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L04-01 begin 12’30” § Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿尔弗雷德。布洛格斯的双重生活 【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 【Text】 § Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿尔弗雷德。布洛格斯的双重生活 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 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