新概念英语第三册课堂笔记：第4课.docVIP

新概念英语第三册课堂笔记：第 4 课 Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿 弗雷德 . 布洛格斯的双重生活 New words and expressions 】 生 和短 double ：双重的 ★manual adj. 体力的 physical manual work ： 体力工作 mental work ： 力工作 collar 衣 white-collar ：白 （ do mental work) bule-collar ： （ do manual work) （get) hot underthe collar ：怒气冲天 sacrifice 牲，献出 vt. ?? to give up for good purpose sacrifice ones life for the country sacrifice time ?? make many sacrifices privilege 好 =advantage 特 （ special right) 牲掉自己的好 ： sacrifice ones advantage/privilege 特 某人做某事： give sb.the privilege of doing sth. privileged ：（ a.) 荣幸的 ★dustman 清 工 ★corporation 公司 overalls 工作服 ★shower 淋浴 ★secret 秘密 a. keep secret ：保密 Its between you and me. Ill 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 form the beginning status 地位 social position status statue ：雕像，塑像 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 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 disc