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Taking a Taxi 

zuò
chū
zū

chē

zài
běi
jīng
chéng
zuò
chū
zū

chē
kě

yù
dìng
,
,
yě
kě
zài
bīn
guǎn

fàn
diàn
wài
biān
suí
jiào
suí
dào
.
.
yóu
yú
chē
xíng
bù
tóng
,
,
shōu
fèi
yě
bù
tóng
.
.
měi
bù
chē
jūn
yǒu

chéng
xiǎn
shì

.
.

In Beijing you can call for a taxi or just flag one down in front of a hotel or restaurant. The taxi fare will vary with the type of taxi that you take.Every taxi is metered..

 

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mài
kè



,
,
qù
běi
jīng
fàn
diàn
ma


Mike: Driver! Can you take me to Beijing Hotel?




qù
,
,
qǐng
shàng
chē
.
.

Driver:  Yes. Get in, please.

mài
kè

wǒ
yǒu

shì
,
,
nín
kě

kuài

diǎn
ér
ma


Mike:  I 'm in a hurry. Could you drive a little faster?




bié
zhāo

,
,

dìng
zhǔn
shí
gǎn
dào
.
.

Driver: Don’t worry. We’ll get there on time.

mài
kè

chē
fèi
zěn
me
suàn


Mike: How  is the fare calculated?





gōng


kuài
èr
.
.

Driver: One yuan and twenty fen per km.

mài
kè

wǒ
hái
yào
gǎn
huí
lái
,
,
nín
néng
bù
néng
děng

huì
ér


Mike:  I’ll be going  back the same way. Can you wait for me?




kě

.
.

Driver:  Of course.

mài
kè

děng
hòu
fèi
zěn
me
suàn


Mike:  How is the waiting fee determined?




wǔ
fēn
zhōng

kuài
èr
.
.

Driver:  One yuan and twenty fen for five minutes.

 

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  • New Words  词语
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chū
zū

chē

taxi




driver

qù

to go

shàng
chē

to get on


shì

something urgent


diǎn
ér

a little
   
zhāo


to worry


dìng

certainly

zhǔn
shí

on time

chē
fèi

fare

gōng


kilometer

huí
lái

to come back

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  • Sentence Pattern  句型
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,
,
qù
běi
jīng
fàn
diàn
ma


Driver! To Beijing Hotel?

bié
zhāo

,
,

dìng
zhǔn
shí
gǎn
dào
.
.

Don’t worry. We’ll get there on time.


chē
fèi
zěn
me
suàn


How  is the fare calculated?

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