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

莱纳德 陷进流沙里了 这斧头在拖下去呢！

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流体那—想象一下流沙。

But isn't that isthmus only composed of quicksand?

那么，这地峡只是由松的沙土形成的吗？

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

这就是 Marianne LaFrance 所谓的" 陷入社交流沙中" 。

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。

And here would happen if you fell into quicksand.

们一起来看看，如果陷入流沙会怎。

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

四周被流沙环绕，却从未被流沙掩埋，堪称奇迹。

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

们叫它死亡沼泽，那里有流沙。

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

你法过建造新的楼层来弥补像流沙一般的地基。

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

当积水的松散土壤（们称之为 “沙子”）暂时变成流沙时，就会发生液化。

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

是的，真正的流沙并不像你在电影里看到的那。

Fun fact: it's impossible to become fully submerged in quicksand.

完全淹没在流沙里是不可能的。

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，是因为流沙很少超过几英尺深。

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，流沙会发生变化。

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流沙中去之前她能够赶到达那里吗？

On the other hand, quicksand gets thicker over time.

另一方面，流沙会随着时间的推移变得越来越厚。

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

最糟糕的情况要么是遇到流沙，要么是自燃，要么就是被老师点名。

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流沙、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流沙一移。

Once disturbed, quicksand becomes much more viscous, trapping whatever it envelops.

一旦被搅，流沙会变得黏性大增，将包裹住的一切紧紧困住。