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3 层楼高,用石块修建.里面房间很大,墙壁装饰华丽.城里甚至 还敷设了排水系统,因为在狭窄的街道底下发现了许许多多陶土制作的排水管道. 考古工作者考察的这座庙宇从公元前
15 世纪直到罗马时代一直是祭祀祈祷的场所.在 庙中最神圣的一间殿堂里发现了
15 尊陶雕像的碎片.每一尊雕像代表一位女神,而且一度 上过色.其中有一尊雕像,她的躯体是在公元前
15 世纪的历史文物中发现的,而她那身异 处的脑袋却碰巧是在公元前
5 世纪的文物中找到的. 她的脑袋一定是在古希腊罗马时代就为 人所发现,并受到精心的保护.却使在当时,它也属历史悠久的珍奇之物.考古工作者把这 些碎片重新拼装起来后,惊奇地发现那位女神原来是一位相貌十分摩登的女郎.她身高
3 英尺,双手叉腰.身穿一条拖地长裙,尽管上了年纪,但体态确实优美.不过,考古工作者 至今未能确定这位女神的身份. Lesson
4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿尔弗雷德.布洛格斯的双重生活 Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 听录音,然后回答以下问题. 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'
. New words and expressions 生词和短语 manual adj. 体力的 collar n. 衣领 sacrifice v. 牺牲,献出 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 参考译文 如今, 从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多. 坐办公室的之所以常 常被称作 白领工人 ,就是因为他们通常是穿着硬领白衬衫,系着领带去上班.许多人常 常情愿放弃较高的薪水以换取做白领工人的殊荣, 此乃人之常情. 而这常常会引起种种奇怪 的现象,在埃........