1) Telecommuting refers to office workers spending much of their time working at home and communicating with their companies through their computers. With the development of computer technologies, it is growing fast and expected to be common for most office workers in the coming decades. The use of telecommuting, however, may trigger major changes to corporate structure, workers' lifestyles and even urban planning.(通过释义法,引出远程办公,并预测这一工作形式对公司的结构、工人的生活方式甚至城市规划所产生的变化和影响)

2) The most obvious changes may be apparent within the companies and other organizations. If half the working week is spent telecommuting from home, there would be no need to have many desks and rooms. While offices grow smaller and expenses are reduced, the morale of an organization might be affected. Meanwhile as the company becomes merely a headquarter with soldiers out most of the time, the way to run the company would change.(远程办公对公司人气和结构的影响很大)

3) For the individual office workers, telecommuting would mean spending more time at home. This is the great benefit for them, for it would eliminate the need to travel to work everyday, thus saving much time and money. As they could work the hours they wish, they would have more free time,-time spent with their children and wives, for example.(对工人的影响:不用每天去公司,工人可以自由支配自己的时间)

4) Telecommuting may also have potential effects on the structure of urban life. For one thing, traffic would be improved as there is a marked decline in the number of cars during the rush hours. For another, as more people work and live in the same areas, shops and cultural events would likely relocate themselves out of the city center.(对城市结构的影响:由于工人的活动中心不再是市中心,因而城市的规划也会发生变化)

5) Obviously, telecommuting will serve not only to transform the way people work but also the way people live. With its spread, the impact on society would be even more far-reaching.(对远程办公的进一步预测。)

闪光点：

1. 修饰比喻：第二段 as the company becomes merely a head-quarter with soldiers out most of the time，把公司比喻为司令部，把工人比喻成士兵，更能形象说明远程办公后公司和工人的工作形式。

2. 用词变化：change--transform, company--organization--head-quarter, affect--have an effect--impact on, there would be no need-it would eliminate the need

3. 词汇亮点：trigger the change, have potential effects on, impact on, serve to transform

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