NCE-III 第4课 -请大家指正(12/12/09)

Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs

Why did Alf want a white-collar job?

These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. 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. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. 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.

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. 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. AlF'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 'Mr. Bloggs', not 'Alf'.

语调是真的很难的，自己知道不对，可是不知道为什么，就是模仿不出来原录音。可能还是一些地方没有掌握好，看样子必须找一些文章看看了。

另外，我的美国同事告诉我，“THAN”虽然不同与“THEN”，但在句子中的发音其实是相同的，是这样的吗？

欢迎大家的任何意见！谢谢！