#在这里,上进的人不孤单# 5.17 今日话题 # where are you from 你从哪来 # 上学那会儿去美国玩,有一次叫车去市中心,司机接单后问 Where are you from,我想都没想就回了句 I'm from China...... 还好旁边同行的朋友及时接过电话救场,我才知道司机问 Where are you from 其实是问我上车地点。。。 what? 认真的吗?这这没法猜啊? *下面这些打车用语,去国外旅游可大有用处哦~* call a cab/ taxi cab (美式) 出租汽车、的士 taxi (英式) 出租汽车、的士 例句 If I want a ride, I will call a cab. 如果我想去,我会叫出租。 ① hitch 搭便车, 提/拉;攀登 ② free ride 免费便车 ③ give me a lift 载我一程 例句 / hitch / 我们为什么不搭个顺风车叻? Why don't we hitch? / free ride / 那天晚上他身无分文,想试着跟巴士司机讨得一次搭顺风车的机会。 That night he was out of money, and he tried to bum a free ride off the bus driver. / hitchhike / 她说:“我先搭顺风车到了隧道口,然后又碰到一位法国女士把我免费带到了目的地。” 'I hitchhiked to the Channel Tunnel, got a free ride as the passenger of a French woman and hitched to Brittany,' she said. / give sb. a lift / 我可以载你一程吗? Can I give you a lift? 不是! 车牌号 license plate number 许可证 License 牌子/ 碟子 Plate 例句: It's illegal to cover your license plate number when you're driving. 开车时覆盖掉车牌号是违法的。 驾照(美式):driver license 驾照(英式):driving license 例句: Can I drive the car with my Chinese driving license? 我可以用中国的驾照开车吗? traffic ticket 罚单 speeding ticket 超速罚单 parking ticket 违法停车罚单 例句: Leaving your car like that is going to get you parking tickets. 你车子这么停只会给你招来罚单。 revoke the driving license revoke 取消,废除,使无效 例句 Jim's license got revoked for drunk driving. 吉米因为酒驾被吊销驾驶证了。 对话1 电话约车 Downtown 市中心 Heading somewhere 去某个地方 我: 您好,我想要一辆到 (xx位置)的车,谢谢! Hello, I would like a texi to come to ____, pls. 司机: 您去哪? Where are you going? / Where are you heading to? 我: 我去(xxx目的地),就在市中心。 I'm going to _____, right in downtown. 对话 2 路边拦车 Get in 上车 Toll 通行费 (道路、桥梁) In a rush 赶时间 我: 的士!我去(xxx目的地)。 Taxi!I'm going to xxx. 司机: 上车吧!那边交通很拥堵。要不要走高速,有通行费但是快很多? Get in! There is a lot of traffic. Do you want to take the highway?It has a toll but it's faster. 我: 通行费多少? How much is the toll? 司机: 7美元。 7 dollars. 我: 行。不过要快些,我赶时间。 Okay, but pls, be hurry. I'm in a rush. 对话 3 有朋友要顺道上车 pick sb. up 接上某人 Automatic fee 系统自动产生的费用 Never mind 那算了 我: We have to make one stop to pick up my friend before we go straight to the airport. 司机: 此次额外的停留会自动产生一笔 10 美元的费用哦 The extra stop will be an automatic $10 fee. 我: 太贵了。那算了,他们自己叫车。直接载我去机场就可以了,谢谢。 That's too expensive, never mind, their will take their own taxi. Just take me to the airport pls. *小测试* 朋友正在开车过来接你的路上,他想问你一会儿去哪儿,他应该问 ______ A. Where are you from? B. Where are you heading to? - / 你点在看,我都在看呀 / - |
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