Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs阿尔弗雷德•布洛格斯的双重生活 动名词 比较级

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

挣钱

• receive money ^{收到钱：接受他人支付的款项或资金。}
• make money ^{赚钱：通过某种方式获得金钱或利润。}
• earn money ^{(正式)赚钱：通过工作、投资或其他方式获取金钱。}

加强比较级

弱加强

造句：These days, people who work in the entertainment field often receive far more money than people who toil in the education sector. ^{现如今，在娱乐界工作的人挣的钱往往比在教育行业工作的人多得多。}

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.

修饰手法：anadiplosis ^{顶真；连珠}

• ...than people who work in offices. 
• People who work in offices are frequently...
• 一生二 二生三 三生万物、地法天 天法道 道法自然 ^首尾连接
• 天下文章数三江 三江文章数鄙乡 鄙乡文章数进士 进士跟我学文章
• Our grief has turned to anger, and anger to resolution. ^{我们的悲伤变成了愤怒，愤怒变成了决心。}
• For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs, sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter. ^{因为瞥视生媚眼，媚眼生叹息，叹息生愿望，愿望生言语，言语生信件。}
• If you dream it, you can do it;if you do it, you can love it;if you love it, you can enjoy it;if you enjoy it, you can make it.

引导原因状语

• for the reason that ...  ^{因为for多个意思，所以固定与reason搭配表原因}
• because of the fact that ...
• due to the fact that ...
• on account of the fact that ...
• because ...^副词

引导让步状语 §

• in spite of the fact that ...
• despite the fact that ...
• although ... ^副词

造句：Giant pandas are frequently referred to as 'living fossils' for the simple reason that they have lived on earth for over 200 million years.^{大熊猫常常被称为活化石，只不过因为它们在世界上已经生存了两亿多年了。}

Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.

nature ^{n.本性、天性}

• Excuse me, nature calls. ^{去方便、如厕、唱歌(少数民族方言)、委婉的表达上厕所}
• He is kind by nature.^{他生性善良。}
• Such is human nature that ... ^{人的本性是... Such is human nature that we all love to get something for nothing.}
• It is human nature that ... ^{主语从句（强调“人的本性”差意思，使用倒装更好）}
• Such is human nature that we don't treasure what we have until we lose it. ^{人性就是，失去了才懂得珍惜。}
• Human nature is such that a great many people ... ^{正常的语序(非倒装)}
• The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop. ^NCE3-27

for the privilege of ... ^{为了...的好处、特权（of 引出同位语解释说明好处、特权）}

• Why people are prepared to tolerate a four-hour journey each day for the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond me.^NCE3-41

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.

give rise to sth. ^{(fml.) 导致...}

• The president's absence gave rise to speculations about his health.

work as ^{从事...工作}

• I work as an English teacher for New Oriental School. ^简历

造句：Stress can give rise to mental diseases, as it did in the case of Mike Johnson who worked as an engineer for General Motors. ^{压力会导致精神上的一些疾病，正如在通用汽车公司工程师迈克·约翰逊身上发生的情况一样。}

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

get married ^结婚

• marry sb. ^{嫁给...娶了...}
• Will you marry me? ^{求婚（男女都可）}
• be married to sb.^{（用被动强调）嫁给了...娶了...}
• The girl was married to me.   ^{女孩儿嫁给了我}
• The girl was married with me.  ^{女孩儿带着我一起嫁了(我TM成陪嫁品了？)}
• The girl was engaged to me. ^{女孩儿与我订婚了}

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.

change (out of....) / (into ...) ^换衣服

• You'd better change out of the red jacket into a blue one. ^{你最好把那件红夹克换成一件蓝的。}

Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit.

使用完成时的动名词可以使用一般时doing与being done代替，那么什么时间使用完成时 having done与having been done？当需要强调“动名词”发生的时间要比谓语动词更早时就需要使用完成时态的“动名词”。

Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret.

fellow + 名词 ^{身份、地位相同的一类人}

• fellow dustmen ^{清洁工同事们}
• fellow actors ^{同事演员们：指在同一部电影、电视剧或舞台剧中合作的演员。}
• The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. ^NCE3-22
• fellow students = schoolmate  ^{同一学校或同一课堂中的其他学生们}
• fellow citizens ^同胞们
• In so far as any inquiry is a secret one, it naturally limits all those engaged in carrying it out from effective contact with their fellow scientists either in other countries or in universities, or even, often enough, in other departments of the
  same firm. ^NCE4-15
• My fellow Chinese / Americans ... ^{我的中国/美国 同胞们}
• We would lay less stress on 'facts and figures' and more on a good memory, on applied psychology, and on the capacity of a man to get along with his fellow citizens. ^NCE4-33
• And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job.

通过时态简写句子

• I was, am and will be your friend. ^{我过去是，现在是，将来也会是你的朋友。}
• I love you. Always have,always will. 

He will soon be working in an office.

will be doing ^{表达一种可预见性（安排好了、预期会发生）}

• They will be arriving here tomorrow.
• Professor Wang will be taking charge of our department next Monday.^{王教授下周一将负责我们系。}

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.

The day when Beijing won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games is worth being celebrated celebrating / celebration.
The day when Beijing won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games is worthy of celebration / to be celebrated.

From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 'Mr. Bloggs', not Alf.