新概念英语第二册Lesson 86 Out of control 课文讲解讲义

新概念英语第二册第86课 Lesson86 Out of control失控 As the man tried to swing the speedboat round,the steering wheel came away in his hands.He waved desperately to his companion,who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes.Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea. The speedboat had struck a buoy,but it continued to move very quickly across the water.Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore,when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle.It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed.In less than a minute,it roared past them only a few feet away.After it had passed,they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the 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 had nearly all been used up.Before long,the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water. New words and expressions生词和短语 swing v转向 speedboat n快艇 desperately adv.绝望地 companion n.同伙，伙伴 water ski (快艇牵引水橇)滑水 buoy n.浮标 dismay n.沮丧 tremendous adj.巨大的 petrol n.汽油 drift v.漂动，漂流 gently adv.缓慢地，轻轻地 参考译文 当那人试图让快艇转弯时，方向盘脱手了。他绝望地向他的伙伴挥手， 他的伙伴在过去的15分钟里一直在滑水。他们两个还没来得及意识到究竞 发生了什么事情，就被猛地抛入了海里。快艇撞上了一个浮标，但它仍在 水面上快速行驶着。两个人刚开始向岸边游去，就突然惊愕地发现快艇正 在转着圈行驶，它现在正以惊人的速度直冲他们驶来。不到1分钟的工夫， 它从离他们只有几英尺远的地方呼啸着驶了过去。快艇过去之后，他们以 最快的速度向前游去，因为他们知道快艇马上就要转回来。他们刚刚来得 及游出危险区，快艇就又转完了一圈。然而这一次它的速度慢多了。汽油 几乎已经用光。没过多久，噪音便彻底消失，快艇开始在水面上慢悠悠地 漂流。 课文解释 1.Out of control 1)这个介词短语是标题，意思是“失控”。例如： The plane got out of control and crashed in the mountains. 飞机失控后在山区坠毁。 与此含义相反的短语就是under control(被控制住，处于控制之下)。例如：The situation isunder control..局势已经得到控制。Firemen said they had the blazeunder control.消防队员说他们已经控制住了火势。 2)介词短语out of可以表示“失去、欠缺”等含义。例如： 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。 She has been out of work for two months.她失业两个月了。Think how rapi