A:Could you tell me something about taking a taxi?

能跟我講講打的的事兒嗎?

B:No problem.What do you want to know?

沒問題。你想知道什么?

A:Everything about taxi.

和出租車有關的一切。

B:Ok.First,you have to hail a taxi.

好吧。首先你得先叫車。

A:What is hail a taxi?

是hail a taxi什么意思?

B:It means you wave your arm to stop a taxi.

就是你揮舞手臂攔出租。

A:I see.Then?

然后呢?

B:Then you get in the car and the driver will ask you“where to?”Tell them your destination.

然后你就上車。司機這時會問你去哪。告訴他們你的目的地。

A:What if I wanna buy some smokes on the way?

要是我半路上想買煙怎么辦?

B:Just tell the driver to pull over.Tell them you wanna buy something and keep the meter running.

告訴司機靠邊停車，你想買點東西。打著計價器。

A:Ok.

明白了。

B:If you want the driver to go faster.Just say“Step on it”

如果你想讓司機開快點兒。就說Step on it

A:What does that mean?

那是什么意思?

B:Step on it means step on the gas.

就是踩油門。

A:Got it.

這樣啊

B:And if you know a shortcut, just tell the driver. Sentences like“Make a left/right turn .Go straight”are helpful.

如果你知道近路的話就告訴司機。象Make a left/right turn .或Go straight這種句子會有幫助。

A:So what should I say when I get there?

那我到了后該怎么說呢?

B:Just say“Drop me off here”or“Let me out here”

就說把我放在這兒就好了

A:Do I have to tip them?

用給他們小費嗎?

B:Yes.

用

A:How much is the tip?

給多少?

B:Usually 10 percent.

通常是車費的百分之十。

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[1] taxi在俚語中經常稱為cab。To hail a taxi當然也可以叫做to hail a cab。一般都是男士為女士叫車。這時他們會說Let me hail a cab for ya.

[2]Keep the meter running. Meter大家一定不陌生，它表示度量單位“米”。它還可以表示“儀表”當然了，要和不同的詞搭配使用。如水表是a water meter。在本句話當中，它的意思是記價器。

Related Words…相關詞匯

以下這些詞匯并未給出漢語意思，你可以試著用我們學到的英語問問老外它們的意思

[ie:What does“***”mean?“***”是什么意思?]

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