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Lesson 4? The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿尔弗雷德·布洛格斯的双重生活 ? 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 tar 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. Alfs 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 him‘Mr. Bloggs’, not‘Alf’. New words and expressions生词和短语 manual(1. 1) /m$nju+l/adj．体力的 corporation(1. 10)/?k:p+reiM+n/ n．公司 collar(1. 4) /kl+/ n．衣领 overalls(1. 11）/+(v+r:lz/ n．工作服 sacrifice(1. 5) /s$kr+fais/ v．牺牲，献出 shower(1. 12) /Mau+/ n．淋浴 privilege(1. 6)/privilid{/ n．好处 secret(1. 12) /si:krit/ n．秘密 dustman(1. 7)/d)stm+n/ n．清洁工 status(1. 15)/stets/ n．地位 Notes on the text课文注释 1? People who work in offices are frequently referred to as‘white-collar workers’, 那些坐在办公室的人，往往被称为“白领工人”。 white-collar workers往往指脑力劳动者，而体力劳动者则被称为 blue-collar workers, 蓝领工人。 2? for the simple reason that…这里 that引导的从句是 the reason的同位语。 3? Such is hum