Take a taxi 乘出租车

The Ministry of Transport is considering creating a unified taxi-calling platform integrating taxi calling apps, phone services and websites.
交通运输部正在考虑建立统一的召车平台，整合手机软件召车、电话召车和网络约车等多种方式。

According to the ministry, the platform(平台) will be able to transfer all the call requests(召车需求) from various sources(不同来源) to one terminal(终端) in a taxi. Mobile app developers are encouraged to participate in(参与) the construction(建设) of the platform.

More and more taxi drivers(的士司机) in China are using taxi app services(打车软件服务) to supplement their business. Popular apps Didi and KuaiDi are backed by Chinese Internet giants(巨头) Tencent and Alibaba respectively.

The ministry is soliciting(征求) public opinions(公众意见) on this move until June 10.

重点词汇 Key Words:

打的/打车 dǎ dí /dǎ chē
take a taxi

"的" has three different pronunciations:

1. [de] part. used between the attributive and the word the attributive modifies
         eg. 聪明的孩子 clever kid 
              很大的问题 big problem
   
          part. used to indicate possession
          eg. 我的书 my book; 她的笔 her pen;
   
         part. used to indicate a class or category of people or things
         eg.音乐、绘画、文学什么的music, painting, literature and the like
2. [dí] eg. 的确 indeed; really 
               的士 taxi 
               的哥 male taxi driver
3. [dì] eg. 目的 target

建设 jiàn shè
build /construct /reconstruction/ development
eg. n.这条铁路仍在建设之中。
        The railway is still under construction.
     v. 这个城市计划重新建设这一地区。
         The city has plans to redevelop the site.

服务 fú wù
serve/service
eg. v. 为人民服务 Serve the people
     n. 这家饭店服务周到。
         This restaurant provides good service.

公众 gōng zhòng
the public
eg. 这个场所不对公众开放。
     The site is off-limits to the general public.