| 1. | If you live by the water , you live off the water .
靠山吃山，靠水吃水。 |
| 2. | She makes a living by taking in lodgers .
她靠收房客租金为生。 |
| 3. | He ought to live by regular hours .
他生活起居都应该有定时。 |
| 4. | Thoreau's father earned his living by making pencils .
索洛的父亲靠做铅笔谋生。 |
| 5. | He then earned his living by doing all kinds of odd jobs .
后来，他靠打短工谋生。 |
| 6. | He traveled around the world, living by his wits .
他周游世界，靠施展小聪明过日子。 |
| 7. | I don't live by the papers .
我并不是靠报纸过生活的。 |
| 8. | Primitive tribes lived by fishing , hunting and gathering .
原始部落靠渔猎采集为生。 |
| 9. | A bear who had for a long time gained his living by dancing .
有只熊一直以跳舞为生。 |
| 10. | He earns his living by writing .
他靠写作为生。 |
