The double life of Alfred Bloggs

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课文原文参考译文The double life of Alfred Bloggs阿尔弗雷德·布洛格斯的双重生活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 acollar 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. 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. 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 foundanother job. He will soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels thathis 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'.如今，从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出很多。

§ Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs阿尔弗雷德.布洛格斯的双重生活【New words and expressions】生词和短语★manual adj. 体力的；手工的= physicalThe school offers manual training(学校的手工课、手艺教育、手工艺训练) to the pupils.该校为学生开设手工课。

manual work:体力工作mental work: 脑力工作reduce / eliminate the difference between manual and mental labor减少/消灭体力劳动和脑力劳动的差别a sign manual 亲笔签名n. 手册, 指南He bought a manual of car repairs.他买了一本汽车维修手册。

a shorthand manual 速记手册operating manual 使用说明补充：mental adj.精神的, 头脑的, 心理的, 智力的;思想的；内心的mental outlook 精神面貌mental arithmetic 心算mental age 智力年龄mental deficiency智力缺陷His mental abilities are very good.他的智力非常好。

mental facilities 智力He has some mental problems.他有心理上的问题。

精神病的a mental patient 精神病人 a mental specialist 精神病医生A mental hospital has just been set up here.这里刚刚建成一座精神病医院。

a mental hospital(或home, asylum) 精神病院，疯人院mentally ad. 精神上，在内心；智力上be mentally prepared 有精神准备★collar n. 衣领，硬领take (或seize) sb. by the collar/arm抓住某人领口/手臂a stand-up collar 竖领white-collar:白领( do mental work) blue-collar:蓝领（do manual work）（美俚）逮捕：make a collar on sb. 逮捕某人arrest vt.逮捕; 拘捕Policemen have authority to arrest lawbreakers.警察有权逮捕犯法者。

《新概念英语第三册课文及翻译》一、Unit 1 A puma at large课文摘要：本文讲述了一只美洲狮在英格兰东南部出没的故事。

警方接到报警后，展开了一系列搜捕行动，但美洲狮始终未被捕获。

最终，一名农夫在玉米地里发现了一些巨大的脚印，这进一步证实了美洲狮的存在。

翻译要点：1. “A puma at large”可译为“一只逍遥法外的美洲狮”。

2. “The police were notified and they set out in searchof this dangerous beast.”这句话可以翻译为：“警方接到报警后，开始寻找这只危险的野兽。

”3. “On the following day, a carter was driving down the high street when he suddenly saw a large catlike animal…”这句话可以译为：“第二天，一名车夫在主干道上驾车时，突然看到一只像猫一样的大动物……”二、Unit 2 Thirteen equals one课文摘要：本文讲述了一对夫妇在巴黎度假时，不慎将装有贵重物品的公文包遗忘在餐厅。

当他们返回寻找时，发现餐厅已经打烊。

在一位好心的出租车司机的帮助下，他们成功找回了公文包，却发现包内的物品被翻得乱七八糟，但并未丢失任何东西。

翻译要点：1. “Thirteen equals one”可译为“十三等于一”。

2. “We drove back to the restaurant and to our relief, there was the bag still hanging over the chair.”这句话可以翻译为：“我们驱车返回餐厅，令人欣慰的是，公文包仍然挂在椅子上。

”3. “Though the bag had been opened and its contents turned upside down, nothing had been taken.”这句话可以译为：“尽管公文包被打开，里面的物品被翻得乱七八糟，但并未丢失任何东西。