[al:新概念英语（二）] [ar:MP3 同步字幕版（英音）] [ti:Out of Control] [by:更多学习内容，请到chazidian.com搜索“新概念”] [00:12.74]What was the danger? [00:16.87]As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands. [00:24.47]He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes. [00:31.79]Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea. [00:40.18]The speedboat had struck a buoy, but it continued to move very quickly across the water. [00:48.09]Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, [00:52.42]when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle. [00:57.60]It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed. [01:02.52]In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away. [01:09.11]After it had passed, [01:11.11]they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return. [01:17.54]They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle. [01:26.21]On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably. [01:31.86]The petrol had nearly all been used up. [01:35.57]Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water.