Anyone can make the decision to do without the unnecessary, to cut off cable TV, to consider doing without a car, to only buy what's absolutely necessary and to rethink what's necessary.

任何人都可以自己决定放弃那些不需要的东西，放弃有线电视，放弃车子，只买那些绝对需要的东西，重新想一下什么是真正需要的。

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I think when you make that decision, it might be well if you ask yourself, 'Are you better off than you were four years ago?'

我想，当你们作出这个决定时，你们应当问自己‘目前的状况是否比四年前要好？’

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Anyone can make the decision to do without the necessary, to cut off cable TV, to consider doing without a car, to only buy what's absolutely necessary and to rethink what's necessary.

每个人都可以做出缩减必需品的决定：剪断有线电视，卖掉小车，只买非买不可的东西，并且重新考虑哪些东西是非买不可的。

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"It is a lot easier for firms to make the decision not to lay someone off than it is actually to decide to take someone on,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Make a decision to go off script he clearly did, but what prompted the decision?

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Kuyt, 25, has asked for time off to make a final decision on whether to quit the club, and recently revealed Liverpool had made an approach.

BBC: SPORT | Football | My Club | Liverpool | Kuyt ready to decide his future

He added he will not make a final decision about 2006 until the off-season, but admitted the weekly grind of preparing for games is getting tougher.

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