crash course 速成班

　　Don't worry, you can go on a crash course.別擔心，你可以報個速成班。

　　Alison did a crash course in French before her trip to Paris.艾麗森去巴黎旅行前參加了法語速成班。

　　I booked Nathan on a video editing crash course, so we've got at least one person who can operate the camera.我為納山報了個視頻編輯速成班，這樣我們至少有一個人可以操作相機了。

　　Julie took a crash course in cooking to prepare for her wedding.為了準備婚禮，朱莉報了個烹飪速成班。

　　I did a 15-week crash course in typing. 我上了一個為期15周的打字速成班。

　　a recipe /?res?pi/for disaster 后患無窮（非正式）；某人的行為會導致嚴重錯誤

　　You give them a gun, and it's a recipe for disaster. 你給他們一把槍，那就是禍端。

　　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!他的醫生說，喝太多酒、鍛煉不足、工作壓力大將后患無窮。醫生說他可能早死。

　　I'm not looking forward to the party. Having my wife and ex-girlfriend in the same room will be a recipe for disaster!我并不期待這場聚會。讓我妻子和前女友出現在同一個場合會引發麻煩的！

　　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，雨水在冰冷的氣溫下會造成問題的！

　　cheap and cheerful 價廉物美的 （褒義詞組）

　　She enjoys shopping for cheap and cheerful presents.

　　她喜歡選購物美價廉的禮物。

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

　　他為孩子設計物美價廉的玩具，從中掙了不少錢。

　　cheap and nasty 價廉又質劣 （貶義詞組）

　　Everything in this shop is cheap and nasty. Don't buy anything.這家店出售的所有商品都是價廉又質劣。不要在這里買任何東西。

　　My boyfriend is very stingy. The hotel where we stayed was cheap and nasty. I wouldn't recommend it.我男朋友非常小氣。我們住的那家酒店價廉又質劣。我不會推薦那家酒店的。

　　------To be honest I don't like online shopping because you can easily be fooled by their wonderful-looking pictures.說實話，我不喜歡在網上購物，因為很容易會被看起來很好的圖片欺騙。

　　------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。人們想通過購買物美價廉的東西來省錢，可是往往最終會浪費錢，因為他們買的商品通常是價廉又質劣。