He can t stand those who swing their legs while eating. 他受不了吃东西时晃腿的那些人。
She tried to swing the baby to sleep. 她试图把孩子摇得睡着。
（2）突然转向，使……转向/转身：
The man tried to swing the speedboat round. 那人试图让快艇转弯。
He swung round and looked at the two men. 他突然掉转身，看着那两个人。,2.Dismay [dis mei] n.沮丧，灰心；
惊慌 vt. 使沮丧；
使惊慌 The thought that she was crying dismayed him. 想到她正在流泪，他惊慌不已。,3.Tremendous [tri‘mendəs] adj. 巨大的 When you can write that down, for me, there is just tremendous sense of creativity and of purpose and meaning. 当你能把它写出来的时候， 对我个人来说，会感到这种 来自巨大的创造性,目的性， 意义性的满足感。,4.Desperately [‘despərətli] adv.绝望地,He said desperately that the opposing team was too strong for us. 他绝望地说对面的队伍对我们来说太强壮了。,5.Drift [drift] v. 漂流,He watched the boat drift downstream. 他看着船向下游漂去。,6.Buoy [bɔi] n. 浮标 v.支持鼓励,Her spirits were buoyed up by hopes of success. 成功的希望使她振作起来。
In May they danced in the streets, buoyed by their victory. 5月里，他们在大街上载歌载舞，欢庆胜利。,7.Gently [‘dʒentli] adv.慢慢地、轻轻地,Hold it gently. 小心地拿着它。
8.Companion [kəm‘pænjən] n.同伴，伙伴 Are you alone or with a companion? 你单独一人还是与朋友在一起?,9.Petrol [‘petrəl] n.汽油,Please fill up the tank with petrol. 请把油箱装满汽油。,10.Violently [‘vaiələntli] adv.猛烈地激烈的,They have come into conflict, sometimes violently. 他们产生了矛盾,有时矛盾还非常激烈。
10.Roar [rɔ:] v. 咆哮、呼喊 n.怒号、吼 The little girl was frightened by the tiger‘s roars. 小女孩被老虎的吼叫声吓坏了。,As the man tried to swim the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands. He _______ desperately to his companion, who ________for the last fifteen minutes. Both men had hardly _______time to realize what was happening when they _________violently into the sea. The speedboat ________a buoy, but it ________to move quickly across the water. Both men had just ________to swim toward the shore, when they _______with dismay that the speedboat was moving a circle. It now came _______ towards them at tremendous speed.,waved,had been water skiing,had,were thrown,had struck,continued,begun,noticed,straight,In less than a minutes, it________ past them only a few feet away. After it ________, they ________ on as quickly as they could because they _______ that the boat would soon return. They had just ________enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again ________ a circle. On this occasion, however, it _______down considerably. The petrol nearly all _______up. Before long, the noise ________ completely and the boat ________ to drift gently across the water.,roared,had passed,swam,knew,had,completed,had slowed,had been used,dropped,began,Further notes on the text,1．Out of control，（标题）失控。
介词短语out of可以表示“失去”、“欠缺”等：
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。
He has been out of work for two months. 他失业两个月了。,2．…the steering wheel came away in his hands.……方向盘脱手了。
come away表示“脱落”、“脱离”、“脱开”等：
When I tried to lift the suitcase, the handle came away. 当我试图提起手提箱时，把手掉了下来。
3．Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea. hardly…when…表示“几乎未来得及……就……”，hardly用于主句中，并且主句通常用过去完成时。
Be thrown 被抛入,4．they swam on as quickly as they could, 他们以最快的速度向前游去。
on在这里是副词，表示“向前”：
Walk on along this road for ten minutes and you ll see the railway station. 沿着这条路向前走10分钟你就会看见火车站。
I think he saw me, but he just marched on. 我觉得他看见了我，但他却径直往前走了。,5．They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle. 他们刚刚来得及游出危险区，快艇就又转了一圈。
just是个可以和各种完成时连用的时间副词，它与when连用时常用于过去完成时：
Jim had just left when you rang. 你打电话时吉姆刚走。
I had just finished my homework when my mother entered my room.,6．The petrol had nearly all been used up. 汽油几乎已经用光。
use up表了“用完”、“用光”、“耗尽”：
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”，它也可以与其他一些动词连用：
The child soon ate up the cake. 孩子很快把蛋糕吃完了。
She burned up all his letters. 她把他的信都烧掉了。
Can you read up the book in two hours? 你用两小时就能把这书读完吗？,7．Before long, the noise dropped completely… 没过多久，噪音便彻底消失…… drop在这里为不及物动词，表示“减少”、“变弱”或“消失”：
When he saw that Mary was annoyed, his voice dropped. 他发现玛丽生气时，便降低了嗓门。
We had to stay at home before the wind had dropped. 风力减弱以前，我们不得不呆在家里。,