【正文】 e 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. AlF39。s wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office. 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. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 39。Mr. Bloggs39。, not 39。Alf39。.二、【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語◆manual adj. 體力的◆collar n. 衣領(lǐng)◆sacrifice v. 犧牲，獻(xiàn)出◆privilege n. 好處◆dustman n. 清潔工◆corporation n. 公司◆overalls n. 工作服◆shower n. 淋浴◆secret n. 秘密◆status n. 地位★manual adj. 體力的= physical manual work:體力工作 mental work: 腦力工作★collar n. 衣領(lǐng)whitecollar:白領(lǐng) ( do mental work)bluecollar:藍(lán)領(lǐng) （do manual work）(get) hot under the collar: 怒氣沖天★sacrifice v. 犧牲，獻(xiàn)出vt. to give up for good purposeEg: sacrifice one’s life for the country sacrifice timen. make many sacrifices★privilege n. 好處= advantage特權(quán) （=special right）犧牲掉自己的好處：sacrifice one’s advantage / rivilege特許某人做某事：give sb. the rivilege of doing sth.privileged adj. 榮幸的★overalls n. 工作服男工作服； overall 女工作服★secret n. 秘密adj. keep secret:保密It’s between you and me.I’ll keep it to myself.confidential : 機(jī)密的in secret:私下里= secretly, in private, privatelyI was told about it in secret.in the secret: 知道內(nèi)情He was in the secret from the beginning.★status n. 地位= social position statusstatue: 雕像，塑像★corporation n. 公司★shower n. 淋浴★dustman n. 清潔工三、【課文精析】people who do manual work = bluecollar workers people who work in offices / do mental work = whitecollar workersfar more moneyfar副詞，用來強(qiáng)調(diào)語氣==muchrefer to … as ==regard … as 把…看作為I always refer to him as bookworm (書呆子).for the simple reason = for 引導(dǎo)的原因狀語從句for the reason that 比because正式，因此多用于正式文體human nature 人性化such…that…that 引導(dǎo)同位語從句，進(jìn)一步補(bǔ)充說明such的基本內(nèi)涵His kindness was such that we will never forget him.= Such was his kindness…Such is human nature that we want to get a lot of things free.Such用在句首，要倒裝Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of being whitecollar workers.介詞for表示一種目的be willing to do sth. == be ready to do sth. 心甘情愿做…give rise to , lead to, cause:引起，惹起 =result inSuch 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Eg: Stealing is no shame in the case of him.in case of: (連) 萬一，以防Eg: You should ensure your house in case of fire.Who引導(dǎo)定語從句Too embarrassed to say:太尷尬而沒有說明be ashamed of get marriedmarry v. 如果強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作：He married the girl… 如果表示狀態(tài)：get married, be married 如果表明和某人已經(jīng)結(jié)婚多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了：be married to sb.The old man has been married to his wife 50 years.Too…to…, 太…而不能simply adv. 用來修飾限定動(dòng)詞tolddressed in a smart black suit形容詞短語表示一種狀態(tài)Eg: He got to work dressed in a beautiful coat.He left home wearing a smart black suit.Changed into: 換上Before returning home==Before he returned home在before 引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句中，return 的邏輯主語和主句的主語he是保持一致的，所以這個(gè)時(shí)間狀語是由介詞before和動(dòng)名詞搭配而成，相當(dāng)于before 引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句。如果運(yùn)用動(dòng)名詞形式，動(dòng)名詞的邏輯主語必須是主句的主語。After getting home, he had a good rest.Before having dinner, he finished all his homework.She never will = she will never discover the secret在省略句式中， never要放在助動(dòng)詞之前?！甒ill you go to see her?’‘ I will never go to see her.’ / ‘No, I never will.’half as much as (he used to): 是 … 的一半half (a quarter, twice, three times ) as …as…表示倍數(shù)I won’t marry a man who is twice as old as me.We got three times as many people as we exected.This room is about three times as large as that one.…as (形容詞或副詞原形)as… 是 …幾倍比 …多幾倍：…times (形容詞或副詞比較級(jí))This road is four times longer than that one. = This road is five times as long as that one.is well worth the loss of moneyWhat he obtained is well worth the loss of timeWell 副詞用來加強(qiáng)語氣，修飾形容詞worth17 /