[00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com,就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中!Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs
[00:08.80]4 阿尔弗雷德.布洛格斯的双重生活
[00:17.61]Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:20.78]听录音,然后回答以下问题.
[00:23.95]Why did Alf want a white-collar job
[00:29.43]为什么阿尔弗想找一份白领工作?
[00:34.90]These days,people who do manual work
[00:37.98]如今,从事体力劳动的人
[00:41.06]often receive far more money than people who work in offices.
[00:44.15]收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多.
[00:47.23]People who work in officesare frequently referred to as 'white-collar workers'
[00:50.86]坐办公室的人之所以常常被称为"白领工人",
[00:54.49]for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work.
[00:57.52]就是因为他们通常穿着硬领白衬衫,系着领带去上班.
[01:00.55]Such is human nature
[01:02.88]这也是人之常情,
[01:05.20]that a great many peopleare often willing to sacrifice higher pay
[01:08.58]许多人常常情愿放弃较高的薪水
[01:11.97]for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.
[01:14.29]以换取做白领工人的殊荣
[01:16.62]This can give rise to curious situations,
[01:19.05]而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象,
[01:21.48]as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs