I leapt at the tape like a man taking his last spring to save himself from the chasm that threatens to engulf  him.

I leapt at the tape like a man taking his last spring to save himself from the chasm that threatens to engulf  him.

我纵身一跳，就像一个人拿着他的最后一根弹簧，要把自己从可能吞没他的深渊中拯救出来。

-- Roger Bannister 班尼斯特