Out of control
原文
What was the danger?
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.
译文
危险是什么?
当那个男人试图调转快艇时,方向盘突然从他手中脱落了。
他拼命地向他的同伴挥手,而他的同伴已经滑水滑了十五分钟了。
两人几乎还没来得及反应发生了什么,就被猛地抛进了海里。
快艇撞到了一个浮标上,但仍然以极快的速度继续在水面上行驶。
两人刚刚开始朝岸边游去,
就惊恐地发现快艇正在打转。
现在,快艇正以惊人的速度朝他们直冲过来。
不到一分钟的时间,它就从他们身边呼啸而过,距离他们只有几英尺远。
快艇驶过后,他们拼命地继续游动,因为他们知道快艇很快就会再次回来。
他们刚好来得及游出危险区域,这时快艇又转了一圈。
然而这一次,它的速度明显慢了很多。
汽油几乎已经用完了。
没过多久,引擎声完全消失了,小船开始在水面上缓缓漂动。