
In the text,
“In fact” (l.12) means As a matter of fact.

In the text,
“In fact” (l.12) means As a matter of fact.
In the text,
"as well as" (L.3) means as good as.
In the text,
"occasionally" (L.14) is synonymous with sometimes.

In the text,
“many” (l.30) can be correctly replaced by a great deal of.

From the text, it can be deduced that
the industrial society was replaced by the information society.

In the text,
a “porch” (l.13) is another word for garage.

In the text,
“all of” (l.18) can be correctly replaced by most of.

In the text,
the expression “fly-on-the-wall” (l.7) means to be able to watch what people are doing without their noticing you.

In the text,
the adjective “ordinary” (l.9) is synonymous with unusual.

In the text,
the determiner “any” (l.1) means some.