房东每个月都会来收房租。

The landlord comes to collect the rent every month.

房东太太每天早上都会来收房租。

The landlady comes to collect the rent every morning.

今天收房租的人来过了。

The man was here for the rent to-day.

当嘉莉穿过餐室去做晚饭时，她说：“今天收房租的人来过了。”

As she was going through the room to begin preparing dinner, Carrie said: The man was here for the rent to-day.

通过向子女收房租，你还能迫使他们意识到各种开支，他们中很多人对此可能都知之甚少。

In charging them to live back under your roof you are also forcing them to become aware of expenses which many of them may know little about.