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Lesson 86 Out of control
★swing v. 转向
① vt. &vi.(使……)摆动/摇动
He can’t stand those who swing their legs while eating.
She tried to swing the baby to sleep.
② vt. &vi. 突然转向,使……转向/转身
The man tried to swing the speedboat round.
He swung round and looked at the two men.
n. 1.摆动,摇摆
2.秋千
in full swing 全力以赴
★speedboat
n. 快艇
★ desperately
adv. 拼命地,绝望地
He ran desperately after the thief to get his bag back.他拼命地追赶这个贼想夺回他的包。
The little thing looked at her mother desperately with tears in her eyes.这个小可怜满眼泪水,绝望地看着妈妈。
★companion
n. 伴侣,同伴,志趣相投的人。
★water skiing
n. 划水运动
★buoy
n.浮标,救生圈
★dismay
n.惊愕
★tremendous
adj.巨大的,极大的
★petrol
n.汽油
★drift
n. 漂流,趋势,倾向
v.(使)漂流,漂泊
drift漂浮,漂流:指某物随风或水流动的方向移动
Our conversation drifted from one topic to another.我们的谈话从一个话题到另一个话题。
★gently
adv. 渐渐地,轻轻地
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.
Listen & Answer
1、Out of control
out of 失去,欠缺
We are out of bread.
He has been out of work for two months.
The plane got out of control and crashed in the mountains.
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2、As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands.
come away 脱落,离开,脱离,脱开
When I tried to lift the suitcase, the handle came away.
3、It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed.
at the speed of……”以……的速度行驶”。
有时我们可以把整个短语省略,仅仅留下一个介词at来表示速度,如:The car goes at (the speed of)160m/h.
4、On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably.
on this occasion 这一次
On……occasion,介词只能是on,如:on formal occasions,或者on the occasion of the Spring Festival.
Slow down的反义词speed up.
5、The petrol had nearly all been used up.
use up 耗尽,用光,用完
They have just bought a house and a car. They must have used up all their money.
up 表示“彻底地,完全地”,也可与其他一些动词连用:
The child soon ate up the cake.
She burned up all his letters.
Can you read up the book in two hours
5、Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water.
drop vi. 减少,变弱,消失
When he saw that Mary was annoyed, his voice dropped.
We had to stay at home before the wind had dropped.
Enough and Fairly
enough 表示“足够”,用在形容词或副词之后,有“为了某种目的”的含义
I’m old enough to know I’m doing.
I didn’t arrive at the station early enough. 我到车站到得不够早(我误了火车)。
fairly 表示“相当”,通常修饰表示肯定意义的词:
The water in the pool is fairly warm, but not warm enough to swim in.
He is fairly quick, but not quick enough to take part in the race.
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