北京大学研究生英语课件.pptVIP

Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs;Vocabulary ;refer-v.提交, 谈及, --The Royal Navy is referred to as the Senior Service.皇家海军被称为Senior Service 依据：求助；查询 --refer to a dictionary. 查字典 collar-n.上衣领 --White collar, blue collar, gray collar, golden collar sacrifice...for [to] 为...而牺牲…, 牺牲...而换得... --He sacrificed his life to save the drowning child. 他为拯救落水的孩子而献出自已的生命。 --He sacrificed his life for the drowning child. --make sacrifices [a sacrifice] to为...作出牺牲;privilege-特权, 特别待遇 --grant sb. the privilege of doing sth. 赋予某人做某事的特权 curious-新奇的，古怪的 a curious fact.奇怪的事实 --好奇的 she is curious about everything. --curiosity n. 好奇心 dustman-n.清洁工 corporation-n.公司, 企业 --General Motor Corporation 通用汽车公司 embarrass-v.使困窘, 使局促不安 --Meeting adults embarrassed the shy child. 遇见大人使这个害羞的孩子很困窘 --I was embarrassed by their compliment. 对他们的称赞我感到很不安。;overalls-n 宽松的裤子，工装裤 --adj.全部的, 全面的 the overall costs of medical care.医疗保健的总花销 shower n. 阵雨, 淋浴 --take a shower 淋浴 bath-n. 洗澡; 沐浴 a sand bath 沙浴 discover-v. 发现 discovery-n. status-n. 身份, 地位 social status 社会地位;Text;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. --give rise to 引起, 使发生 --The recent accident gave rise to national concern. Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. I was really embarrassed when I broke his favorite vase. He was ashamed of lying to his girlfriend. He was too shy to say anything in class although he knew the answer.;Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret. Fellow 有共同的特征或利益的： fellow workers. 同事 fellow students; But he feels his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. Worth-adj. 值钱的, 值的看中的 --a proposal not worth consideration. 不值得考虑的提案 --Its worth seeing [hearing, reading] 值得一看[一听, 一读] worthy有价值的; 有意义的;可尊敬的 --a worthy man 高尚的人 --worthy of 值得...的 a man worthy of pr