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新概念英語第三冊(美音版)The double life of Alfred Bloggs

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Lesson 4
The double life of Alfred Bloggs
阿爾弗雷德.布洛格斯的雙重生活

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
Why did Alf want a white-collar job?
These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as "white-collar workers' for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night. He took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 'Mr. Bloggs', not 'Alf'.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
manual
adj. 體力的
collar
n. 衣領(lǐng)
sacrifice
v. 犧牲,獻出
privilege
n. 好處
dustman
n. 清潔工
corporation
n. 公司
overalls
n. 工作服
shower
n. 淋浴
secret
n. 秘密
status
n. 地位

如今,從事體力勞動的人的收入一般要比坐辦公室的人高出許多。坐辦公室的之所以常常被稱作“白領(lǐng)工人”,就是因為他們通常是穿著硬領(lǐng)白襯衫,系著領(lǐng)帶去上 班。許多人常常情愿放棄較高的薪水以換取做白領(lǐng)工人的殊榮,此乃人之常情。而這常常會引起種種奇怪的現(xiàn)象,在埃爾斯米爾公司當清潔工的艾爾弗雷德.布洛斯 就是一個例子。 艾爾弗結(jié)婚時,感到非常難為情,而沒有將自己的職業(yè)告訴妻子。他只說在埃爾斯米爾公司上班。每天早晨,他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西裝離家上班,然后換上工作 服,當8個小時清潔工。晚上回家前,他洗個淋浴,重新?lián)Q上那身黑色西服。兩年多以來,艾爾弗一直這樣,他的同事也為他保守秘密。艾爾弗的妻子一直不知道她 嫁給了一個清潔工,而且她永遠也不會知道了,因為艾爾弗已找到薪職,不久就要坐辦公室里工作了。他將來掙的錢只有他現(xiàn)在的一半。不過他覺得,地位升高了, 損失點兒錢也值得。從此,艾爾弗可以一天到晚穿西服了。別人將稱呼他為“布洛格斯先生”,而不再叫他“艾爾弗”了。

double:雙重的

★manual
adj. 體力的
=physical
manual work: 體力工作
mental work: 腦力工作

★collar
n. 衣領(lǐng)
white-collar:白領(lǐng)(do mental work)
bule-collar: 藍領(lǐng)(do manual work)
(get) hot underthe collar:怒氣沖天

★sacrifice
v. 犧牲,獻出
vt.……to give up for good purpose
sacrifice one's life for the country
sacrifice time

n.……
make many sacrifices

★privilege
n. 好處
=advantage
特權(quán)(special right)

犧牲掉自己的好處:
sacrifice one's advantage/privilege

特許某人做某事:
give sb.the privilege of doing sth.

privileged:(a.)榮幸的

★dustman
n. 清潔工

★corporation
n. 公司

★overalls
n. 工作服

★shower
n. 淋浴

★secret
n. 秘密
a. keep secret:保密
It's between you and me.
I'll keep it to myself.
confidential:機密的
in secret:私下里
=secretly,in private,privately
I was told about it in secret.
in the secret:知道內(nèi)情
He was in the secret form the beginning

★status
n. 地位
=social position
status
statue:雕像,塑像

people who do manual work=>blue-collar workers
people who work in offices/do mental work=>white-collar workers
for more money
far-副詞用來加強語氣==much

refer to...as = regard...as 把...看作為
I always refer to him as boolworm(書呆子)

for the simple reason=>for 引導(dǎo)的原因狀語從句
for the reason that比because正式,因此多用于正式文體

human nature人性

such...that...
that引導(dǎo)同位語從句,進一步補充說明such的基本內(nèi)涵
His kindness was such that we will never forget him.
=》Such was his kindness...
Such is human nature that we want to get a lot of things free.

