Exercises

1, Choice questions

(1) What does the case of Alfred Bloggs illustrate?

a. That people often care more about the status of a job than the salary.

b. That ‘white-collar workers' usually wear a suit to go to work.

c. That manual workers prefer to keep their job a secret.

d. That office workers usually earn less than manual workers.

(2) He told his wife that he worked for the Corporation .

a. simply b. in a simple way c. and no more d. only

（3）His earnings were only half the amount。

a. as they used to b. they used to c. they used to be d. they were used to

2, Translation

(4) 我们总是想得到很多免费的东西，这是人之常情。

(5) 那些女性之所以常常被称为"家庭主妇"，是因为她们为了家庭放弃了职业。

(6) 最近的事故引起全国的关注。

(7) 当他参军的时候，山姆并不知道苏珊爱上了他的哥哥，而且他永远不会知道，因为后来他在战争中死亡了。

(8) 他将来赚的钱只是现在的一半，但是他觉得地位升高了，损失点钱也值得。新概念英语第二册视频

(9) 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.

3,Writing

(10) Why did Alf change his job?