阿拉伯人曾习惯于靠吃几个枣子节俭度日。当他们获得东罗马帝国的财富，居住在几乎令人难以置信的豪华宫殿中时，他们并未因此就闲居不动。饥饿不再是一个动机，因为只需轻轻一点头，希腊奴隶就会奉上精美佳肴。
【正确答案】：
WHEN THE ARABS, WHO HAD BEEN USED TO LIVING SPARINGLY ON A FEW DATES, ACQUIRED THE RICHES OF EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE AND DWELT IN PALACES OF UNBELIEVABLE LUXURY, THEY DID NOT, ON THAT ACCOUNT, BECOME INACTIVE. HUNGER COULD NO LONGER BE A MOTIVE, FOR GREEK SLAVES SUPPLIED THEM WITH EXQUISITE VIANDS AT THE SLIGHTEST NOD.
【题目解析】：考点：Arabs：阿拉伯人。be used to doing sth.：习惯于做某事。sparingly：节俭地。 acquire：获得。Eastern Roman Empire：东罗马帝国。dwell in：居住。on that account：因为这个缘故。inactive：不活跃的，怠惰的。no longer：不再。supply sb. with sth.：给某人提供某物。exquisite viands：精美的佳肴。句子结构：前两句话主语相同，可并为一句话用who引导定语从句修饰“阿拉伯人”。“当……时”可译为when引导的时间状语从句。最后一句中的“因为”可以用for或者because引导原因状语从句。