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After Reading Exercise 1. Useful Expressions 1. 过得去 get by 2. 寻觅心灵的满足 find cotentment 3.自力更生的生活 a self-reliant life 4. 艰苦的生活 a tough life 5.日常的家务 household routine 6. 正如老话说的那样 as the old saying goes 7. 温馨快乐每一分钟 love / enjoy every minute of sth. 8. 过冬 get through the winter 9. 常青藤联合会学校 Ivy League schools 10. 带着……的祝福 with sb.’s blessings 11. 总的来说 on balance 12. 担任全职工作 be employed full time 13. 贷款按揭 mortgage payments 14. 至于 …… When it comes to … 15. 除……以外 apart from … 16. 外出吃饭 dine out 17. 生活水准/水平 standard of living / living standard 18. 弥补收入差额 make up the difference in income 19. 听歌剧看芭蕾演出 attend the opera and ballet 20. 耐得住寂寞 a tolerance for solitude 21. 自给自足 self-sufficiency 22. 抵制诱惑 resist the temptation to do sth. 23. 怆然离去 leave with a feeling of sorrow 24. 自豪感 a sense of pride 25. 一旦形势好转 once economic conditions improve 2. Compound Dictation Working at Home Most American workers travel each day to jobs in factories, offices, laboratories, shops and schools. But for a growing number of people in the United States, the work place is changing. More Americans are choosing to work at home.There are several reasons for this change. One reason is many parents want more time to be with their children at home. Another is that people want the freedom to decide for themselves how and when to do their job. The most important reason, however, is the revolution in computer technology. With computers, there is less need for people to come together to work. Computers can be linked by telephone lines with other computers far away. A worker can write a report or add information to company records on a computer at home and then send the finished work to a computer in another city. Americans are already using computers to do many different kinds of jobs at home. Many highly skilled workers, for example, ask their computers for the chance to work at leas