听前提示

一、三遍英文，一遍中文，再一遍英文。

二、从听懂的词入手，理解句子含义。

三、根据中英文意思，听不懂的多听几遍。

词汇提示

1.impractical 不实际的

2.punished 惩罚

3.pedstrian 行人

4.drenched 湿透的

原文

261.

The post office is a good five kilometers away from here.

邮局距离这儿足足有五公里远。

262.

This is the same pencil that I lost the other day.

这就是我几天前丢的那支铅笔。

263.

We moved into this house last month, but we still haven't settled down.

我们上个月才搬进这所房子，但到现在还没有安顿下来。

264.

The committee rejected the proposal on the ground that It was impractical.

委员会拒绝了这项建议，理由是它不切实际。

265.

You do such a thing once too often and get punished.

你做这种事太频繁了，会受到惩罚。

266.

The ambulance went out of control and came close to running over a pedestrian.

救护车失去了控制，差点碾过一个行人。

267.

The loss of money made it impossible for him to go abroad.

损失了钱使他无法出国。

268.

If it had not been for your umbrella, I would have been drenched to the skin.

如果没有你的伞，我早就浑身湿透了。

269.

Upon arriving at the airport, he made a phone call to his wife.

一到机场，他就给妻子打了个电话。

270.

It is difficult to keep up a conversation with some one who only says "yes" and "no".

和一个只会说「是」和「不是」的人交谈很困难。