The double life of Alfred Bloggs,Lesson 4,What do you want to be in the future?,doctor,nurse,teacher,actress/actor,director,singer,flight attendant,pilot,firefighter,policeman,judge,journalist,chief editor,photographer,builder,miner,postman,baker,cook,electrician,bus driver,carpenter,mechanic,painter,plumber,tailor,engineer,architect,chemist,Some other occupations,There are white-collar workers, and blue-collar workers. Today well talk about a man who wanted to change his job.,Listen to the passage and see if you can answer this question:,Why did Alf want a white-collar job?,Because he thought it was higher in status than his present job.,Reading,Listen to the passage again, then answer these questions:,Who generally earn more, manual workers or office worker? What was Alfred Bloggs job at the Ellesmere Corporation? Was Alf married? What did Alf fail to tell his wife? How did he change into when he got to work? How long did Alf do this? Did Alfs wife discover his secret? Where will Alf soon be working? How will people address him?,Who generally earn more, manual workers or office worker? What was Alfred Bloggs job at the Ellesmere Corporation? Was Alf married? What did Alf fail to tell his wife? How did he change into when he got to work? How long did Alf do this? Did Alfs wife discover his secret? Where will Alf soon be working? How will people address him?,Manual workers.,He was a dustman.,Yes, he was.,That he was a dustman.,overalls.,For over two years.,No, she didnt.,In an office.,“Mr. Bloggs”, not “Alf”.,New words and expressions,manual 体力的 collar 衣领 sacrifice 牺牲，献出 privilege 好处 dustman 清洁工,corporation 公司 overalls 工作服 shower 淋浴 secret 秘密 status 地位,manual adj. 体力的 physical manual work: 体力工作 mental work: 脑力工作,collar n. 衣领 white-collar:白领（do mental work) blue-collar: 蓝领（do manual work) （get) hot under the collar:怒气冲天,sacrifice v. vt. 牺牲，献出 sacrifice ones life for the country sacrifice time n.献祭，供奉，祭品；牺牲；献身 make many sacrifices,privilege n. 好处=advantage 特权（special right) 牺牲掉自己的好处： sacrifice ones advantage/privilege 特许某人做某事： give sb. the privilege of doing sth. privileged:（a.)荣幸的,secret n. 秘密 a. keep secret:保密 Its a secret between you and me. b. in secret:私下里 secretly, in private, privately I was told about it in secret. C. in the secret:知道内情 He was in the secret from the beginning,status n. 地位social position Womens social status has changed much over the years.,These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices.,far more money far是副词，常放在形容词比较级前面用来强调语气， 相当于much,The book is far more interesting than that one. He is much taller than I .,2. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as “white-collar workers” for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work.,refer to.as = regard.as 把.看作为 I always refer to him as bookworm（书呆子）.,go to work 去上班 go to school 去上学,for the simple reason，for 引导的原因状语从句 for the reason that比because正式，因此多用于正式文体,3. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.,这里的such.that.中，such 是主语，that引导同位语从句，进一步补充说明such的基本内涵 Such is human nature that we want to get a lot of things free.,be willing to do sth.=be ready to do sth.心甘情愿做,privilege n. 特权, 特别待遇, 基本公民权力, 特免,I had the privilege of meeting the queen.,4. 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.,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 is no shame in the case of him.,in case of 假设, 万一,In case of rain they cant go. 万一下雨，他们就不能去了。,5. When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job.,too embarrassed to say:太尴尬而没有说明 tooto太而不能(含否定意义) He is too young to dress himself. =He is so young that he cant dress himself.,get married 当“结婚”讲时，marry为不及物动词，一般用get married 或 be married,来表示结婚这件事。 My best friend got married last weekend. 当“嫁、娶”讲时,marry为及物动词，后面直接加宾语（marry sb.）。 Jane married Jone.珍妮嫁给了约翰。,6. 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.,dressed in a smart black suit-形容词短语表示一种状态 He got to work dressed in a beautiful coat. He left home wearing a smart black suit. changed into：换上 She changed into the working clothes. 她换上了工作服。,7. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit.,Before returning home=Before he returned home 在before引导的时间状语从句中，return的逻辑主语和主句的主语he是保持一致的，所以这个时间状语是由介词before和动名词搭配而成，相当于before引导的时间状语从句。 如果运用动名词形式，动名词的逻辑主语必须是主句的主语。,After getting home, he had a good rest. Before having dinner, he finished all his homework.,8. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that