介詞for表示一種目的
be willing to do sth.=be ready to do sth.心甘情愿做

give rise to,lead to,cause:引起,惹起=result in
Such conduct might give rise to misunderstandings.
The bad conditions have given rise to a lot of crimes.

in the case of: 至于,就...而言=concerning
Stealing isno shame in the case of him.
in case of:(連)萬一,以訪
You should ensure your house in case of fire.

who引導(dǎo)定語從句

too embarrassed to say:太尷尬而沒有說明
be ashamed of

get married
marry(v.)如果強調(diào)動作:He married the girl
如果表示狀態(tài):get married,be married
如果表明和某人已經(jīng)結(jié)婚多長時間了:be married to sb
The old man has been married to his wife for 50 years.

too...to...:太...而不能

simply:副詞,用來修飾限定動詞told

dressed in a smart balck suit---形容詞短語表示一種狀態(tài)
He got to work dressed in a beautiful coat.
He left home wearing a smart balck suit.

changed into:換上

Before returning home=Before he returned home
在Before引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句中,return的邏輯主語和主句的主語he是保持一致的,所以這個時間狀語是有介詞Before和動名詞搭配而成,相當于Before引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句。
如果運用動名詞形式,動名詞的邏輯主語必須是主句的主語
After gettting home,he had a good rest.
Before having dinner,he finished all his homework.

she never will=she will never discover the secret
在省略句式中,never要放在助動詞之前
“will you go to see her?"
“I will never to to see her"/"no ,I never will."

half as much as (he used to)
half(a quarter,twice,three times)as .... as...---表示倍數(shù)
I won't marry a man who is twice as old as me.
We got three times as many people as we expected.
This room is about three times as large as that one.
...as(形容詞或副詞原形)as...:是...幾倍
比...多幾倍:...times(形容詞或副詞比較級)
This road is four times longer than that one.
=》This road is five times as long as that one.

is well worth the loss of money
What he obtained is well worth the loss of time.
well 副詞用來加強語氣,修飾形容詞worth

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(1)...a...
illustrate:闡明,闡述
“...a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar worker"

(2)...c...
double life

(3)...d...
"...he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money"

Structure
(4)...b...
to go 可以省略
They usually go towork wearing a collar and tie.
(5)...d...
"Alfred was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job."
too...to(不定式to表示否定)
so...that:“如此,以致于”(在that引導(dǎo)的結(jié)果狀語從句中,如果采用否定式,可以和too...to 互換)
The water is too hot for us to dringk.
==》The water is so hot that we can't drink.

(6)...C...
"He simply told her that he worker of the Corporation"
simply :副詞“僅僅是,再沒有別的了”=only,just
無論是simply,only還是just,往往用在主體詞之前
I did it simply/only for the money
I don't like driving.I do it simply /only because I have to go to work each day.
and no more ……放句尾
in a simple way: 簡單地,簡樸地
  She was always dressed in a simple way.

(7)...b...
如果主、從的主語一致,可用介詞和動名詞形式搭配
Before returning home...
before---連接詞,引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句
  Before he returned home...
before 引導(dǎo)的從句,常用一般現(xiàn)在時或一般過去時,不用進行時。

(8)...c...
"half as much as it used to be"
the amount 要用定語從句進行限定
used to: 當主句的謂語動詞是行為動詞時,之后的動詞必須省略掉
used to be: 當主句的謂語動詞是系動詞時,之后必須帶有系動詞be.
I feel the summers are hotter that they used to be
I feel you are much fatter than you used to be.

(9)...d...
gain: 獲利,贏得(表示通過努力)~time,~reputation,~speed,~height
fee: (為專業(yè)服務(wù)支付的)費用 doctor's ~s,the lawyer's ~s
pay for my university fees
payment: (商業(yè)、信貸)支付的款項(正式)
wages: (體力勞動者的)工資
salary: (白領(lǐng)的)薪水

(10)...b...
companion:同伴

(11)...c...
"well worth the loss of money"
pay back: 償還,報復(fù)
reward:酬勞
value:價值
Compensate for=make up for:彌補

Vacabulary
(12)...a...
"call"
name: 命名
cry out:喊叫
shout: 喊

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