失控当那人试图把快艇转过来时共个样品课件nce2 lesson86.pdfVIP

•Asthemantriedtoswingthespeedboatround,

thesteeringwheelcameawayinhishands.He

waveddesperatelytohiscompanion,whohad

beenwaterskiingforthelastfifteenminutes.

Bothmenhadhardlyhadtimetorealizewhat

washappeningwhentheywerethrownviolently

intothesea.Thespeedboathadstruckabuoy,

butittomoveveryquicklyacrossthe

water.Bothmenhadjustbeguntoswimtowards

theshore,whentheynoticedwithdismaythat

thespeedboatwasmovinginacircle.

•Itnowcamestraighttowardsthemat

tremendousspeed.Inlessthanaminute,it

roaredpastthemonlyafewfeetaway.Afterit

hadpassed,theyswamonasquicklyasthey

couldbecausetheyknewthattheboatwould

soonreturn.Theyhadjusthadenoughtimeto

swimoutofdangerwhentheboatagain

completedacircle.Onthisoccasion,however,it

hadsloweddownconsiderably.Thepetrolhad

nearlyallbeenusedup.Beforelong,thenoise

droppedcompletelyandtheboatbegantodrift

gentlyacrossthewater.

Newwordsandexpressions

•swingv.转向

•speedboatn.快艇

•desperatelyadv.绝望地

•companionn.同伙，伙伴

•waterski（由快艇牵引水橇）滑水

•buoyn.浮标

•dismayn.沮丧

•tremendousadj.巨大的

•petroln.汽油

•driftv.漂动，漂流

•gentlyadv.缓慢地，轻轻地

swingv.转向

•swing-swung-swung

•infullswingtryonesbest

•swing,turn,revolve,rotate,whirl

•swing转向（通常指快速转向）

•turn转动（普通用语，指一般的转动)

•revolve旋转（指围绕一定的圆周而旋转，

有时候可以与rotate互换）

•rotate自转（指以轴为而旋转）

•whirl旋转（强调回旋）

speedboatn.快艇

•yacht

•steamship

•hovercraft

•ferry

desperatelyadv.绝望地

•desperate

•adj.绝望的；不顾一切的；极其想要的

•与hopeless相比，desperate的语气要轻

些。

•Thesituationwasdesperatebutnot

hopeless.

•这个情形是令人绝望的，但也不全无希望。

•desperate后可接不定式，表示“发疯似地

想要……”。

•Whenthewarwasover,To