《新概念英语》（美音）III-04

Lesson4 The Double Life of Alfred Bloggs

Listen to the tape and answer the question below:

Why did Blogg want a white-collar job?

These days people who do manual work often recieve far more money than people who work in offices.People who work in the offices are frequentely 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 dressed in a smart black suit.He then changed into overalls and spent the next 8 hours as a dustman.Before returning home at night,he took a shower and changed back into his suit.Alf did this for over 2years,and his fellow dustman kept his secret.Alfer's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman,and she never will,for Alfer has just found another job.He WILL soon be working in an office.He will be earning only half as much as he used to,but he feel that his rise in his status is well worth a losS of money.From now on he will wear a suit all day , and others will call him "Mr.Bloggs",not "Alf".

现在的体力劳动者能比坐办公室的的人挣多很多的钱.在办公室工作的人通常被称为"白领",

因为他们总是穿得西装革领地去工作.很多人宁愿放弃很高的薪水来争取白领的席位,这是人的天性.这能够提高人的社会地位,就像发生在曾经是Ellesmere公司的清洁工的Alfred Bloggs身上的那样.

Alf结婚的时侯羞于将自己的工作告诉妻子.他只是告诉她,他在一所公司工作.每天早上,他穿着潇洒的黑色套装离开家.然后换成工作服度过接下来作为清洁工的8个小时.晚上回家前,他洗完澡后换回自己的衣服.在Alf的跟班的保密下,Alf这样度过了两年多的时间.Alf的妻子永远不会发现她嫁给了一个清洁工,因为Alf已经找到了新工作.他很快会坐进办公室工作了.他的薪水将变成曾经的一半,但他认为用钱换来地位的提升很值得.从现在起,他会整天穿着西装.并且,被人称作"Bloggs先生",而不是"Alf".