[al:新概念英语（三）] [ar:MP3 同步字幕版（英音）] [ti:The Double Life of Alfred Bloggs] [by:更多学习内容，请到chazidian.com搜索“新概念”] [00:01.47]Lesson 4 [00:03.32]The double life of Alfred Bloggs [00:12.73]Why did Alf want a white-collar job? [00:18.03]These days,people who do manual work [00:21.33]often receive far more money than people who work in offices. [00:26.49]People who work in offices are frequently referred to as 'white-collar workers' [00:31.95]for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. [00:37.01]Such is human nature, [00:38.92]that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay [00:43.51]for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. [00:47.39]This can give rise to curious situations, [00:50.73]as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs [00:53.78]who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation. [00:58.67]When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. [01:05.35]He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. [01:09.27]Every morning,he left home dressed in a smart black suit. [01:14.71]He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. [01:20.68]Before returning home at night,he took a shower and changed back into his suit. [01:26.84]Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret. [01:33.48]Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, [01:39.78]for Alf has just found another job. [01:43.56]He will soon be working in an office. [01:46.81]He will be earning only half as much as he used to, [01:50.25]but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. [01:55.72]From now on,he will wear a suit all day [01:59.08]and others will call him 'Mr.Bloggs',not 'Alf'.