During the Depression and the war, Americans had learned to live with less, and that restraint, in combination with the postwar confidence in the future, made small, efficient housing positively stylish.
在经济大萧条和战争时期，美国人学会了用更少的东西生活，而这种克制与战后对未来的信心相结合，使得小型而高效的住房变得非常时尚。
If we know we will overreact to consumer products or housing options when we see a happy face (one reason good sales representatives and real estate agents are always smiling), we can take a moment before buying.
如果我们知道在看到一张笑脸时，会对消费品或住房选择产生过度反应（这也是为什么优秀的销售人员和房地产经纪人总是面带微笑的原因之一），那么在购买之前我们可以稍作停顿。
Housing is seldom mentioned.
住房问题很少被提及。
To some extent the housing sector must shoulder the blame.
在某种程度上，住房部门必须承担部分责任。
We have not been good at communicating the real value that housing can contribute to economic growth.
我们并没有很好地传达住房对经济增长所能做出的真实价值。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。