新概念第三册第4课

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★give rise to :引起,导致=lead to 例子:The bad conditions have given rise to a lot of crimes.
延伸:get/take a rise out of someone (有意)招惹某人,故意激怒某人 Eg :you can always get/take rise out of Tom by making jokes of his legs.
★manual adj. 体力的=physical manual work: 体力工作 mental work: 脑力工作
2.People who work in offices are frequently referred t o as 'white-collar workers' for the simple reason that they wear a collar and tie to go to work.
★refer to ... as = regard ... as 把...... 看作/ 称作为 例句:I always refer to him as a bookworm.
其他意思: 1) 提到、说起; The boss refers this year as the most satisfactory year . 2)参考,查看,查阅; Refer to the dictionary.
• 特许某人做某事:give sb.the privilege of doing sth.
4. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellewenku.baidu.commere Corporation.
★ in the case of 至于,对...而言 • in case of 假设,万一 • 例句:Stealing is no shame in the case of him. • In case of rain, they cannot go.
5. 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.
1.These days, people who do manual work often rece ive far more money than people who work in offices.
★far more money 多许多钱 far =much 副词, 起加强语气的作用
例句: The book is far more interesting than that one.
• 这里的such...that...结构中,such是主语,而that引导同位语从句来解释 such的内涵。
• 其实变形前的句子是这样的: • Human nature is such that a great many people are often willing to
sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. • 例句:His kindness is such that we will never forget him. • 变形后:Such is his kindness that we will never forget him.
• n. 牺牲 例子:make many sacrifices
• ★privilege n. 好处 =advantage 或特权(special right) • 例子:I have the privilege of meeting the queen.
• 牺牲掉自己的好处:sacrifice one's advantage/privilege
for the simple reason =>for 引导原因状语从句 for the reason that 比because 正式, because 多用在口语中
3. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.
• be willing to do sth=be ready to do sth 心甘情愿做某事 • 例句:Those who are willing to go with me for the task subscribe here.
• ★sacrifice v. 牺牲,献出 • 例子:sacrifice one's life for the country • sacrifice time
Lesson 4
The double life of Alfred Bloggs
New Words
• manual adj. 体力的 • collar n. 衣领 • sacrifice v. 牺牲 • privilege n. 好处 • dustman n. 清洁工 • corporation n. 公司 • overalls n. 工作服 • shower n. 淋浴 • secret n. 秘密 • status n. 地位 • simple adj. 简单的 • curious adj. 奇怪的,好奇的,奇妙的 • embarrassed adj. 尴尬的 • worth adj. 值得的
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