Survival Chinese Lesson 20 打出租车 Dă chūzūchē Take a Taxi

司机：早上好。欢迎您到北京来。您要去哪？
            Zăo shang hăo. Huānyíng nín dào Bĕijīng lái. Nín yào qù nă?
Driver: Good morning! Welcome to Beijing. Can I help you?

茱莉亚：我要去北京酒店。我可以把行李放在车后厢吗？
                Wŏ yào qù Bĕijīng jiŭdiàn. Wŏ kéyĭ bă xíngli fàng zài chē hòu xiāng
                ma?
Julia: Could you take me to the Beijing Hotel? By the way, can I put my luggage 
            in the trunk?

司机：当然可以。我来帮您吧！
            Dāngrán kéyĭ. Wŏ lái bāng nín ba!
Driver: Sure! Let me help you!

司机：恐怕我们堵车了。
            Kŏngpà wŏmen dŭchē le.
Driver: I am afraid we are in a traffic jam.

茱莉亚：那大概要堵多长时间？
                Nà dàgài yào dŭ duō cháng shíjiān?
Julia: How long will we be held up?

司机：不清楚。要不我们换一条路走吧！这样大概二十分钟就能到了。
            Bù qīngchu. Yào bù wŏ men huàn yì tiáo lù zŏu ba! Zhèyàng dàgài èr shí fēnzhōng jiù néng dào le.
Driver: I am not sure. Let's take another route. It would take twenty minutes to get to your hotel.

茱莉亚：太好了！
                Tài hăo le!
Julia: That's great!

司机：请您系好安全带，我要转弯了。您想听收音机吗？
            Qĭng nín xì hăo ān quán dài, wŏ yào zhuăn wān le. Nín xiăng tīng shōu yīn jī ma?
Driver: Please fasten your belt. I'm making a turn now. Can I turn on the radio?

茱莉亚：嗯，可以有点音乐。
                En, ké yĭ yóu diăn yīn yuè.
Julia: Yea...let's have some music.

司机：好了，我们到了。这是您的小票，五十块。
            Hăo le, wŏ men dào le. Zhè shì nín de xiăo piào, wŭ shí kuài.
Driver: Here we are! Fifty yuan please and here is your receipt.

茱莉亚：给您钱，再见。
                Gĕi nín qián, zài jiàn.
Julia: OK. Here is the money. Bye.

司机：您走好。再见。
            Nín zŏu hăo. zài jiàn.
Driver: You have a good day. Bye!

生词 (shēngcí) Vocabulary:
司机(sīji): n driver
堵车(dŭchē): n/v traffic jam/be stuck in the traffic jam
安全带(ānquándài): n safety-belt
转弯(zhuănwān): v turn
音乐(yīnyuè): n music