These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices.
如今，從事體力勞動的人的收入一般要比坐辦公室的人高出許多。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 人，人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于，布滿;使住滿人，在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adj. 用手的;手制的，手工的;[法]占有的;體力的;
n. 手冊;指南;[樂]鍵盤;[軍]刀槍操練;
?? manu手+al形容詞后綴 →手工的；手冊
"the changeover from a manual to a computerized system"
由手工操作向計算機化系統的轉換
近義：instructions, catalog, catalogue, workbook, guidebook, handbook
反義：automatic, perfunctory, robot, robotic, rote, unconscious
vt.& vi. 收到;接到;接納;接待;
vt. 接收;受理;歡迎;承受;
vi. 接到，獲得;接見，歡迎;[電子學] 接收;[橄欖球] 接球;
?? re一再，重新+ceive抓→全部→發覺→接受；收到
"It's encouraging to receive a favourable report on one's study."
學習得到好評是令人鼓舞的.
近義：get, welcome, greet, accept, take, inherit
反義：mail, remit, ship, transfer, issue, consign
vt.& vi. 使工作;使運作;操作;使產生效果;
n. 工作，操作;著作;工廠;行為，事業;
vt. 使工作;操作;經營;使緩慢前進;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近義：labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反義：idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam
adv. 常常;經常;時常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 經常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes