1. Everything was fine until one day they found they had spent all their money.
    诸事顺心如意。可是有一天，他们发现钱已花光了。

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. We spent many idle hours just sitting in the sun.
    我们在太阳地里呆呆坐了好几个钟头.

4. We had spent several days in a small town and visited a number of old churches in the vicinity.
    我们在一座小镇上逗留了几天，参观了附近的许多古老的教堂。

5. The ship spent four days in port.
    该船在港口里停泊了四天.

6. They rented a rowboat and spent the afternoon on the lake.
    他们租了一条划艇在湖上度过了一个下午。

7. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
    最近有两个人在一座珊瑚岛上呆了5天，他们真希望在那儿再多呆一些日子。

8. The time I spent at exercise gradually diminished.
    我花在锻炼上的时间逐渐减少，

9. The Japanese spent $10.9 billion for teaching outside of regular classes last year, according to the institute, including $9 billion on jukus for students in the ninth grade or below — almost double the figure spent seven years ago.
    据该机构调查，去年日本人花在正常课堂教学之外的开支为109亿美元，其中90亿是花在课外学校，用于九年级或九年级以下的学生，这几乎是七年前的两倍。

10. They spent six weeks educating everyone about the changes and winning the cooperation of doctors, nurses and breathing specialists — all of whom had grown comfortable with the old procedure.
    他们用了6周时间来向人们解释改变的意义，来赢得医生、护士和呼吸系统专家的合作——所有这些人都安于旧的治疗程序。