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1、Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿尔弗雷德.布洛Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 听录音,然后回答以下问题.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 referre
2、d 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 i
3、n 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
4、 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 Alfs wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf ha
5、s 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. 如今,从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许
6、多.坐办公室的之所以常常被称作白领工人,就是因为他们通常是穿着硬领白衬衫,系着领带去上 班.许多人常常情愿放弃较高的薪水以换取做白领工人的殊荣,此乃人之常情.而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象,在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德.布洛斯 就是一个例子. 艾尔弗结婚时,感到非常难为情,而没有将自己的职业告诉妻子.他只说在埃尔斯米尔公司上班.每天早晨,他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西装离家上班,然后换上工作 服,当8个小时清洁工.晚上回家前,他洗个淋浴,重新换上那身黑色西服.两年多以来,艾尔弗一直这样,他的同事也为他保守秘密.艾尔弗的妻子一直不知道她 嫁给了一个清洁工,而且她永远也不会知道了,因为艾尔弗已找到薪
7、职,不久就要坐办公室里工作了.他将来挣的钱只有他现在的一半.不过他觉得,地位升高了, 损失点儿钱也值得.从此,艾尔弗可以一天到晚穿西服了.别人将称呼他为布洛格斯先生,而不再叫他艾尔弗了.Alfred lfrid; -fredn. 阿尔佛雷德男子名below biluadv. 在下面,在较低处；在本页下面prep. 在下面Alf lfn. 阿尔夫男子名Alfred的昵称alf lfn.蠢人,傻瓜,饭桶异性恋男子阿尔夫式的大男子主义者white-collar waitkl adj. 白领阶层的；脑力劳动者these days 现今；现在,目前 manual mnjul adj. 手工的；体力的n.
8、 手册,指南receive risi:v vt. 收到；接待；接纳vi. 接收过去式received过去分词received现在分词receivingfar more 许多,多得多的offices n. 办公室；办事处office的复数v. 提供办公室；在办公室办公office的三单形式frequently fri:kwntli adv.常常,屡次,频繁地referred to as 被称为 fri:kwntli simple simpl adj. 简单的；单纯的；天真的n. 笨蛋；愚蠢的行为；出身低微者 比较级simpler 最高级simplest referred rifd v. 参考,查
9、阅refer的过去式；归类,谈与,送交adj. 援引的reason ri:zn n. 理由；理性；动机vi. 推论；劝说vt. 说服；推论；辩论collar kl n. 衣领；颈圈vt. 抓住；给上领子；给套上颈圈wear w n. 穿著,磨损,耐久性v. 穿著,用旧,耗损such st, stadj. 这样的,如此的human nature人性；人类本性nature neit n. 自然；性质；本性；种类willing wili adj. 乐意的；自愿的；心甘情愿的v. 决心；用意志力驱使；将财产等遗赠某人will的现在分词 比较级more willing 最高级most willing s
10、acrifice skrifais n. 牺牲；祭品；供奉vt. 牺牲；献祭；亏本出售vi. 献祭；奉献 过去式sacrificed 过去分词sacrificed 现在分词sacrificing privilege privilid n. 特权；优待；基本权利vt. 给与特权；特免 过去式privileged 过去分词privileged 现在分词privileging rise raiz, rais vi. 上升；增强；起立；高耸vt. 使飞起；使浮上水面n. 上升；高地；增加；出现 过去式rose 过去分词risen 现在分词rising curious kjuris adj. 好奇的,有
11、求知欲的；古怪的；爱挑剔的 比较级more curious 最高级most curious situation ,sitjuein, -tu- n. 情况；形势；处境；位置in the case of至于,在的情况下work as担任；以身份而工作dustman dstmn n. 清洁工人 复数dustmen Ellesmeren. 埃尔斯米尔加拿大港口城市；蔡子健#TVB男演员corporation ,k:preinn. 公司；法人团体；社团；大腹便便；市政当局got married结婚get married的过去式embarrassed imbrstadj. 尴尬的；窘迫的v. 使.困窘；
12、使.局促不安embarrass的过去分词形式overalls uvr:lz n. 服装 工装裤；工作裤fellow felu n. 家伙；朋友；同事；会员adj. 同伴的,同事的；同道的vt. 使与另一个对等；使与另一个匹敌status steits, st- n. 地位；状态；情形；重要身分 复数statuses well worth很值得loss ls, l:s n. 减少；亏损；失败；遗失 复数losses from now on从现在开始Mr mistweight loss 失重；重量减轻 at a loss 亏本地；困惑不解 water loss 失水量；水耗 energy loss
13、 能量损耗,能量损失 heat loss 热损失,热损耗 loss of life 被处死 pressure loss 压力损失,压力损耗 loss rate 经损失率 power loss 电功率损耗 profit and loss 盈亏帐目,损益 hearing loss 听觉损耗；听觉损失 gain and loss 经损益,得失 dielectric loss 化介电损耗 low loss 低损耗的 insertion loss 插入损耗 bone loss 骨质疏松；骨质流失 blood loss 失血 mass loss 质量损失 loss of appetite 食欲不振 tot
14、al loss 全损；经总损失 更多收起词组短语 n.减少；亏损；失败；遗失reduction, failure, decrease, losing, reversestatus quo n. 现状 current status 当前状态；目前状况 present status 现状 social status 社会地位 legal status 法律地位 health status 健康状态,健康状况 production status 生产情况 status in quo n. 现状 marital status 婚姻状况 status bar 状态栏 economic status 经济
15、地位；经济状态 running status 运行情况,运行状态 nutritional status 营养状况 financial status 财务状况；财政情形 status of development 发展现状；发展状况 status information 状态信息 system status 系统状态,系统状况 operating status 经营状况；操作状态 delivery status 投送状态 political status 政治地位 更多收起词组短语 n.地位；状态；情形；重要身分capacity, rankingresearch fellow 研究员,研究人员 young fellow 小伙子 little fellow 小家伙,小鬼 fellow countryme
