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三分钟热度的我，打算背几篇新概念英语第三册的文章，先看到这篇 Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 的参考译文，试着把第一段译成英文，再和原文对比，发现问题真不少。记录一下吧
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原参考译文：
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，在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德.布洛斯就是一个例子。
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。
在办公室：in the offices or in offices? 我这里冠词用错了。the 是特指。想起韩刚老师的课开头就是冠词练习，特别指出复数名词前面不加冠词 the。
收入高出很多：salary, pay, money 都能派上用场，receive 这个词我很少和收入挂钩，以后倒是可以参考下了。
我：Nowadays，labor workers get much higher salary than people who work in the offices.
原：These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices.
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。
就是因为：我直译了，just because，感觉太小儿科了。原文的不错 for the simple reason that
我：Peope who work in the offices often called “white collars” just because they usually wear whilte hard collar and a tie to go to work.
原：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.
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。
情愿放弃：willing to，would like to 二者啥区别？我感觉区别在于情绪上，willing to 有点心理上并不情愿，但是会去做。would like to 是心里边就想去做。
此乃...：原文的用法 Such is …., that，我总用不好，所以不敢随便用，就只好朴实的 it is…that…了。
放弃：give up 大白话，sacrifice 高大上了
我：It’s human nature that many people would like to give up higher salary for the honor of being a white collar worker.
原：Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.
而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象，在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德.布洛斯就是一个例子。
现象啊现象，我也觉得 phenomenon 太老土了。
….就是一个例子：….., as it did in the case of 可以套用了以后。
我：And this often caused various strange phenomenons, among which Fred.Bullos who work as a cleaner in Estmier company is the one.
原：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.
另外，注意到好多处重复用到 “常常，通常”，原文中为避免重复，分别用了 often, frequently, usually，可以借鉴一下。
英文原文
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.
现在，可以试着背一下原文了
