新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第4課 阿爾弗雷德?布洛格斯的雙重生活(1)

　　The double life of Alfred Bloggs

　　阿爾弗雷德•布洛格斯的雙重生活

　　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 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.

　　1.These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices.

　　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。

　　manual ['mænju?l]

　　adj. 手工的;體力的

　　n. 手冊，指南

　　例句:

　　Manual Install and Upgrade.

　　手動安裝和升級。

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:far more money than…是典型的比較結(jié)構(gòu)。一個who分別引導(dǎo)一個定語從句，分別修飾“兩種不同類型”的工作人群。

　　語言點2:表示“當前，目前”的短語總結(jié):

　　These days 如今;at present 目前;at the present time 目前;currently 當今;nowadays 目前;for the moment目前;for the time being 時下;presently 時下。

　　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

　　坐辦公室的人之所以常常被稱作“白領(lǐng)工人”，就是因為他們通常是穿著硬領(lǐng)白襯衫，系著領(lǐng)帶去上班。

　　frequently ['fri:kw?ntli]

　　adv. 頻繁地，經(jīng)常地;時常，屢次

　　例句:

　　Do you complain frequently?

　　你是否經(jīng)常抱怨?

　　collar ['k?l?]

　　n. 衣領(lǐng);頸圈

　　vt. [口]抓住;給…上領(lǐng)子;給…套上頸圈

　　例句:

　　She collared my black wool coat with otter pelts.

　　她把我的黑呢上衣鑲上了水獺領(lǐng)。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:who引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾people。White-collar workers用引號括起，為借代修辭格。That引導(dǎo)同位語從句，解釋說明reason的內(nèi)容。

　　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.

　　許多人常常情愿放棄較高的薪水以換取做白領(lǐng)工人的殊榮，此乃人之常情。

　　willing ['wili?]

　　adj. 樂意的;自愿的;心甘情愿的

　　v. 決心;用意志力驅(qū)使;將(財產(chǎn)等)遺贈某人(will的現(xiàn)在分詞)

　　例句:

　　A person willing to wait, Another person to appear.

　　一個人愿意等待，另一個人才能出現(xiàn)。

　　sacrifice ['sækrifais]

　　n. 犧牲;祭品;供奉

　　vt. 犧牲;獻祭;虧本出售

　　vi. 獻祭;奉獻

　　例句:

　　to sacrifice one's house for needs

　　因急需現(xiàn)錢而賤價出讓房產(chǎn)

　　privilege ['privilid?]

　　n. 特權(quán);優(yōu)待;基本權(quán)利

　　vt. 給與…特權(quán);特免

　　例句:

　　to privilege legislators from arrest

　　使立法議員有免受拘捕的特權(quán)

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:such為代詞，放在句首，引起句子倒裝。

　　語言點2:本句結(jié)構(gòu)適合模仿寫作:

　　每個人都想少干活多掙錢，這是人的本性。

　　Such is human nature that everybody tries to earn more and work less.

　　年輕人總愿意追逐他們的偶像，這是人之常情。

　　Such is human nature that young people are often willing to run after their idols.

　　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.

　　而這常常會引起種種奇怪的現(xiàn)象，在埃爾斯米爾公司當清潔工的阿爾弗雷德•布洛格斯就是一個例子。

　　curious ['kju?ri?s]

　　adj. 好奇的，有求知欲的;古怪的;愛挑剔的

　　例句:

　　1. He has a curious look.

　　他有一種奇怪的表情。

　　dustman ['d?stm?n]

　　n. 清潔工人

　　例句:

　　(He)spent the next eight hours as a dustman.

　　(他)作為一個清潔工工作八個小時。

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:句首的this和后半句中的it都指代上一句that后說明的情況。As在此引導(dǎo)方式狀語，表示“如同”。為了避免重復(fù)，did用來替代give rise to curious situations。Who引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾Alfred Bloggs，說明他是清潔工。

　　語言點2:give rise to sth.=cause,表示“引起或?qū)е履呈?rdquo;。

　　例句支持:

　　Such conduct might give rise to misunderstanding. 這種行為可能會引起誤解。

　　5.When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job.

　　阿爾弗雷德結(jié)婚時，感到非常難為情，而沒有將自己的職業(yè)告訴妻子。

　　embarrassed [im'bær?st]

　　adj. 尷尬的;窘迫的

　　v. 使...困窘;使...局促不安(embarrass的過去分詞形式)

　　例句:

　　I embarrassed myself the entire evening.

　　整個晚上我都難堪極了。

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:when引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句。Too…to…結(jié)構(gòu)表示“過于…而不能…”。

　　語言點2:too…to…結(jié)構(gòu)用法舉例:

　　One is never too old to learn.活到老，學到老。

　　This question is not too difficult for him to answer. 對他來說，這個問題不是太難回答。