discover her identity.

Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿尔弗雷德.布洛格斯的双重生活

These days, people who do manual work often receive far_______ money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred _______ as “white-collar workers”______ the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature,_______a great many people are often willing to sacrifice _________(high)pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise ______ 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_______ embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He______(simple)told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home

________(dress)in a smart black suit. He ______ changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours _______ a dustman. Before_______________(return) home at night, he took a shower ____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 ______, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as _______ as he used to, ______ he feels that his rise in status is well worth the _________(lose) of money. From ________on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him“Mr. Bloggs”, ____ “Alf”.

Lesson 5 The facts 确切数字

Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to_______________(extreme) to provide their readers _________ unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president s palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and______ refused to publish it. The article began: __________(hundred) of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president s palace. The editor at once sent the journalist a telegram____________(instruct)him to find out the exact number of steps and the__________(high) of the wall.

The journalist immediately set out_____________(obtain) these important facts, but he