Business Mandarin Course Hong Kong – Take a taxi

第五课 乘出租汽车
Dìwǔkè Chéng ChūzūQìchē
Chapter Five Taking a Taxi

A [外商] :喂, 是出租汽车站吗?
[wài shāng] : Wèi , shìchūzūqìchē zhàn ma ?
[Foreign Businessman] : Hello , is this the taxi station ?

B [出租汽车站职员] : 是呀, 您要车吗?
[chūzūqìchēzhàn zhíyuán] : Shìya, nín yào chēma ?
[Taxi station employee] : Yes it is , Do you want a taxi ?

A : 对, 我要一辆车。
Duì, wǒ yào yíliàng chē .
Yes , I want one taxi .

B: 您在哪儿?
Nín zài nǎr ?
Where are you?

A : 长城饭店, 908 房间, 我叫威廉斯。( 香山饭店/ 昆仑
饭店/ 友谊宾馆/ 天坛公寓/ 华北大酒店)
Chángchéng Fàndiàn jiǔ-íl ng-bā fángjiān, wǒjiào Wēi liánsī. ( Xiāngshān Fàndiàn/ Kūnlún Fàndiàn/ Yǒuyì Bīnguǎn/ T iāntán Gōngyù/ Huáběi Dà Jiǔdiàn)
The Great wall Sher aton Hotel room numbe r 908 , my name is Williams . ( Fragrant Hills Hotel/ Kunlun Hotel/Friendship Hotel/ Tiantan Mansion/ Huabei Restaurant )

B: 您要到哪儿去?
Nín yào dào nǎr qù?
Where do you want to go ?

A : 到际大厦。( 友谊商店/ 燕莎友谊商城/ 首都机场/
北京火车站/ 美国大使馆)
Dào uóìj Dàshà ( Yǒuyì Shāngdiàn/ Yānshā Yǒuyì Shāngchéng/ Shǒudū Jīchǎng/ Běiīj ng Huǒchēzhàn/ MěiguóDàshǐguǎn)
The CI TIC Building . Friends hip Store/ Lufthansa Friendship
Shopping City/ Capital Airport/ Beijing Railway Station/ Embassy of the United States of America )
B: 马上就要吗?
Mǎshàng j iù yào ma ?
Do you want it immedia tely ?

A : 对, 请马上来吧。不是马上要, 请下午四点来。)
Duì, qǐng mǎshàng lái ba ( Búshìmǎshàng yào, qǐng xiàwǔ sìdiǎn lái .)
Yes , please come immediately . no, not now, please come a t 4∶00 in the afternoon .)

B: 好, 五分钟以后, 车在楼下等您。那请您用车前十分钟再打电话来。)
Hǎo, wǔfēnzhōng yǐhòu, chē zài lóuxià děng nín . Nà qǐng nín yòngchēqián shífēnzhōng zài dǎdiànhuà lái .)
Fine , the taxi will be waiting for you outside in five minutes . Could you please call me ten minutes before you need the car )

C [出租汽车司机] : 您是威廉斯先生吗? 是不是您要了车?
[chūzūqìchē sīīj ] : NínshìWēil iánsīxiānshengma ?Shìbú shìnín yào le chē?
[ taxi driver ] : Are you Mr. Williams ? You wanted a taxi, right ?

A : 是的。
Shìde .
Yes .

C: 请上车, 我送您去国际大厦。
Qǐng shàng chē, wǒ sòng nín qùGuóìj Dàshà .
Please get into the taxi , I will take you to the CITIC Building.

A : 好, 走吧。到国际大厦要多长时间?
Hǎo, zǒu ba . Dào Guóìj Dàshà yào duōcháng shíj iān ?
O .K, let’ss go . How much time will it take to reach the CITIC Building ?

C: 一刻钟左右。大约四十分钟。/ 大概一个小时。)
Yíkè zhōng zuǒyòu (Dàyuē sìshí fēnzhōng ./ Dagài yígè xiǎoshí.)
Around 15 minutes . About 40 minutes/ About . one hour .)

A : 请开得快一点儿行吗? 我有急事。我有约会, 已经晚了。)
Qǐng kāide kuài yìdiǎnr xíng ma ? ǒ yǒu íj shì (Wǒ yǒu yuēhuì, yǐjing wǎn le .)
Could you drive a lit tle faste r please ? have an urgent mater . I am already late for a meeting)
C: 我尽量快一点儿。
Wǒ jǐnliàng kuài yìdiǎnr .
I’ll go as fast as I can .
到了。请您下车吧。
Dào le .Qǐng nín xiàchēba .
We have ar rived . Please step out of the taxi .

A : 车费多少钱?
Chēfèi duōshǎo qián ?
How much is the fare ?

C: 十六块五。三十七块二/ 四十九块)
Shíliù kuài wǔ ( Sānshíqīkuài èr/ Sìshíj iǔkuài)
16 .50 Yuan . (37 .20 Yuan/ 49 Yuan)

A : 给。我还想坐这辆车回去, 请等一个小时左右, 行吗?
Gěi .Wǒ hái xiǎng zuò zhèil iàng chē huíqù, qǐng děng
yígè xiǎoshízuǒyòu, xíng ma?
Here . I would like to take this t axi going back . Could you wait about an hour ?

C: 可以。那您现在就不用付钱了, 最后再付吧。我把车停在那边等您。
Kěyǐ. Nànín xiànzài j iùbúyòng fùqián le, zuìhòu zài fù ba .Wǒbǎchē tíngzài nàbiānr děng nín .
Yes , that’s fine . In that case, you needn’t pay now, you can pay afterwards. I’ll park the taxi over there and wait .