Why did Alf want a white-collar job?
These days, people who do manaual 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 sarifice 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 dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simoly told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then shower and changed back into his suit. He then changed into overalls and spends 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 other will call hime 'Mr.Bloggs', not 'Alf'.
manaual 体力 frequently 频繁的，经常的 referred ：参考，查阅 collar ：衣领。
nature:自然 sarifice ：牺牲，供奉 privilege :特权，优待 rise :上升 curious ：好奇，挑剔，奇特
situations：状况，情景，局面 ，现象 dustman ：清洁工人 Ellesmere ：艾尔斯米尔，加拿大港口城市
Corporation：公司 embarrassed :尴尬，窘迫 shower :淋浴 fellow :朋友，同事
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