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# 86 · 失控

### 第1段

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.

中文理解：男子正想让快艇转向，手里的方向盘却突然从船上脱落了。他拼命向同伴挥手；同伴已经在后面滑了十五分钟水。 两人还没反应过来，就被猛地甩进海里。快艇撞上了浮标，却仍在水面上高速前进。 他们刚开始向岸边游，便惊恐地发现，快艇正在绕圈，现在又以惊人的速度直朝他们冲来。 不到一分钟，快艇就轰鸣着从几英尺外擦过。他们赶紧拼命往前游，因为知道船很快还会回来。 两人刚好来得及游出危险区，快艇又绕完了一圈。不过这次，它已经慢了许多。 汽油快耗光了。没多久，轰鸣声完全消失，船开始轻轻地在水面上漂动。

* **came away**：脱落；松脱；本课是方向盘脱落，不是人走开。

* **with dismay**：惊恐地；沮丧地；with引出情绪，dismay侧重忧惧和失望。

* **in a circle**：绕成一圈；沿圆周；表示围成一圈或按圆周移动，要看修饰的动作。

* **at tremendous speed**：以极快的速度；速度状态常用at；tremendous加强程度。

* **used up**：用尽；up表示耗尽；代词作宾语时放中间。

* **Before long**：不久以后；与long before很久以前的时间关系相反。

#### As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands.

复合句，主句主谓结构，动词词组come away = to become detached 离开；脱开.

\[1] 此处英语释义摘自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》.

as 引导的时间状语从句为主谓宾结构.

#### He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes.

复合句，主句主谓结构，后面是who 引导的定语从句，主谓结构，用了过去完成进行时had been water skiing，需要留意.

#### Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea.

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，这里to realize 不定式作time 的后置定语，这个不定式比较长，含有一个what 引导的从句作realize 的宾语，这个宾语从句为主谓结构. 本句用到了过去完成时，had + done 形式，只不过这里的动词是have time 的have，其过去分词正好也是had，于是出现了had had time.

之后有一个when 引导的时间状语从句，为主谓结构.

第38课出现过hardly 一词，这里再复习一词，几乎不，表示否定.

#### The speedboat had struck a buoy, but it continued to move very quickly across the water.

并列句，but 连接前后两句，均为主谓宾结构.

#### Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle.

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，后面是when 引导的时间状语从句，该从句为主谓 + 宾语从句结构，属于从句里面包含从句，该宾语从句为主谓结构.

#### It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed.

简单句，主谓结构.

#### In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away.

简单句，主谓结构，past 在这里是介词.

#### After it had passed, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return.

复合句，本句结构较为复杂，主句是主谓结构，they swam on，as…as 结构，可以参考第81课的第13句，为比较状语从句.

句首有一个after 引导的时间状语从句，为主谓结构，这里也用了过去完成时，had passed，需要留意.

最后是because 引导的原因状语从句，为主谓 + that 引导的宾语从句，该从句为主谓结构.

#### They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle.

复合句，主句为主谓宾结构，后面是when 引导的时间状语从句，也是主谓宾结构.

#### The petrol had nearly all been used up.

简单句，主谓结构，用了被动语态，被用尽了，all 在这里是副词，completely 之 意，作程度状语，跟nearly 一起表示几乎完全的意思.

#### Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water.

并列句，and 连接两句，前句为主谓结构，后句为主谓宾结构.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《失控》：方向盘突然脱落 → 落水后快艇仍在跑 → 快艇绕圈朝他们冲来 → 擦身而过，赶紧再游 → 刚脱险，船又转了一圈 → 油快用完，终于停下。再借一个结构讲自己的事：选出文中的两个动作，哪个先发生？再用自己的经历写一对。

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