Streaming and downloading it dwarf all other online activity, especially if, like Babbage and Mrs Babbage, a household forgoes cable or satellite television.

不论是在线播放或者是下载都会使其它的网上活动变慢，特别是像Babbage夫妇这样不再使用光缆和卫星接收器看电视的家庭尤其如此。

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Simple strategies for increasing activity include incorporating household chores such as folding laundry into TV-watching time or getting up to change a TV channel rather than using a remote control.

有一些简单的方法就可以让你增加活动量：看电视的时候干点叠衣服之类的家务活，或者不用遥控器，而是走到电视机跟前去切换频道。

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Recent information indicates that overall economic activity continues to expand, partly reflecting some firming in household spending.

近期数据显示总体经济活动持续扩张，部分反映在稳定的家庭消费上。

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No wonder electricity usage--the best indicator of household spending and activity--is plummeting.

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His current thinking is that the household sector will drag activity down into a lengthy recession.

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And secondly, the burden of paying debts suppresses economic activity, whether the debtor is a household, a government, or a company.

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