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 a watch could never repair itself----it does not consist of living parts, only of metal, which wears away by friction.
    但是，手表决不会自行修理，它不是由有生命的部件组成，而是由金属组成，而金属可以随着磨擦而磨损殆尽。

3. For the simple reason that I was left with several curiously shaped bits of metal which did not seem to fit anywhere.
    原因很简单，因为还剩下几个形状奇特的零件似乎哪里也装不上去。

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. The clatter of metal plates was heard from the kitchen.
    金属盘碟的哗啦声自厨房传出。

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. They poured the hot metal into the mould.
    他们把熔化了的金属倒进模子里。

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