{"id":1632,"date":"2019-10-14T11:04:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T11:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.orochinagi.com\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2022-03-10T19:07:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T19:07:48","slug":"the-taxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/vocabulary\/the-taxi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Taxi"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Getting a taxi<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0confirming it&#8217;s your taxi<\/li>\n<li>destination<\/li>\n<li>modifying the journey<\/li>\n<li>payment<\/li>\n<li>tests<\/li>\n<li>roleplay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Getting a taxi<\/h1>\n<p>verbs : call, book, hop, pick up, drop off,\u00a0 hail, flag down, take<\/p>\n<p>nouns : cab, taxi, uber, minicab, black taxi, meter (the machine that calculates cost), landline, postcode<\/p>\n<p>adjectives: outside<\/p>\n<p>adverbs: nearly<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll <em><strong>call<\/strong> <\/em>a taxi<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll <strong>book<\/strong> an Uber<\/p>\n<p>Have you got the X app ?<\/p>\n<h5>When you see a parked taxi<\/h5>\n<p>Hello are you available?<\/p>\n<h5>At the hotel<\/h5>\n<p>Could you book a taxi for me please?<\/p>\n<h5><em>Outside the hotel\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Could you <strong>hail<\/strong> \/ get \/ stop a taxi for me please?<\/p>\n<h5>On the phone:<\/h5>\n<p>Hello I&#8217;d like to <strong>book<\/strong> a taxi to &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry there&#8217;s a wait of 2 hours<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s none available now<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your address?\u00a0 What&#8217;s your location? Where are you?<\/p>\n<p>They ask: Telephone number?<\/p>\n<p>You reply: This one, can you see it?<\/p>\n<p>They may ask: I need a <strong>landline<\/strong>, not mobile<\/p>\n<p>How much would that be?<\/p>\n<p>How much would that cost?<\/p>\n<p>About&#8230;. \u00a355<\/p>\n<p>Can you pick me up at 7pm?<\/p>\n<p>How long is the wait?<\/p>\n<p>We have 7 people, do you have a people carrier (big taxi-van)?\u00a0 Or do we need 2 taxis?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s on its way! It&#8217;s coming now!<\/p>\n<h5>Waiting for the Taxi<\/h5>\n<p>The taxi is <strong>nearly<\/strong> here<\/p>\n<p>The taxi is <strong>outside<\/strong>, let&#8217;s go!<\/p>\n<p>Did somebody <strong>call<\/strong> (for) a cab?<\/p>\n<h1>Checking the taxi<\/h1>\n<p><em>If you booked the taxi, do not give your name.\u00a0 For security, the taxi must confirm your name.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hello, are you the taxi \/ Uber?<\/p>\n<p>The driver will say:<\/p>\n<p>(Are you) (name) ?<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m picking up (name).<\/p>\n<p>You reply:<\/p>\n<p>Yes, that&#8217;s me.<\/p>\n<p>Alright, <strong>hop<\/strong> in \/ get in<\/p>\n<h1>Destination<\/h1>\n<h5>a car pulls up<\/h5>\n<p>Need a ride?<\/p>\n<h5>in front of a taxi rank<\/h5>\n<p>Please join the end of the line<\/p>\n<h5>After <strong>hailing<\/strong> a taxi<\/h5>\n<p>Hello, I&#8217;d like to go to &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Could you <strong>take<\/strong> us to<\/p>\n<p><em>Driver may ask<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Where are you\/ we <strong>headed<\/strong> (to)?<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your destination?<\/p>\n<p>Where are you\/we going?<\/p>\n<p>67 St Paul&#8217;s road, please<\/p>\n<p>UK : What&#8217;s the <strong>postcode<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>WC1 5RN<\/p>\n<p>US : What&#8217;s the zip code?<\/p>\n<p>541 365<\/p>\n<p>Others: What&#8217;s the area code?<\/p>\n<h5>Problems<\/h5>\n<p>It&#8217;s too far, I need to <strong>clock off<\/strong> soon (I will finish my shift)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s too close, you should walk or ask another taxi<\/p>\n<p>Your friend looks drunk, is he going to be <strong>sick<\/strong>?\u00a0 I&#8217;m not taking him\/her.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/crazytaxi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/crazytaxi.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/crazytaxi-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>In the taxi<\/h1>\n<h5>Do not say<\/h5>\n<p>Could you please shut the **** up?<\/p>\n<p>Just ******* drive, will you?<\/p>\n<h5>To avoid conversation<\/h5>\n<p>Sorry I don&#8217;t speak English well<\/p>\n<p>Could you speak slower please<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry I have a headache\/ I&#8217;m tired, could we listen to the radio?<\/p>\n<p>Could we turn down\/up the radio please?<\/p>\n<p>Sorry I can&#8217;t\/ don&#8217;t want to talk, but I&#8217;ll give you a good rating<\/p>\n<h5>About the drive<\/h5>\n<p>Could you slow down please<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m in a <strong>hurry<\/strong>, could you go faster please?<\/p>\n<p>Could I open the window please<\/p>\n<p>Do you mind if I smoke?<\/p>\n<p>Could you stop by the side please, I need to throw up (vomit)!<\/p>\n<p><em>You ask:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Could you tell me), how much longer till we get there?<\/p>\n<p><em>They reply:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Just a little longer<\/li>\n<li>Another, (I would) say&#8230;. 