新概念英語第三冊（美音版）The double life of Alfred Bloggs

people who do manual work=>blue-collar workers
people who work in offices/do mental work=>white-collar workers
for more money
far-副詞用來加強(qiáng)語氣＝＝much

refer to...as = regard...as 把...看作為
I always refer to him as boolworm（書呆子）

for the simple reason=>for 引導(dǎo)的原因狀語從句
for the reason that比because正式，因此多用于正式文體

human nature人性

such...that...
that引導(dǎo)同位語從句，進(jìn)一步補(bǔ)充說明such的基本內(nèi)涵
His kindness was such that we will never forget him.
＝》Such was his kindness...
Such is human nature that we want to get a lot of things free.

介詞for表示一種目的
be willing to do sth.=be ready to do sth.心甘情愿做

give rise to,lead to,cause:引起，惹起＝result in
Such conduct might give rise to misunderstandings.
The bad conditions have given rise to a lot of crimes.

in the case of: 至于，就...而言＝concerning
Stealing isno shame in the case of him.
in case of:（連）萬一，以訪
You should ensure your house in case of fire.

who引導(dǎo)定語從句

too embarrassed to say:太尷尬而沒有說明
be ashamed of

get married
marry(v.)如果強(qiáng)調(diào)動作：He married the girl
如果表示狀態(tài)：get married,be married
如果表明和某人已經(jīng)結(jié)婚多長時(shí)間了：be married to sb
The old man has been married to his wife for 50 years.

too...to...：太...而不能

simply:副詞，用來修飾限定動詞told

dressed in a smart balck suit---形容詞短語表示一種狀態(tài)
He got to work dressed in a beautiful coat.
He left home wearing a smart balck suit.

changed into：換上

Before returning home=Before he returned home
在Before引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句中，return的邏輯主語和主句的主語he是保持一致的，所以這個(gè)時(shí)間狀語是有介詞Before和動名詞搭配而成，相當(dāng)于Before引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句。
如果運(yùn)用動名詞形式，動名詞的邏輯主語必須是主句的主語
After gettting home,he had a good rest.
Before having dinner,he finished all his homework.

she never will=she will never discover the secret
在省略句式中，never要放在助動詞之前
“will you go to see her?"
“I will never to to see her"/"no ,I never will."

half as much as (he used to)
half(a quarter,twice,three times)as .... as...---表示倍數(shù)
I won't marry a man who is twice as old as me.
We got three times as many people as we expected.
This room is about three times as large as that one.
...as（形容詞或副詞原形）as...：是...幾倍
比...多幾倍：...times（形容詞或副詞比較級）
This road is four times longer than that one.
＝》This road is five times as long as that one.

is well worth the loss of money
What he obtained is well worth the loss of time.
well 副詞用來加強(qiáng)語氣，修飾形容詞worth