BBC地道英语｜Cheap and cheerful 是什么意思呢？
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物美价廉
Hi and welcome to The English We Speak.I’m Li and with me today is my colleague Neil.
嗨，欢迎收听地道英语。我是李，今天和我一起的是我的同事尼尔。
Hello everyone.How was your Christmas, Li?Did you receive lots of nice presents?
大家好。你的圣诞节过得怎么样，李？是不是收到了许多很棒的礼物？
Yes, loads.Nothing that was really expensive.Everything was cheap and cheerful.
是的，很多礼物。但是没有特别贵的。所有礼物都物美价廉。
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!
噢，你用了一个很好的习语。人们说某样东西物美价廉的时候，他们是指这件产品并不需要花太多钱，但却能起到它的功效。消费者们对这样的产品感到很满意！
So it is a positive phrase.Let’s hear some examples of how it is used:
所以说这是一个正面的习语。让我们来听几个例子，看看这个习语是怎么用的吧：
She enjoys shopping for cheap and cheerful presents.
她喜欢购买物美价廉的礼物。
He made a lot of money from designing cheap and cheerful toys for children.
他为孩子们设计物美价廉的玩具，并因此赚了很多钱。
Some people design very clever little gifts.Look at this nice bracelet.It’s actually a USB stick!
有人会设计非常精巧的小礼物。看这个漂亮的手镯，它实际上是一个U盘！
Oh, that reminds me of the smart watch my wife bought me online.In less than a week the battery has completely gone!It’s useless.
噢，这让我想起了我妻子从网上给我买的智能手表。还不到一星期，电池就完全没电了！那手表一点用都没有。
Oh dear!If the quality is bad,I would use another phrase:cheap and nasty’!Let’s hear a couple of examples:
噢，亲爱的！如果质量不好的话，我会用另外一个习语：“价廉物劣”！让我们来听几个例子吧：
Everything in this shop is cheap and nasty.Don’t buy anything.
这家店里的所有东西都价廉物劣。什么都不要买。
My boyfriend is very stingy.The hotel where we stayed was cheap and nasty.I wouldn’t recommend it.
我男朋友特别小气。我们待的这家旅馆价廉物劣。我不会推荐这家旅馆。
To be honest I don’t like online shoppingbecause you can easily be fooled by their wonderful-looking pictures.
说实话，我不喜欢网上购物，因为你总是会轻易地被那些好看的图片所欺骗。
I know.When people want to save some money by buying something cheap and cheerfulthey often end up wasting their money because the goods can turn out to be cheap and nasty.
我知道。人们想通过买一些物美价廉的东西来省钱时，却往往会浪费了钱，因为他们买到的商品可能是价廉物劣的。
No one likes a product that is cheap and nasty,but I hope everyone likes the two phrases we have taught today.
没有人喜欢价廉物劣的产品，但我希望每个人都喜欢我们今天教的两个习语。
Cheers!
谢谢！
Bye!
再见！