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！

所有跟帖： 

• well read, 支持你， -梅石莹玉- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2009 postreply 19:36:37

• 谢谢，欢迎多提意见！ -blueswan- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 16:07:30

• Well done. -念亲- ♀ (111 bytes) () 12/12/2009 postreply 20:10:33

• 谢二姐指正。这个/EI/一直是我很头疼的。 -blueswan- ♀ (55 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 16:09:22

• 好！ -雨打兔子窝- ♀ (344 bytes) () 12/12/2009 postreply 21:39:21

• 谢谢妹妹指出来。 -blueswan- ♀ (269 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 16:14:12

• 实际上，我不是这么想的 -小千...千与千寻- ♀ (601 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 16:30:27

• 我就是拿Real player反复不停的放一个句子，模仿十遍几十遍 -小千...千与千寻- ♀ (305 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 16:40:13

• High five first! -blueswan- ♀ (1195 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 23:12:51

• 回复：NCE-III 第4课 -请大家指正(12/12/09) -ntotl- ♂ (1044 bytes) () 12/12/2009 postreply 22:03:41

• 简直是太感动我了！！ -blueswan- ♀ (515 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 16:22:49

• 不必客气， -ntotl- ♂ (229 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 20:01:36

• ntotl, 你能否帮SWAN和我一个忙？ -念亲- ♀ (177 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 20:12:13

• 回复：ntotl, 你能否帮SWAN和我一个忙？ -ntotl- ♂ (275 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 21:45:20

• 回复：ntotl, 你能否帮SWAN和我一个忙？ -ntotl- ♂ (81 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 22:00:55

• 谢谢你！我试过以后告诉你结果。 -念亲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 22:19:07

• 好象行了，软件下着了。大谢！ -念亲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 22:58:34

• 要想熟练应用，需要一点时间。 -ntotl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 23:08:27

• 非常非常感谢！ -blueswan- ♀ (62 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 23:14:41

• 我一看就头晕了。 -blueswan- ♀ (62 bytes) () 12/13/2009 postreply 23:21:52

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