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Lesson4:ThedoublelifeofAlfredBloggs阿尔弗雷德.布洛格斯的双重生活Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.听录音，然后回答以下问题。WhydidAlfwantawhite-collarjob?Thesedays,peoplewhodomanualworkoftenreceivefarmoremoneythanpeoplewhoworkinoffices.Peoplewhoworkinofficesarefrequentlyreferredtoas"white-collarworkers'forthesimplereasonthattheyusuallywearacollarandtietogotowork.Suchishumannature,thatagreatmanypeopleareoftenwillingtosacrificehigherpayfortheprivilegeofbecomingwhite-collarworkers.Thiscangiverisetocurioussituations,asitdidinthecaseofAlfredBloggswhoworkedasadustmanfortheEllesmereCorporation.Whenhegotmarried,Alfwastooembarrassedtosayanythingtohiswifeabouthisjob.HesimplytoldherthatheworkedfortheCorporation.Everymorning,helefthomedressedinasmartblacksuit.Hethenchangedintooverallsandspentthenexteighthoursasadustman.Beforereturninghomeatnight.Hetookashowerandchangedbackintohissuit.AlfdidthisforovertwoyearsandhisfellowdustmenkepthissecretAlf'swifehasneverdiscoveredthatshemarriedadustmanandsheneverwill,forAlfhasjustfoundanotherjob.Hewillsoonbeworkinginanoffice.Hewillbeearningonlyhalfasmuchasheusedto,buthefeelsthathisriseinstatusiswellworththelossofmoney.Fromnowon,hewillwearasuitalldayandotherswillcallhim'Mr.Bloggs',not'Alf'.Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语manualadj.体力的collarn.衣领sacrificev.牺牲，献出privilegen.好处dustmann.清洁工corporationn.公司overallsn.工作服showern.淋浴secretn.秘密statusn.地位参考译文如今，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。新概念英语正版图书购买自学导读Notesonthetext课文注释1Peoplewhoworkinofficesarefrequentlyreferredtoas‘white-collarworkers’,那些坐在办公室的人，往往被称为“白领工人”。white-collarworkers往往指脑力劳动者，而体力劳动者则被称为blue-collarworkers,蓝领工人。2forthesimplereasonthat…这里that引导的从句是thereason的同位语。3Suchishumannature,that…such位于句首，起强调作用，后面要用倒装语序，that引导的是such的同位语从句。4asitdidinthecaseofAlfredBloggswho…workedasadustmanfortheEllesmereCorporation.正如给埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德·布洛格斯的情况所造成的怪现象那样。asitdid中的it是指上一句中that从句所指的情况，而did是替代giverisetocurioussituations。5halfasmuchasheusedto,只相当于过去的一半。Summarywriting摘要写作Innotmorethan80wordsdescribehowAlfredBloggspreventedhiswifefromfindingoutthatheworkedasadustman.Donotincludeanythingthatisnotinthelastparagraph.Answerthesequestionsinnoteformtogetyourpoints:1WhatdidAlfredBloggstellhiswifewhentheygotmarried?2Howdidhedresseachmorningbeforehelefthome?3Didhechangeintooverallsornot?4Howdidhespendtheday?5Whatdidh...