[00:01.040]--- Lesson 86 Out of control
[00:06.880]--- First listen and then answer the question.
[00:12.320]--- What was the danger?
[00:16.440]As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands.
[00:24.040]He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes.
[00:31.320]Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea.
[00:39.720]The speedboat had struck a buoy, but it continued to move very quickly across the water.
[00:47.640]Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle.
[00:57.160]It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed.
[01:02.040]In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away.
[01:08.600]After it had passed, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return.
[01:17.120]They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle.
[01:25.720]On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably.
[01:31.400]The petrol had nearly all been used up.
[01:35.120]Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water.
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