Topic 1: Increasing travels between countries enable people to learn different cultures or to increase tension between people from different countries

proliferation 
of  new  technologies,  such  as  computers,  allows  people  to  manage  their  own  working  time  and 
accommodate 
family needs and lifestyle choices, it has locked them in a struggle  to cope with more 
tasks in daily lives. 
1.
 
shrink = decline = diminish = contract 
2.
 
compulsory = required 
3.
 
after-work life = personal life 
4.
 
pass on.. .to = hand on = transfer 
5.
 
ubiquity = prevalence 
6.
 
commute = the journey between home and place of work 
7.
 
proliferation = increase = mushrooming 
8.
 
accommodate = give room for 

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