Language Point 24

Computers turn on the lights, heating and essential household services before people arrive home from work. (Para. 19)

Meaning: Computers turn on the lights, the heating, and other needed household functions before people get home from work.

household: n. a house and its affairs; all the people living in a house

The garbageman collects trash from household to household.

垃圾工挨门挨户地收垃圾。

a. concerned with the management of a house

household costs

家庭开支

household business

家庭企业