U7

1）Furnish  2）resolve  3）maintaining  4）discard  5）sanction  6）raise  7）strip

8）bare  9）bargain  10）simplified  11）trade  12）downsize  13）numerous

14）fraction  15）plain  16）thereby  17）rolling

1）keeps track of  2）it turned out that  3）strip down to  4）take an interest in

5）in return  6）is all of a piece  7）for good  8）write out  9)eat out

10）look back  11）cut out

（1）luxuries  （2）frugal  （3）trading  （4）curtail  （5）splendid  （6）hobbies

（7）impulse  （8）bare  （9）wasteful  （10）deny  （11）deprivation  （12）maintain

（13）resolve  （14）consumption

1、她是一位很能干的家庭主婦，但喜歡憑一時(shí)沖動購物，廚房櫥柜里總是堆滿亂七八糟的東西，最終還是會丟棄的。

She is a very capable housewife but she likes to purchase things on impulse.Her kitchen cabinets are always full of clutter that will eventually be discarded.

2、大學(xué)生應(yīng)該有決心過節(jié)儉生活，不要和別人比闊氣或追求時(shí)尚；要知道：錢這東西，只有積少才會成多。

University students should have the resolve to live a frugal lifestyle and should not try to keep up with the Joneses or follow trends and fads . They should know that only when you mind the pennies will the dollars take care of themselves .

3、這對夫妻都是大公司的高層管理人員，忙得沒有時(shí)間做飯，一星期至少有五天在外面吃飯。

The couple are high-ranking executives of big companies . They eat out at least five days a week due to the lack of time for home cooking .

4、這兩處簽名十分相似，即使是有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的專家恐怕也難辨別出它們之間的差別。

The two signatures appear all of a piece . Even experienced experts may find it difficult to identify any difference between them .

5、雜志的編輯把附在文后的圖片都刪掉了，因?yàn)樵撐牡拈L度只能限制在兩頁之內(nèi)。

The editor of the journal cut out all the pictures attached to the article because the length of the article was restricted to only two pages .

6、作為常務(wù)委員會成員，近三年來他一直在處理失業(yè)和交通問題。

As a member of the standing committee , he has been tackling unemployment and traffic problems during the past three years .

7、老人生前立下遺囑，要把他一生的繼續(xù)作為獎學(xué)金獻(xiàn)給我們的學(xué)校。

The old man made a will before his death , giving away all his savings to our school as scholarships , a decision sanctioned by his children .

8、那個醫(yī)生向他的病人保證，只要他連續(xù)服用這種藥三個月，每日三次，他的病就徹底好了。

The doctor assured his patient that if he took the medicine three times a day for three months without interruption , he would recover from the illness for good .

9、回顧過去的經(jīng)歷時(shí)，我才意識到四年的大學(xué)說是我一生中最無憂無慮的時(shí)刻。

Only when I looked back on my past experiences did I realize that my four-year period at university was the most care-free time in my life .

10、要想在技術(shù)創(chuàng)新方面超過別人，我們必須時(shí)刻掌握科學(xué)技術(shù)領(lǐng)域所有的新思想和新發(fā)展。

If we want to excel others in technological innovation , we must keep track of all the new ideas and developments in the field of science and technology .