到國外乘計程車,務必先做好功課,查清楚該怎麼乘計程車,是在路邊隨處招(street-hail taxi),還是必須打電話叫車(call taxi),抑或是得到計程車招呼站(taxi stand)排隊等候?
有些國家有2種以上的計程車,按顏色分類,其收費方式也不同,例如韓國的計程車不但分色,而且分級,起步價也不一樣。
另外有些國家的計程車可能不是按表計費(charge by meter),而是漫天喊價的。如果不想被大敲一筆竹槓,先問清楚再乘才是明智之舉。
Top Sentences 例句:
1. Would you like me to call a taxi for you?
要我為您叫計程車嗎?
2. Could you have a taxi waiting for me, please?
能否叫輛計程車等我?
3. Could you tell us your name and where you are?
請告訴我們您的姓名及所在位置?
4. Where can I catch a taxi?
哪裡我可以叫到計程車?
5. You can call the dispatcher and ask for one.
你可以打電話給計程車調度員叫車。
Dialogue 對話:
Man: This is Sun Taxi Service. May I help you?
男子:這是太陽計程車服務部,我能為你做點什麼嗎?
Jasmine: Hello, this is Jasmine Wu speaking. Could you please send a car to Garden Hotel?
茉莉:你好,我是Jasmine Wu。你能派輛車到花園賓館嗎?
Man: Sure. Where are you going?
男子:可以。你要去哪裡?
Jasmine: We are going to the airport.
茉莉:我們準備去機場。
Man: No problem. The taxi will be there in about five minutes. Please wait at the hotel gate.
男子:沒問題。車五分鐘左右就到。請在賓館門口等候。
Jasmine: Thank you very much.
茉莉:非常感謝。
▌相關詞彙
Where to 要去哪裡?
Railway Station n.火車站;
hop in 上車;
Airport n. 機場