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Helen 想去遠方的一個國家探險度假。一切就緒可唯一讓她擔心的是當地的語言，因為那個國家不說英語。這可怎么辦？Neil 提了個建議讓她參加一個 crash course，在短時間內掌握一門外語。這可能嗎？

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Helen
大家好，歡迎收聽《地道英語》，我是Helen，和我在一起的還有我的同事 Neil。

Neil
Hello, Helen. I saw you looking at a travel magazine earlier, you thinking about a holiday?

Helen
我已經訂好了，我馬上要去熱帶雨林探險去了。

Neil
Really, you’ve already booked your adventure to the jungle?

Helen
是啊，正好我也有假期，不用就浪費了。Have you been there?

Neil
No, not to the rainforest, but I have visited Brazil with my friends. It’s a beautiful country. Can you speak Portuguese?

Helen
No, not at all, I was hoping English is enough.

Neil
Erm, if you are visiting the big cities, you can get by with English. But if you're going out of the cities, it’s good to know a bit of Portuguese.

Helen
??？光說英文還不行。那可怎么辦？我沒時間學葡萄牙語。

Neil
Don’t worry, you can go on a crash course.

Helen
What course?

Neil
A language crash course! When you’re on a crash course, you learn about something in a very short period of time.

Helen
你說讓我去上速成班 crash course？能行嗎？我可沒太大信心能在很短的時間內學會一門外語。

Neil
I think you’d master the basics without any trouble. Here are a few more examples of crash courses.

Examples
Peter applied to train as a teacher, but he had to complete a compulsory crash course in maths first.

Alison did a crash course in French before her trip to Paris.

I booked Nathan on a video editing crash course, so we’ve got at least one person who can operate the camera.

Julie took a crash course in cooking to prepare for her wedding.

Helen
Can you recommend a Portuguese crash course for me?

Neil
Just have a look online, there are loads of them and some of them are free.

Helen
Perfect! Thanks Neil!