Out of Control

旁白 neutral

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

当那人试图把快艇转弯时，方向盘脱落在他手中。

旁白 neutral

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

他绝望地向他的同伴挥手，他的同伴在过去的15分钟里一直在滑水。

旁白 neutral

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

两名男子还没来得及意识到发生了什么，就被猛地甩进海里。

旁白 neutral

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

快艇撞上了一个浮标，但它仍然在水面上快速行驶。

旁白 neutral

Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore,

两名男子刚开始向岸边游去，

旁白 neutral

when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle.

却沮丧地发现快艇正在画圈行驶。

旁白 neutral

It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed.

它现在以惊人的速度径直朝他们冲来。

旁白 neutral

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

不到一分钟，它咆哮着从他们身边几英尺的地方冲过。

旁白 neutral

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

快艇驶过之后，他们尽力快速向前游，因为他们知道快艇很快就会回来。

旁白 neutral

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

他们刚来得及游出危险区域，快艇又完成了一圈。

旁白 neutral

On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably.

然而，这一次，它已经明显减速了。

旁白 neutral

The petrol had nearly all been used up.

汽油差不多用完了。

旁白 neutral

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

不久，噪音完全消失了，快艇开始在水面上轻轻地漂浮。