15 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Modifying the journey<\/h1>\n<p>Excuse me, can you<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">turn around please<\/span><\/li>\n<li>take a right here<\/li>\n<li>take the next left<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m running late, could we take the quickest way \/ route please?<\/p>\n<p>Could we go past Big Ben on the way?<\/p>\n<p>I need to pick up a friend<\/p>\n<p>I need to stop at this shop, could you wait for me please<\/p>\n<p>Ok, but the <strong>meter<\/strong> is running<\/p>\n<h1>Arriving<\/h1>\n<p>Hello \/ Sorry \/ Excuse me,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">can you<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong>drop<\/strong> us <strong>off\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you mind <strong>dropping<\/strong> us <strong>off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Can you <strong>let<\/strong> me <strong>off<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>here<\/li>\n<li>at the end of the street<\/li>\n<li>over there<\/li>\n<li>at the bus stop<\/li>\n<li>at the X shop<\/li>\n<li>on the other side of this road<\/li>\n<li>just past the &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This will be fine, thanks<\/p>\n<p>Just here will be fine thanks<\/p>\n<p><em>Driver will say<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll drop you off here<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s nowhere to stop \/ it&#8217;s difficult to park there so I&#8217;ll drop you here ok?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Payment<\/h1>\n<p>I don&#8217;t accept cards<\/p>\n<p>Ok, could you stop me off at a cash machine please? \/ <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Could you take me to a cash point please?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do you need a receipt?<\/p>\n<p>Ok that is\/will be $14.54 please<\/p>\n<p>Here you are \/ thank you<\/p>\n<p>Do you have anything smaller?<\/p>\n<p>Keep the change<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a tip<\/p>\n<h1>Test<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>Where are you ____ ? (Destination?)<\/li>\n<li>How much would that _____?<\/li>\n<li>I can wait for you but the ______ is running<\/li>\n<li>Could we go _____ Buckingham Palace on the way?<\/li>\n<li>Do you _____ dropping us off here?<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s difficult to stop down the road so I&#8217;ll ______\u00a0 you here, ok?<\/li>\n<li>Thank you for the payment.\u00a0 Do you need a _____?<\/li>\n<li>Thank you for the ride, driver, it was very pleasant.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a _____ (bonus money)<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever played Sega&#8217;s _____ Taxi?<\/li>\n<li>Can you please just _____ the _____ up? (Be quiet)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Answers<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>headed \/ going<\/li>\n<li>cost \/ be<\/li>\n<li>meter\/time<\/li>\n<li>past \/ by<\/li>\n<li>mind<\/li>\n<li>drop<\/li>\n<li>receipt<\/li>\n<li>tip<\/li>\n<li>Crazy<\/li>\n<li>shut \/ ****<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orochinagi.com\/english\/exam\/index.php\/quiz\/quiz_detail\/22\">Test for registered users<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Roleplay<\/h1>\n<p>a. Taxi!<\/p>\n<p><em>Taxi pulls up<\/em><\/p>\n<p>b. Greeting, ask for destination<\/p>\n<p>a. Greeting, give destination<\/p>\n<p>b. Agree, tell customer to get into the taxi<\/p>\n<p>a. Explain you have a friend in the cafe with a suitcase, just behind you<\/p>\n<p>b. Explain you will stop down the road because this is a bus lane, and the cost will start from now<\/p>\n<p>a. Agree.\u00a0 Ask for approximate cost.<\/p>\n<p>b. Respond<\/p>\n<p>a. Agree, explain you will return<\/p>\n<p><em>person A goes to Cafe, collects their friend and goes to Taxi<\/em><\/p>\n<p>a. Ask to open the back of taxi to put the suitcase<\/p>\n<p>b. Ask customer to wait, and help them with suitcase<\/p>\n<p>a. Give thanks<\/p>\n<p>b. Respond<\/p>\n<p><em>Get in the taxi<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Drive in the taxi for a while<\/em><\/p>\n<p>b. Ask why there is a suitcase.<\/p>\n<p>a. Explain there is a dead body inside, then say it was a joke<\/p>\n<p>b. Say nothing<\/p>\n<p>a. Explain reason for suitcase<\/p>\n<p>b. Say nothing<\/p>\n<p>a. Ask for time left to arrive<\/p>\n<p>b. Respond<\/p>\n<p>The taxi arrives<\/p>\n<p>a. Ask for cost<\/p>\n<p>b. Respond<\/p>\n<p>a. Complain this is much higher than the original estimate<\/p>\n<p>b. Explain there was traffic<\/p>\n<p>a. Curse the traffic, present your card<\/p>\n<p>b. Explain you don&#8217;t accept this type of card<\/p>\n<p>a. Complain and explain there is no tip, give large bank notes<\/p>\n<p>b. Ask for smaller size.<\/p>\n<p>a. Explain you don&#8217;t have any<\/p>\n<p>b. Say that you don&#8217;t have change<\/p>\n<p>a. Tell taxi to keep the remaining money.\u00a0 Complain.<\/p>\n<p>b. Give thanks<\/p>\n<p>a. Say goodbye<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting a taxi \u00a0confirming it&#8217;s your taxi destination modifying the journey payment tests roleplay Getting a taxi verbs : call, book, hop, pick up, drop off,\u00a0 hail, flag down, take nouns : cab, taxi, uber, minicab, black taxi, meter (the machine that calculates cost), landline, postcode adjectives: outside adverbs: nearly I&#8217;ll call a taxi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1981,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions\/1981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}