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[00:08.80]4 阿尔弗雷德.布洛格斯的双重生活
[00:17.61]Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:20.78]听录音,然后回答以下问题.
[00:23.95]Why did Alf want a white-collar job
[00:29.43]为什么阿尔弗想找一份白领工作?
[00:34.90]These days,people who do manual work
[00:37.98]如今,从事体力劳动的人
[00:41.06]often receive far more money than people who work in offices.
[00:44.15]收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多.
[00:47.23]People who work in officesare frequently referred to as 'white-collar workers'
[00:50.86]坐办公室的人之所以常常被称为"白领工人",
[00:54.49]for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work.
[00:57.52]就是因为他们通常穿着硬领白衬衫,系着领带去上班.
[01:00.55]Such is human nature
[01:02.88]这也是人之常情,
[01:05.20]that a great many peopleare often willing to sacrifice higher pay
[01:08.58]许多人常常情愿放弃较高的薪水
[01:11.97]for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.
[01:14.29]以换取做白领工人的殊荣
[01:16.62]This can give rise to curious situations,
[01:19.05]而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象，
[01:21.48]as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs
[01:23.81]艾尔弗雷德.布洛格斯就是这样一个例子,
[01:26.15]who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
[01:28.88]他在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工.
[01:31.61]When he got married,
[01:33.14]艾尔弗结婚时,
[01:34.67]Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job
[01:37.70]感到非常难为情而没有将自己的职业告诉妻子.
[01:40.73]He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation.
[01:43.16]他只说在埃尔斯米尔公司上班.
[01:45.59]Every morning,he left home dressed in a smart black suit.
[01:48.81]每天早晨,他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西装离家上班
[01:52.04]He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman.
[01:55.76]然后换上工作服,当8个小时清洁工.
[01:59.48]Before returning home at night
[02:01.67]晚上回家之前,
[02:03.85]he took a shower and changed back into his suit.
[02:06.42]他洗个淋浴重新换上那身黑西服.
[02:08.99]Alf did this for over two years
[02:11.62]两年多以来,
[02:14.24]and his fellow dustmen kept his secret.
[02:16.53]艾尔弗一直这样,他的同事也为他保守秘密.
[02:18.81]Alf's wife has never discovered
[02:21.24]艾尔弗的妻子一直不知道
[02:23.67]that she married a dustman and she never will,
[02:26.46]她嫁给了一个清洁工,而且她永远也不会知道了,
[02:29.24]for Alf has just found another job.
[02:31.72]因艾尔弗已找到新职,
[02:34.20]He will soon be working in an office.
[02:36.38]不久就要坐在办公室里工作了.
[02:38.56]He will be earning only half as much as he used to,
[02:41.20]他将来挣的钱只有他现在的一半.
[02:43.84]but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money.
[02:47.22]不过他觉得,地位升高了,损失点儿钱也值得.
[02:50.61]From now on,he will wear a suit all day
[02:53.54]从此,艾尔弗可以一天到晚穿西服了.
[02:56.48]and others will call him 'Mr.Bloggs',not 'Alf'.
[03:00.01]将称呼他为"布洛格斯先生",而不再叫他"艾尔弗"
[03:03.54]This is the analysis of the text.以下为课文讲解。
[04:32.31]以下为课文讲解。
[06:01.09]Part 1
[08:59.22]Part 2
[12:01.14]Part 3

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