{"id":5132,"date":"2019-10-18T20:12:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/di-yi-ke-da-che-lesson-one-taking-a-taxi-1\/"},"modified":"2019-10-18T20:12:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:12:39","slug":"di-yi-ke-da-che-lesson-one-taking-a-taxi-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/di-yi-ke-da-che-lesson-one-taking-a-taxi-1\/","title":{"rendered":"\u7b2c\u4e00\u8bfe \u6253\u8f66 Lesson One Taking a Taxi (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Dominic: Although Beijing boasts a highly effective and affordable transport system, sometimes, for shear co<em><\/em>nvenience and speed, it&rsquo;s necessary to take a taxi. Finding one is easy enough. Just head towards any large road to flag one down.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">(Dominic walks to road.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Dominic: Today I need to take a taxi because I&rsquo;m going to meet my friend PK [Paul Thangwa from Kenya]. However, I&rsquo;m not exactly sure wher he is, so let&rsquo;s make a call to find out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">(Dominic calls PK.)<br \/>  (PK standing by the Bird&rsquo;s Nest Stadium answers phone.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">PK: \u5582\uff0c\u4f60\u597d\uff0c\u6211\u662fPK\u3002<br \/>  Dominic: Oh no! PK&rsquo;s practicing his Chinese again!<span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>  Dominic to PK: PK, \u4f60\u5728\u54ea\u91cc\uff1f<span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>  PK: \u6211\u5728\u9e1f\u5de2\u9644\u8fd1\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Dominic: \u6211\u5728\u9e1f\u5de2\u9644\u8fd1\uff1fI know, \u6211\u5728 means I am at, \u9644\u8fd1 means close to, but I&rsquo;m not sure a<em><\/em>bout the rest. I need to get him to repeat. To do this, I can use a very useful Chinese phrase, \u518d\u8bf4\u4e00\u904d\u3002It simply means please say again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Dominic to PK: PK, \u518d\u8bf4\u4e00\u904d\u3002<br \/>  PK: \u6211\u5728\u9e1f\u5de2\u9644\u8fd1\u3002<br \/>  Dominic: \u9e1f\u5de2\uff1f\u9e1f means bird, ah, \u5de2 means nest! You are at the Bird&rsquo;s Nest Stadium! Why didn&rsquo;t you say?<span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>  PK: Dominic, you really need to improve your Chinese.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>  Dominic: I know, I know, I&rsquo;m working on it.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>  PK: Anyway, hurry up. I&rsquo;m waiting for you.<br \/>  Dominic: Don&rsquo;t worry. I&rsquo;m flagging a taxi down now as we speak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Dominic: Roads in Beijing are so big and busy. It&rsquo;s im<em><\/em>portant to make sure a taxi has a place to stop when you flag one down. But they are not allowed to just pull up anywher, even though some of them do. If you look closely, you notice that the taxis in the city can be different colors. Don&rsquo;t worry a<em><\/em>bout this. The color simply signifies different taxi companies. To you and me, it makes no difference. They all charge the same.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">(Flags down a taxi, gets inside)<br \/>  (Inside Cab)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Dominic: \u4f60\u597d\u3002<br \/>  Taxi driver: \u4f60\u597d\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Dominic: The next step is telling the taxi driver wher you want to go. As most taxi drivers in Beijing don&rsquo;t speak English, this is the perfect opportunity to practice some Chinese. Today we want to go to the Bird&rsquo;s Nest Stadium. In China, that is simply known as the Bird&rsquo;s Nest, \u9e1f\u5de2. \u9e1f\u5de2is the nickname of the Beijing Natio<em><\/em>nal Stadium, the man location of the track and field event during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. To put this into a sentence, we simply say \u6211\u8981\u53bb\u9e1f\u5de2.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>  Dominic to taxi driver: \u5e08\u5085\uff0c\u6211\u8981\u53bb\u9e1f\u5de2\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">GRAPHIC FLASH: \u6211\u8981\u53bb\u9e1f\u5de2\u3002\u6211\u8981 means I would like, \u53bb to go to, \u9e1f\u5de2 the Bird&rsquo;s Nest, \u6211\u8981\u53bb\u9e1f\u5de2\u3002I would like to go to the Bird&rsquo;s Nest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-477697398\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominic: Although Beijing boasts a highly effective and affordable transport system, sometimes, for shear convenience and speed, it&rsquo;s necessary to take a taxi. 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