新概念第三册lesson4

• Q: • Why did Alf want a white-collar job？ • What did he do about his job after he got married？
1.Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers.
2.When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job.
解析：too embarrassed to say 太尴尬而没有说明 be ashamed of 感到羞愧, 惭愧 Alf was ashamed of his job as a dustman.
11. refer to...as
refer to...as = regard...as 把...看作为 I always refer to him as bookworm（n.书呆子）
12. give rise to
=lead to =cause =result in 导致，引起
这样的行为可能会引起误解。 Such conduct might give rise to misunderstandings.
6.corporation
n.公司
跨国公司/集团 Multinational corporation/group 近义词： Firm商行 a firm of accountants会计师事务所
enterprise企业
合资企业joint-venture enterprise 国企Stated-owned enterprise 乡镇企业Town enterprise 个体户Self-employed enterprise 家族式企业Family-run enterprise
Privilege可拆为
Pri-vilege
Pri- 个人，私自 Privacy秘密，情景 Private私人的，安静的
5.dustman
n.清洁工 同义词： garbage collector garbage man trash man
垃圾桶： Trashcan(AmE.) Dustbin(BrE.)
解析：that引导同位语从句, 进一步补充说明such内容 His kindness was such that we will never forget him. = Such was his kindness that…… = He was so kind that we will never forget him.
4.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.
解析： half / twice / three times + as...as... 表示倍数
It was a privilege to 很荣幸做某事，……是一种殊荣
听她唱歌真是三生有幸。 It was a privilege to hear her sing. 结识阁下，实在是三生有幸。 It’s my great privilege to make your acquaintance.
Manu-手工的 -al 形容词或名词词缀
Manu-手工的
manuscript 手写稿 Manufacture手工制作 Manumit 释放 Manumission释放 mit= send，cast“送，放出” admit v 许可入学等；承认(ad+mit→送来→许可进入) commit v 委托；委任 emit v 发光；发出(味等) permit v 许可，允许(per始终+mit→始终放出来→许可) submit v 使屈服；提出(sub下面+mit→送下去→屈服) transmit v 寄送；传达(trans横+mit→横送过去→传达)
Manu-反义词缀：
Auto-自动
Automatic transmission自动挡 ATM(automatic teller machine) automobile汽车 Autonomous region自治区
-al 表形容词词缀
思考有哪些？ personal 个人的（person 人） continental 大陆的（continent 大陆） exceptional 例外的（exception 例外） regional 地区性的（region 地区）
Sacrifice sth to sb/sth 舍弃……以得到；为……牺牲 Do you approve of sacrificing comfort to appearance. 你赞同为了表面好看而不考虑其舒服吗？
4.privilege
Advantage/special right n.好处，优惠，特殊的荣幸，特权 福利和优惠： benefits and privileges sacrifice one's advantage/privilege 牺牲掉自己的好处 give sb the privilege of doing sth 特许某人做某事
statue雕像，雕塑 Stature身材，身高，声望 Statute法令，法规
Stature身材，身高，声望
她母亲身材矮小，只有5英尺高。 Her mother was of small stature, only five feet tall. 谁能否认他是世界上最伟大的小提琴演奏家呢？ Who can deny his stature as the world’s greatest violinist？
是...的几倍： ... times...as +形容词或副词原级+ as... 比...多几倍： ...times +形容词或副词比较级+ than… 这条路是那条路的五倍长。 This road is five times as long as that one. 这条路比那条路长四倍。 This road is four times longer than that one.
privileged adj.荣幸的=honored be privileged to do sth = It was a privilege to 荣幸地去做……；有特权做…… We are privileged tonight to have our headmaster as our speaker.
-al 表名词词缀
hospital n 医院；survival n 生存，幸存 rival n 竞争者 criminal n 犯罪分子（crime 罪行） cereal n 谷物（cere 谷+al） dismissal n 解雇（dismiss 解雇） withdrawal n 撤退；撤消（with 相反+draw 拉+al） refusal n 拒绝（refuse 拒绝） appraisal n 评价，评估（appraise 评价）
n.使用手册，说明书，指南 The manual is full of terminologies of science and technology. 同义词： Guide, handbook, directory notebook, instructions
manual可拆为： manu-al
The bad conditions have given rise to a lot of crimes.
13. in the case of
= concerning prep.关于, 涉及, 就...说 Stealing is no shame in the case of him. in case of（副词）万一, 以防 You should ensure your house in case of fire. Take an umbrella in case of rain.
Statute法令，法规
The only purpose of this statute is to promote mining. 这项法令的唯一目的就是要促进 强调动作 He married the girl. 他娶了这个女孩。 get married 强调过程 Last year they got married. be married to sb 强调状态 The old man has been married to his wife for 50 years.
7.shower
n. 沐浴；阵雨 Take/have a shower洗淋浴 Be caught in shower遇到阵雨 引申意： A shower of letters/questions/criticism 大量的信问题评论 A shower of rain/laughter/bullets 一阵雨阵阵笑声枪林弹雨
Shower同义词：
bathe沐浴 downpour倾盆大雨 cloudburst倾盆大雨
8.secret
短语： keep secret 保密 in secret 私下里 = secretly, in private, privately I was told about it in secret. in the secret 知道内情 He was in the secret from the beginning Make no secret of不隐瞒 近义词：Confidential机密的
2.collar
White-collar白领
蓝领blue-collar 金领golden-collars 粉领pink-collars （工作高雅的女士，如模特，空姐等） 灰领 gray-collars （尤指服务行业）
3.sacrifice
To give sb. Sth. that you would prefer to keep vt.牺牲，献出 把某人的生命献给国家 sacrifice one's life for the country 牺牲时间 sacrifice time sacrifice n.牺牲 ，祭品，献祭 make many sacrifices
Lesson4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 艾尔弗雷德· 布落落斯的双重生活
1.manual
adj.体力的 manual work 体力工作 相关词： physical adj.身体的, 物质的 脑力的mental；脑力工作mental work 精神的 spiritual 智力的 intellectual
3.Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. 解析：dressed in a smart black suit 形容词短语表示一种状态 -He went to work dressed in a beautiful coat. He left home wearing a smart black suit.
9.status
n. 地位，情形，状态 A high/low status in society 高的/低的社会地位状况
就业状况 Employment status 婚姻状况 marital status 收入状况 financial status
status易混词： Statue； Stature； Statute
Worth（ adj. ）
adj. 后接名词，代词，数字或v-ing形式 1. 值……钱 Our house is worth about XX RMB. 2. worth sth/doing sth (指行动)值得，有价值