Lesson 4 The Double Life of Alfred Bloggs

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NCE3AG01
March 17th 2012
Lesson 4 The Double Life of Alfred Bloggs
1 double [adj.] 双重的
double life 双重生活
double character 双重性格
double chin 双下巴
double bed 双人床(大床)(两张一模一样的床叫twin bed)
2 manual
[adj.]
①using your hands or your physical strength rather than your mind 体力的manual labor / work / job 体力工作
manual class 手工课
②operated or done by hand or without the help of electricity, computers etc 手动的
a manual gear 手排
<--> automatic 自动的
automat 自动售货机
[n.] 手册
a manual of English composition 一本英语作文手册
instruction manual 指导手册
3 collar [n.] 领子、衣领
职场“五领”
blue-collar workers 蓝领(体力工作者)= manual workers
white-collar workers 白领(脑力工作者)
grey-collar workers 灰领(高级蓝领)
gold-collar workers 金领
pink-collar workers 粉领
4 status [n.]
①地位
high-status job 社会地位高的工作
low-status job 社会地位低的工作
②状况
social status 社会地位:improve one's social status
marital status 婚姻状况:Are you married or not?
status quo现状:to change/ preserve the status quo
5 sacrifice
[v.] 宰牲祭神、牺牲
sacrifice sth for... / sacrifice sth to do... 为了…而牺牲
She sacrificed a promising career for her kids.
= She sacrificed a promising career to look after her kids.
翻译:孩子们不得不牺牲休息时间来学习
Children are obliged to sacrifice their leisure time for study.
许多年轻女孩牺牲自己,嫁给了比自己大很多的男人。

Many young girls sacrifice themselves to marry men of their fathers' age.
[n.] 祭品、牺牲
make the supreme sacrifice做出最高程度的牺牲
Soldiers who die for their country have made the supreme sacrifice.
make considerable (enormous / great / heavy) sacrifice 做出很大程度的牺牲
make financial / personal sacrifice 做出经济上的牺牲/牺牲个人利益
make heroic / supreme / ultimate sacrifice 做出最高程度的牺牲(一般都指光荣献身了)
翻译:董存瑞为国捐躯
Dong Cunrui made the supreme sacrifice for his country.
6 privilege [n.]
① a special advantage or special right [C] 好处、特权
The affluent second generation are leading a life of luxury and privilege.
QQ members have special privileges, like free use of 100M electronic mailbox.
have / enjoy the privilege(s) of... 享有…特权
翻译:宜家会员能在工作日免费享用咖啡。

Ikea members enjoy the privilege of free coffee on workdays.
②opportunity to do sth pleasant [U] 荣幸
It's my great privilege to make your acquaintance.
It's my pleasure and privilege to be here.
It is a great (rare / real / enormous) privilege to do sth 做某事很荣幸…
Language Points and Grammars
1 People who work in offices are frequently referred to a s "white-collar workers' for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work.
●be referred to as 某人被称作
翻译:鲁尼被中国球迷称为天才少年。

Wayne Rooney is referred to as a junior genius by the Chinese football fans.
● a collar and tie 西装和领带(看成一件东西)
类似的还有:bread and butter 黄油面包 a knife and fork 一组刀叉
2 Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.
●such is human nature 这就是人性
such位于句首引起倒装,that引导同位语从句,解释了什么是人性。

翻译:这就是人的本性,得不到的总是最好的。

Such is human nature that people always think the things they can't get are the best.
3 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.
●half as much as he used to (do) 只有过去挣的钱的一半
倍数+ as...as结构(记住倍数永远在最前面)
类似的还有:twice as many books as, three times as much water as
翻译:亚洲的面积是欧洲的四倍。

Asia is four times as large as Europe.
= Asia is three times larger than Europe.
= Asia is four times the size of Europe.
Homework for Lesson Four
1 抄写单词,每个4遍,并默写。

2 抄写词组,每个2遍,并背诵。

3 背诵课文,背诵划出的重点句型。

4 背诵笔记中的仿句练习(即翻译)。