学习英语不是一日之功，需要每天的积累，今天小编为大家分享的是新概念英语词组，希望通过做这些习题对你们有所帮助，下面跟随小编一起学习吧。
do manual work 做体力活
far more...than：far 修饰比较级，比..要多得多
类似的还有 a bit, a litter, a lot, a plenty, much, far, any, no, (可数名词前）many
work in offices 在办公室上班
sb are referred to as ... refer to sb as sb 把..称为..人
for the simply reason that 因为这个简单的原因 that 同语位从句描述原因的内容
white-collar, blue-collar 蓝领
collar and tie 是常常一起连用的名词（习语)，用一个冠词修饰
the rise and fall in his career, the loss and return of his watch
Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.
such 放在句首进行强调，后面句子常常使用倒装
such...that结构， 同样so ....that解释也可以进行强调，并倒装
So great is our passionfor doing things for ourselves, that....
be willing to ...愿意
sacrifice .... for ....为了..牺牲..
the privilege of ...... ... 的特权
This can give rise to curious situations, as it didin the case of Mr. Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for Ellesmere Corporation.
give rise to 导致， 引发
as it did 正如。it 代指this这种情况 did give rise to curious situations，使用过去时，说明曾经发生这种现象
in the case of ...在这。情况（案例）下
Nobody has survived in this area; in the case of my father, however, it was different. 这个地方没有人能够生存下来，然而，我父亲却是例外。
in case of 万一，以防例外
In case of danger you'd carry the gun. 带上枪以防危险。
work as, serve as..
When Alfred got married, he 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.
too...to do...太。而不能做。
only too ... to do ...太高兴了，做某事
I'm only too happy to meet you here.
say anything to sb about sth 和某人说有关。
dressed in a smart black suit. in 穿着衣服， 过去分词充当定语修饰主语
changed into 换上..
spend...as...类似于work...as, serve as...
Before returning home, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his wife has neverdiscovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job.
returning 充当伴随状语
did this :this 代指上面的早上去公司，到晚上下班换衣服整件事
has never discovered至今都没有发现
never will 后面省略了discover...未来永远不会发生
He will soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that the rise in statusis well worth the loss of money. From now on he will wear a suit and others will call him 'Mr. Bloggs’, not 'Alf’.
将来进行时，表示未来肯定会发生

as much as..和..一样多
half as much as 只有。一半多
used to ：后面少略了earn
the rise in status 地位的上升
be worth sth/ doing sth 值得， 动名词表示被动或者it 充当形式主语，worthing doing sth
The car isn't worthing reparing. 车不值得修。
From now on 从现在开始