新概念第三冊筆記 lesson4

1、Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿爾弗雷德.布洛格斯的雙重生活 【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語 double：雙重的 manual adj. 體力的 physical manual work: 體力工作 mental work: 腦力工作 collar n. 衣領 white-collar:白領（do mental work bule-collar: 藍領（do manual work （get hot underthe collar:怒氣沖天 sacrifice v. 犧牲，獻出 vt.to give u

2、p for good purpose sacrifice one's life for the country sacrifice time n. make many sacrifices privilege n. 好處 =advantage 特權（special right 犧牲掉自己的好處： sacrifice one's advantage/privilege 特許某人做某事： give sb.the privilege of doing sth. privileged:（a.榮幸的 dustman n. 清潔工 corporation n. 公司 overalls n.

3、 工作服 shower n. 淋浴 secret n. 秘密 a. keep secret:保密 It's between you and me. I'll keep it to myself. confidential：機密的 in secret:私下里 secretly,in private,privately I was told about it in secret. in the secret:知道內情 He was in the secret form the beginning status n. 地位 social position status statue:

4、雕像，塑像 Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。 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

5、 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

6、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 nex

7、t 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 Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. H

8、e will soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 'Mr. Bloggs', not 'Alf'. 參考譯文 如今，從事體力勞動的人的收入一般要比坐辦公室的人高出許多。

9、坐辦公室的之所以常常被稱作“白領工人”，就是因為他們通常是穿著硬領白 襯衫，系著領帶去上班。許多人常常情愿放棄較高的薪水以換取做白領工人的殊榮，此乃人之常情。而這常常會引起種種奇怪的現象，在埃爾斯米爾公司當清潔工的艾爾弗雷德.布洛斯就是一個例子。 艾爾弗結婚時，感到非常難為情，而沒有將自己的職業(yè)告訴妻子。他只說在埃爾斯米爾公司上班。每天早晨，他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西裝離家上班，然后換上工作服，當8個小時清潔工。晚上回家前，他洗個淋浴，重新?lián)Q上那身黑色西服。兩年多以來，艾爾弗一直這樣，他的同事也為他保守秘密。艾爾弗的妻子一直不知道她嫁給了一個清潔工，而且她永遠也不會知道了，因為艾爾弗已找到薪職，不

10、久就要坐辦公室里工作了。他將來掙的錢只有他現在的一半。不過他覺得，地位升高了，損失點兒錢也值得。從此，艾爾弗可以一天到晚穿西服了。別人將稱呼他為“布洛格斯先生”，而不再叫他“艾爾弗”了。 【課文講解】 people who do manual work=>blue-collar workers people who work in offices/do mental work=>white-collar workers for more money far-副詞用來加強語氣much refer to.as = regard.as 把.看作為 I always refer to hi

11、m as boolworm（書呆子） for the simple reason=>for 引導的原因狀語從句 for the reason that比because正式，因此多用于正式文體 human nature人性 such.that. that引導同位語從句，進一步補充說明such的基本內涵 His kindness was such that we will never forget him. Such was his kindness. Such is human nature that we want to get a lot of things free. 介詞for表示

12、一種目的 be willing to do sth.=be ready to do sth.心甘情愿做 give rise to,lead to,cause:引起，惹起result in Such conduct might give rise to misunderstandings. The bad conditions have given rise to a lot of crimes. in the case of: 至于，就.而言concerning Stealing isno shame in the case of him. in case of:（連）萬一，以訪 You sh

13、ould ensure your house in case of fire. who引導定語從句 too embarrassed to say:太尷尬而沒有說明 be ashamed of get married marry(v.如果強調動作：He married the girl 如果表示狀態(tài)：get married,be married 如果表明和某人已經結婚多長時間了：be married to sb The old man has been married to his wife for 50 years. too.to.：太.而不能 simply:副詞，用來修飾限定動詞told d

14、ressed in a smart balck suit-形容詞短語表示一種狀態(tài) He got to work dressed in a beautiful coat. He left home wearing a smart balck suit. changed into：換上 Before returning home=Before he returned home 在Before引導的時間狀語從句中，return的邏輯主語和主句的主語he是保持一致的，所以這個時間狀語是有介詞Before和動名詞 搭配而成，相當于Before引導的時間狀語從句。 如果運用動名詞形式，動名詞的邏輯主語必須

15、是主句的主語 After gettting home,he had a good rest. Before having dinner,he finished all his homework. she never will=she will never discover the secret 在省略句式中，never要放在助動詞之前 “will you go to see her?" “I will never to to see her"/"no ,I never will." half as much as (he used to half(a q

16、uarter,twice,three timesas . as.-表示倍數 I won't marry a man who is twice as old as me. We got three times as many people as we expected. This room is about three times as large as that one. .as（形容詞或副詞原形）as.：是.幾倍 比.多幾倍：.times（形容詞或副詞比較級） This road is four times longer than that one. This road is fiv

17、e times as long as that one. is well worth the loss of money What he obtained is well worth the loss of time. well 副詞用來加強語氣，修飾形容詞worth 【Special difficulties】 A.英語中的許多動詞不能以人作為賓語，只能代某物或某事，如果需要說明是某人就要用介詞to He told a story to me.He told me a story . 兩類詞匯：tell可以和雙賓語搭配（指物的直接賓語；指人的間接賓語） explain,say只能代一個（直接

18、）賓語，在間接賓語前要介詞to She speaks English to her husband and Swedish to her children. He admitted his guilt to the police. Did you suggest this idea to him? 當直接賓語比較長或者是個從句時，通常放在間接賓語之后，但say除外。 I explained to him the impossibility of granting his request. He comfessed to me that he had fallen asleep during t

19、he meeting. B.“Worth"后面只能跟名詞或動名詞 His suggestion is worth considering. 【Multiple choice questions】 （1.a. illustrate:闡明，闡述 “.a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar worker" (2.c. double life (3.d. ".he feels that his rise

20、in status is well worth the loss of money" Structure (4.b. to go 可以省略 They usually go to work wearing a collar and tie. （5.d. "Alfred was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job." too.to(不定式to表示否定） so.that:“如此，以致于”（在that引導的結果狀語從句中，如果采用否定式，可以和too.to 互換） The water is t

21、oo hot for us to dringk. The water is so hot that we can't drink. （6.C. "He simply told her that he worker of the Corporation" simply :副詞“僅僅是，再沒有別的了”only，just 無論是simply，only還是just，往往用在主體詞之前 I did it simply/only for the money I don't like driving.I do it simply /only because I have to go to work each day. and no more 放句尾 in a simple way: 簡單地， 簡樸地 She was always dressed in a simple way. (7.b. 如果主、從的主語一致，可用介詞和動名詞形式搭配 Before returning