Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs
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'.
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manual adj. 體力的
collar n. 衣領(lǐng)
sacrifice v. 犧牲，獻(xiàn)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
Step 3 特別的單詞總是要特別的待遇，下面的單詞記住，有空多練習(xí)。：）
1.manual adj. 體力的 ；n.手冊
英釋 using the hands
短語 manual work:體力工作
mental work: 腦力工作
a teacher's manual 教師手冊
2.collar n. 衣領(lǐng)
white-collar:白領(lǐng) do mental work
blue-collar: 藍(lán)領(lǐng) do manual work
固定短語 be/get hot under the collar: 怒氣沖天，易于動(dòng)怒的
特別說明 用某人/物所具有的某種特征指代某人/物是生活、寫作中常見的一種隱喻方法。如crown (王冠)指代"國王"，fur and feather 指代禽獸 。eg. The pen is mightier than the sword. Pen指代"文學(xué)的力量"，sword指代"武力"。
3.sacrifice v. 犧牲，獻(xiàn)出 n. 犧牲
英釋 to give up for good purpose
短語 sacrifice sth. to /for sb./sth.
sacrifice sth to do sth
例句 He sacrifice his life for the country.
She sacrificed her career to marry him.
Do you approve of sacrificing comfort to appearance? 你贊同為了表面好看而不考慮其舒適嗎？
4. privilege n. 好處
英釋 special advantage；special right
短語 sacrifice one's advantage / privilege 犧牲掉自己的好處
give sb. the pivilege of doing sth. 特許某人做某事
例句 It was a privilege to hear her sing/hearing her sing.
比較 I flet /was pleased to be able to help. 語氣較privilege平淡
I feel highly honored by your trust。 語氣較privilege更禮貌
We are very privileged (榮幸的)to be together with professor Smith this evening.
5. secret n. 秘密
短語 keep secret 保密 eg.[口]It's between you and me. I will keep it to myself.
confidential 機(jī)密的，比 secret 程度更深
let sb. into the secret 讓某人知道某個(gè)秘密
make no secret of 不隱瞞
in secret = secretly, in private, privately 私下里
in the secret: 知道內(nèi)情
例句 I was told about it in secret.
He was in the secret from the beginning.
6. status n. 地位
英釋 social position
形近詞 statue 雕像，塑像
短語 employment status 就業(yè)狀況
marital status 婚姻狀況
例句 No one will question his status as a scholar.
比較 status表示社會(huì)地位時(shí)，與position通用，但status更正式。status還有"身份，狀況"的意思
position 還表示"位置，姿態(tài)，見解，立場"等
7. corporation n.公司
短語 group 集團(tuán)
joint-venture enterprise 合資企業(yè)
state-owned enterprise國有企業(yè)
township enterprise 鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)企業(yè)
multinational corporation 跨國公司
8.overall n.工作服
英釋 a grament made in one piece to cover the whole body,worn especially by workers over other clothes
Step 4 學(xué)英語就必須勤學(xué)苦練，學(xué)而不練，事倍功半，下面就做幾個(gè)練習(xí)吧。
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1. It is bad to be ______of one's family.
A.shy B. embarrassed C. ashamed
2. The man felt _______ when he spilled his wine on my dress.
A.shy B. embarrassed C. ashamed
3. ______ the soldier,no evidence has been found to show that he is guilty.
A. In case B.In the case of C. In case of
4. They have _______ a lot of money on their children's education.
A.sacrificed B.given out C. spent
5. Manual workers often receive much higher _____ than people who work in offices.(ll.1-2)
A. gains B. fees C. payments D. wages
6. His rise in status more than _______ the loss of money. (l.14-15)
A. pays back B. rewards C. compensates for D. values
7. He wanted to be ______ ‘Mr. Bloggs' , not ‘Alf.' . (ll.15-16)
A. addressed as B. named C. cried out D. shouted
