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第三讲:出租车行业常用英语表达
对话一
司机: Good evening, where do you want to go?
晚上好,请问您想去哪里?
外宾:I want to go to the train station. I'm in a hurry. My train leaves in an hour.
我想去火车站。我赶时间。我要坐的火车在1小时后开。
司机: Which train station, the Beijing station or the west station?
哪个火车站?是北京站还是西站?
外宾: It's the Beijing station.
是北京站。
司机: Oh, the traffic is very bad now. It's going to take time.
哦,现在交通状况不太好。路上需要些时间。
外宾: How much time?
要多长时间?
司机: Maybe 40 minutes.
大概40分钟吧。
外宾: Please hurry. I don't want to miss my train.
请快点。我不想错过火车。
相关词汇
火车站 the train station /the railway station
北京南站 the Beijing South Station
东 east 南 south 西 west 北 north
东南 southeast
东北 northeast
西北 northwest
西南 southwest
匆忙、赶时间 in a hurry
拓展学习
鸟巢 Birds’ Nest
冰立方 Ice Cube
奥林匹克森林公园 Olympic Forest Park
大运河森林公园 Grand Canal Forest Park
天坛 Temple of Heaven
颐和园 Summer Palace
机场 airport
对话二
外宾: Driver, can you go any faster?
司机师傅,您能开快点吗?
司机: Sorry, sir. As you can see, the traffic isn't moving. Sorry, but you are going to miss your train.
对不起,先生。正如您所看到的,车辆一动不动。对不起,您要赶不上火车了。
外宾: OK. Let me out at that subway station. Maybe I can get there by subway. How much?
好的。让我在那个地铁站附近下车。也许我可以乘地铁到那里。车费多少钱?
司机: Just a minute. The fare is 15 yuan. Do you want a receipt?
等一下。车费是15元。您要收据吗?
外宾: No, thanks. I don't need a receipt.
不用了,谢谢。我不需要收据。
相关词汇
where 哪里
fare 交通工具的费用
receipt 发票
traffic jam 交通堵塞
Let me out at that subway station/ Drop me at that subway station.
让我在地铁站旁下车。
地铁的4种英文说法:subway/ metro/ underground/ tube
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