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Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs
Section 1:
·These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than clerks who work in offices.
·People who work in offices are frequently referred to as‘ white collar worker’ for the simple reason that
they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work.
Manual
·A manual typewriter
·ATM
·manual work
·manual workers
·blue-collar worker
定语从句小总结
·I know who is clever.
·who will come is not clear.
·The question is who will come.
·I know a person who is clever.
连词的选择
·连词：
who,whom,which,that,/
·An archeologist is someone _____explores ancient remains.
·Have you found the key _____ you lost?
·The people _____we met at the party were very friendly.
·What happened to the money _____ was on the table
·Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of
becoming white collar workers.
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privilege
·A special right
·特权（某个群体专有）
·Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege.
·the privilege of doing sth
·We have a privilege of parking our cars outside the community
·她过着养尊处优的生活.
She had led a life of luxury and privilege.
·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
Smoking _______cancer
Poverty an hunger _____crimes
·1.Cause
·2.Lead to
·3.Give rise to
·4.Bring about
·5.Be responsible for
·6.Contribute to
·7.Result in
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Section 2:
·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.
重点动词：dress
·dress sb
·Could you dress the child for me?
·She dresses her child every morning
·be dressed
·The bride was dressed in white.
·be dressed like a dog's dinner
·穿着十分时髦或显眼.
·Suddenly there appeared a young woman who ____in green.
·A) was dressing B) dressed C) is dressed D) was dressed
·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.
·He will soon be working in an office as a junior clerk.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'.
