1. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
    我在屋里呆了一整天，可连一张明信片也没写成。

2. I once spent an uncomfortable weekend which I shall never forget at his house.
    有一次，我在他家里度周末，过得很不愉快。这事我永远不会忘记。

3. I argued that if I spent less time exhausting myself at exercises in the morning, I would keep my mind fresh for reading when I got home from work.
    我辩解说，早晨少耗费精力锻炼，晚上下班回家看书时头脑更清醒些。

4. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
    我在房间里关了整整一天，然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！

5. In her family, young girls usually spent their time going to parties until they married rich young men.
    在像她这样的家庭里，年轻女子总是把时间打发在舞会上，直到嫁给富家子弟。

6. In these poor countries, as in American inner cities and on reservations, money that should be spent for food goes instead to the tobacco companies;
    就像在美国的市中心区和印第安人的居留地上发生的事一样。在这些贫困的国家里，那些本应该化在食物上的钱却流进了烟草公司。

7. It is not just the time spent that counts, but also the way in which a parent talks.
    重要的不仅仅是花了多少时间，而且还有与孩子交谈的方式。

8. For weeks, he sat at his table every day and spent an hour or two trying a great number of combinations but he arrived at no result.
    一连几个星期，他每天伏案工作，花上一、两个小时尝试着大量的组合，但毫无结果。