1. Each demanded some payment that was overdue: twelve shillings for the furniture and oilcloth; one pound four and one penny for the General District and Special Rates; and one pound one and fivepence halfpenny for Poor Rate.
    三封信都是催债的，而且每项款都已经过了期。家具和油布十二先令；统税和特税一镑四先令一便士；济贫税一镑一先令五个半便士。

2. But household money spent for non-durable goods actually declined slightly from 1972 to 1987.
    但实际上，非耐用商品的户均消费在1972至1987年间略有下降。

3. But studies have found that although fathers' income usually exceeds mothers' income, women usually contribute a larger proportion of their income to their household, while men keep more for their personal use, such as for entertainment.
    但已有研究发现，尽管父亲的收入通常要超过母亲的收入，母亲通常会将自己大部分的收入用于家庭，而父亲却多用于个人消费，如娱乐等。

4. When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate,
    每当电灯保险丝烧断、家具榫头松动、管道堵塞、吸尘器不动时，

5. Where once there was one set of furniture, one washing machine and one refrigerator, now there are two of all these things.
    原先只有一套家具、一台洗衣机和一台电冰箱，现在却变成了两套或两台。

6. It removes the father from the household, the only sensible basis for a working parental relationship;
    离婚使父亲离开了家庭，这惟一的父亲与子女间关系赖以存在的合理基础不复存在。

7. The old furniture was covered in dust.
    旧家具上有尘土.

8. The room was encumbered with heavy furniture .
    房内堆满了笨重的家具。

9. They have purchased much furniture.
    他们已买了不少家具。

10. There is a greater density of household goods.
    家用商品的密度更大了，

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