Cheap and cheerful 物美价廉  

Play audio file 内容简介 Neil">Neil">Neil">Neil 和Li">Li">Li">Li">Li">Li">Li">Li 谈论他们收到的圣诞礼物。Li">Li">Li">Li">Li">Li">Li">Li 形容她的礼物是“cheap and cheerful”。可是Neil">Neil">Neil">Neil 的太太给他买的智能手表却是 cheap and nasty。这两个短语是什么意思？听节目。

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Li">Li">Li">Li

大家好。欢迎收听BBC 英语教学节目《》。我是杨莉。今天我的搭档是Neil">Neil">Neil">Neil.

Neil">Neil

Hello everyone. How was your Christmas, Li">Li">Li">Li? Did you receive lots of nice presents?       

Li">Li">Li">Li

Yes, loads. 是啊，我收到了很多圣诞礼物，不过都不是很贵重的东西。Everything was cheap and cheerful.

Neil">Neil

Oh, that's a nice phrase you used. When people say that something is cheap and cheerful, they mean the product doesn't cost much but it serves its purpose. The customer is happy with it!

Li">Li">Li">Li

没错，cheap and cheerful 是个很地道的英式表达，形容一件商品或物品既不贵又适用，物美价廉。So it is a positive phrase. Let's hear a couple of examples of how it is used.

Examples

She enjoys shopping for cheap and cheerful presents.

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

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