Leonard, I'm trapped in quicksand! The axe is dragging me down!

纳德 我陷进沙里了 这斧头在拖我下去呢！

At that point, the watery sand starts to behave as a fluid—think quicksand.

此刻，混合着水的沙子就可以向体那样运动—想象一下沙。

But isn't that isthmus only composed of quicksand?

那么，这地峡只是由松动的沙土形成的吗？

You can’t compensate for having a foundation made of quicksand by building a new story on top of it.

你无法通过建造新的楼层来弥补像沙一般的地基。

It's what Marianne LaFrance calls " standing in social quicksand."

这就是 Marianne LaFrance 所谓的" 陷入社交沙中" 。

But it's a little bit...you're a little bit less in the quicksand.

但你还没有达到那种危险境地。

Surrounded by quicksand, it has never been buried by the sand, which is a miracle.

四周被沙环绕，却从未被沙掩埋，堪称奇迹。

We call it Death Swamp. There's quicksand there.

我们叫它死亡沼泽，那里有沙。

But where was it? Could she reach it before the hands clutched her and dragged her down into the quicksands?

但是它在哪里呢？在那双手抓住她拖到脚下的沙中去之前她能够赶到达那里吗？

Every minute you're stuck in quicksand increases the risk that you'll suffer from dehydration, starvation, sunstroke, or hypothermia.

你被困在沙中的刻都会增加你遭受脱水、饥饿、中暑或体温过低的风险。

Liquefaction happens when waterlogged, loose soil (we call it " sand" ) turns into quicksand, temporarily.

当积水的松散土壤（我们称之为 “沙子”）暂变成沙，就会发生液化。

The reason why you won't sink right through is because quicksand is rarely more than a few feet deep.

你之所以不会直接沉下去，是因为沙很少超过几英尺深。

And here would happen if you fell into quicksand.

我们一起来看看，如果陷入沙会怎样。

In high stress conditions, like being under the weight of your body, quicksand changes.

在压力大的情况下，比如承受人体重量，沙会发生变化。

And even if it was deeper than that, humans are only half as dense as quicksand, so really, you couldn't sink much lower than your waist.

即使深度更深一些，人体的密度也只有沙的一半，所以实际上，你不可能沉到腰部以上。

It's true that real quicksand isn't like what you see at the movies.

是的，真正的沙并不像你在电影里看到的那样。

The worst scenario is either quicksand, spontaneous combustion, or getting called on by the teacher.

最糟糕的情况莫过于陷入沙、自燃，或者被老师点名。

Wang felt the road beneath his feet shift like quicksand.

王淼感到脚下的路像沙一样移动。

It's impossible to drown in quicksand because humans actually float in it.

人实际上会在沙中浮起来，所以不可能被沙淹死。

And it felt like living in financial quicksand.

感觉就像生活在财务沙中。