they?mightdeem?my?fear?pathetic?if?they?knew. 我说：“好，就是欣赏一下景色”，又在心里默默加了一句——在岸上欣赏。担心如果他们知道我害怕水而可怜我。 Suddenly?I?heard?shouting?in?French.?A?mob?of?people?were?running?into?the?sea,?fully?clothed.Thats?odd,?I?thought. 突然，我听到有人用法语喊叫。接着看见一群人没脱衣服，就冲到海里。我心想，这真是太奇怪了。 I?glimpsed?something?moving?up?and?down?amid?the?waves,?past?the?end?of?the?jetty.?I?gasped,realizing?the?catastrophe?with?horror.?Thats?a?little?boy?out?there!?The?would-be?rescuersfought?against?the?tide,?but?the?situation?was?bleak.?With?the?waters?tow,?theyd?never?get?tohim?in?time. 我瞥见防波堤尽头的海浪中有个东西在上下浮动。我惊恐地意识到大事不妙，倒吸了一口凉气，那居然是个小男孩！前去救落水男童的人们搏击着海浪，但情况却不乐观。由于水的拉拽，他们根本不可能及时游到小男孩身边。 I?looked?back?at?the?boy.?His?head?popped?up,?then?a?wave?crashed?over?him?and?hedisappeared?for?a?moment;?I?had?to?intervene. 我扭头看看那小男孩。他的头刚露出水面，然后一个