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雅思口语| 便宜就是cheap吗?看7.5分同学怎么说!

2020-07-13 10:58

来源:Sharon黄文琪

作者:我是虾仁

  crash course 速成班

  Don't worry, you can go on a crash course.别担心,你可以报个速成班。

  Alison did a crash course in French before her trip to Paris.艾丽森去巴黎旅行前参加了法语速成班。

  I booked Nathan on a video editing crash course, so we've got at least one person who can operate the camera.我为纳山报了个视频编辑速成班,这样我们至少有一个人可以操作相机了。

  Julie took a crash course in cooking to prepare for her wedding.为了准备婚礼,朱莉报了个烹饪速成班。

    I did a 15-week crash course in typing. 我上了一个为期15周的打字速成班。

  a recipe /ˈresəpi/for disaster 后患无穷(非正式);某人的行为会导致严重错误

  You give them a gun, and it's a recipe for disaster. 你给他们一把枪,那就是祸端。

  His doctor says drinking too much, not exercising enough, and having a stressful job are a recipe for disaster. She says he might die young!他的医生说,喝太多酒、锻炼不足、工作压力大将后患无穷。医生说他可能早死。

  I'm not looking forward to the party. Having my wife and ex-girlfriend in the same room will be a recipe for disaster!我并不期待这场聚会。让我妻子和前女友出现在同一个场合会引发麻烦的!

  Watch out on the road tonight — all that rain followed by freezing temperatures is a recipe for disaster.今晚在路上要小心,雨水在冰冷的气温下会造成问题的!

  cheap and cheerful 价廉物美的 (褒义词组)

  She enjoys shopping for cheap and cheerful presents.

  她喜欢选购物美价廉的礼物。

  He made a lot of money from designing cheap and cheerful toys for children.

  他为孩子设计物美价廉的玩具,从中挣了不少钱。

  cheap and nasty 价廉又质劣 (贬义词组)

  Everything in this shop is cheap and nasty. Don't buy anything.这家店出售的所有商品都是价廉又质劣。不要在这里买任何东西。

  My boyfriend is very stingy. The hotel where we stayed was cheap and nasty. I wouldn't recommend it.我男朋友非常小气。我们住的那家酒店价廉又质劣。我不会推荐那家酒店的。

  ------To be honest I don't like online shopping because you can easily be fooled by their wonderful-looking pictures.说实话,我不喜欢在网上购物,因为很容易会被看起来很好的图片欺骗。

  ------I know. When people want to save some money by buying something cheap and cheerful they often end up wasting their money because the goods can turn out to be cheap and nasty.我知道。人们想通过购买物美价廉的东西来省钱,可是往往最终会浪费钱,因为他们买的商品通常是价廉又质劣。

  (本文来源:BBC Learning English)

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