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down.10. From childhood, she tried to live by the teachings of her parents and gradually accumulated a set of standards of conduct.第七章CLOSE1) 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) consumptionTRANSATIONS1. 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. 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. The couple are highranking executives of big panies. They eat out at least five days a week due to the lack of time for home cooking.4. The two signatures appear all of a piece. Even experienced experts may find it difficult to identify any difference between them.5. 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. As a member of the standing mittee, he has been tackling unemployment and traffic problems during the past three years.7. 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. 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. Only when I looked back on my past experiences did I realize that my fouryear period at university was the most carefree time in my life.10. 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.第八章CLOSE(1) disaster (2) assured (3) hastened (4) gently (5) afflicted(6) tender (7) paralyzed (8) abandonment (9) subtle (10) possess(11) perception (12) procession (13) impose (14) travelstainedTRANSATIONS 1. Fearing that she couldn39。s death in the air crash.2. Investigations revealed that the road accident was caused solely by the driver who drove against traffic regulations.3. He is as mean as Shylock. When it es to money, all the promises he39