In the News: Drivers change their lives to dodge gas bills

CNN reported today: Drivers change their lives to dodge gas bills
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As rising gas prices leave drivers with ever-heftier tabs at the pump, Americans have started looking for ways to reduce the drain on their budget. For some, transitioning away from a one person, one car lifestyle has proved rewarding.

Janaki Purushe, a 22-year-old genetic researcher living in Rockville, Maryland, bikes just about everywhere she goes. "When I had the opportunity to finally plan my own life after I graduated college," Purushe explains, "I took into consideration where I was going to shop, where my friends live, where my boyfriend lives, and I definitely tried to plan the location of my home around where I was going."
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Dietz says the family's gas bill is encroaching onto the food budget. "You just have to make the choice," Dietz explains, to conserve money on gas in order to afford food.
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Two words for today:
dodge - 避開, an act of evading
encroach - 侵蝕, to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into

for ex.
How to dodge a parking ticket?
Construction materials, debris encroach roads, causing inconvenience to motorists.