BBC地道英语｜Crash course 是什么意思呢？
提示：点击↑上方"小芳老师"免费关注哦
Hello and welcome to The English We Speak.I’m Neil.
大家好，欢迎收听地道英语。我是尼尔。
Hello everyone.I’m Helen.
大家好，我是海伦。
I saw you looking at a travel magazine earlier.Are you thinking about a holiday?
早先时候我看见你在看一本旅游杂志。你是想要去度假吗？
Yes, I have actually booked a holiday in the Amazon rainforest.
对，事实上，我已经预订了去亚马逊雨林的旅行。
Really, that sounds amazing.When are you going?
真的吗？听上去真是太棒了。你什么时候去呢？
In a month’s time, I’m really looking forward to it.Have you been there?
一个月之后，我真的很期待这次旅行呀。你去过那儿吗？
No to the rainforest,but I’ve visited Brazil with my friends.It’s a beautiful country.Can you speak Portuguese?
没有去过雨林，但我和朋友们一起去过巴西。巴西是个美丽的国家。你会说葡萄牙语吗？
No, not at all.I was hoping English is enough.
不会，一点也不会说。我希望只说英语就够了。
Erm, if you are visiting the big cities,you can get by with English.But out of the cities,it’s good to know a bit of Portuguese and about the local culture.
嗯，如果你去大城市的话，只用英语就能对付得过去。但是出了城，如果会说一点葡萄牙语并且了解一些本土文化的话还是很好的。
Oh dear, I am hopeless with languages.They are so difficult to master and take years to learn.I don’t have years.I’ve got weeks to sort out my adventure.
啊，天哪，我对语言都绝望了。语言太难掌握了，而且要花上几年来学。我没有那么长时间啊。距离我的探险之旅只有几周的时间了。
Don’t worry, you can go on a crash course.
别担心，你可以去上速成课。
What course?
什么课？
A language crash course! When you are on a crash course,you learn about something in a very short period of time.
语言速成课！上速成课，就是说你能在非常短的时间内学会些东西。
But will it work for me?
但是这对我有用吗？
Well, that depends on your learning ability.I think you’d master the basics without any trouble.Here are a few more examples of crash courses on offer:
嗯，这要看你的学习能力了。我觉得你能顺利地掌握基本知识的。这儿有几个关于速成课的例子：
Peter applied to train as a teacher,but he had to complete a compulsory crash course in maths first.
彼得申请受训成为一名教师，但他首先必须要完成数学必修速成班。
Alison did a crash course in French before her trip to Paris.
在去巴黎旅行之前，艾莉森去上了法语速成班。
I booked Nathan on a video editing crash course,so we’ve got at least one person who can operate the camera.
我给南森报了视频编辑速成班，这样的话我们至少能有一个人会操作相机了。
Julie took a crash course in cooking to prepare for her wedding.
朱莉去上了烹饪速成班，来为她的婚礼做准备。
Can you recommend a Portuguese crash course for me?
你能给我推荐一个葡萄牙语速成班吗？
Just have a look online,there are loads of them and some of them are free.
去网上看看吧，网上有许多课程，还有很多是免费的。
Perfect!Thanks Neil!
太棒了！谢谢你，尼尔！