Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs阿尔弗雷德。布洛格斯的双重生活
一、【Text】课文
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'.
二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语
◆manual adj. 体力的
◆collar n. 衣领
◆sacrifice v. 牺牲，献出
◆privilege n. 好处
◆dustman n. 清洁工
◆corporation n. 公司
◆overalls n. 工作服
◆shower n. 淋浴
◆secret n. 秘密
◆status n. 地位
★manual adj. 体力的
= physical
manual work:体力工作
mental work: 脑力工作
★collar n. 衣领
white-collar:白领 ( do mental work)
blue-collar:蓝领 （do manual work）
(get) hot under the collar: 怒气冲天
★sacrifice v. 牺牲，献出
vt. to give up for good purpose
Eg: sacrifice one’s life for the country
sacrifice time
n.
make many sacrifices
★privilege n. 好处
= advantage
特权 （=special right）
牺牲掉自己的好处：
sacrifice one’s advantage / rivilege
特许某人做某事：
give sb. the rivilege of doing sth.
privileged adj. 荣幸的
★overalls n. 工作服
男工作服； overall 女工作服
★secret n. 秘密
adj. keep secret:保密
It’s between you and me.
I’ll keep it to myself.
confidential : 机密的
in secret:私下里
= secretly, in private, privately
I was told about it in secret.
in the secret: 知道内情
He was in the secret from the beginning.
★status n. 地位
= social position
s-t-a-t-u-s
s-t-a-t-u-e: 雕像，塑像
★corporation n. 公司
★shower n. 淋浴
★dustman n. 清洁工
三、【课文精析】
people who do manual work => blue-collar workers
people who work in offices / do mental work => white-collar workers
far more money
far--副词，用来强调语气==much
refer to … as ==regard … as 把…看作为
I always refer to him as bookworm (书呆子).
for the simple reason => for 引导的原因状语从句
for the reason that 比because正式，因此多用于正式文体
human nature 人性化
such…that…
that 引导同位语从句，进一步补充说明such的基本内涵
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.
Such用在句首，要倒装
Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.
介词for表示一种目的
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
Eg: Stealing is no shame in the case of him.
in case of: (连) 万一，以防
Eg: You should ensure your house in case of fire.
Who引导定语从句
Too embarrassed to say:太尴尬而没有说明
be ashamed of
get married
marry v. 如果强调动作：He married the girl…
如果表示状态：get married, be married
如果表明和某人已经结婚多长时间了：be married to sb.
The old man has been married to his wife 50 years.
Too…to…, 太…而不能
simply adv. 用来修饰限定动词told
dressed in a smart black suit-----形容词短语表示一种状态
Eg: He got to work dressed in a beautiful coat.
He left home wearing a smart black suit.
Changed into: 换上
Before returning home==Before he returned home
在before 引导的时间状语从句中，return 的逻辑主语和主句的主语he是保持一致的，所以这个时间状语是由介词before和动名词搭配而成，相当于before 引导的时间状语从句。
如果运用动名词形式，动名词的逻辑主语必须是主句的主语。
After getting 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要放在助动词之前。
‘Will you go to see her?’
‘ I will never go to see her.’ / ‘No, I never will.’
half as much as (he used to): 是 … 的一半
half (a quarter, twice, three times ) as …as…表示倍数
I won’t marry a man who is twice as old as me.
We got three times as many people as we exected.
This room is about three times as large as that one.
…as (形容词或副词原形)as… 是 …几倍
比 …多几倍：…times (形容词或副词比较级)
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 副词用来加强语气，修饰形容词worth
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