【大家说英语】 第349期:坐公交还是打出租(2)

 　　Wow. The bus ride was really long. 哇。刚刚坐了好久的公交车。

　　I know. The bus stopped at every bus stop. 是啊。那辆公交车每站都停。

　　Next time, let's take a taxi. 下次我们搭乘出租车吧。

　　Yeah. I agree. 好的。我同意。

　　I downloaded¹ a taxi app. 我下载了一个出租车的app。

　　A taxi app? 一个出租车的app？

　　Yes. My friend told me about it. It can call a taxi for you. 是的。是我朋友告诉的。这款app可以为你叫来一辆出租车。

　　Really? That's convenient². 真的吗？那很便利啊。

　　We can use it when we want to go home. 当我们想回家时，我们就可以用它。

　　The festival was so much fun. But now I'm tired. I'm ready to go home. 这个庆典很有意思。但是我有点累了。我要回家了。

　　Me, too. Let's call a taxi. I can use my app. 我也是。让我们叫辆出租车吧。我可以使用我的app。

　　Great! How can the taxi find us? 太棒了！出租车怎样才能找到我们？

　　I can type in the address here. The app can also use GPS and find us. 我可以在这里输入地址。这款app也可以使用GPS找到我们。

　　Wow. That's amazing. 哇。真是太神奇了。

　　There. All done. The taxi should be here in 5 minutes! 就这样。好了。这辆出租车应该在5分钟之内到达这里！

　　Hi, Linda. How was the street festival yesterday? 嗨，琳达。昨天的街头庆典怎么样？

　　It was fun! Taylor and I ate lots of great food. 很有意思！泰勒和我吃了很多美食。

　　That sounds great. I want to go tonight. 听起来不错啊。我想今晚去。

　　You should take a taxi. 你应该打辆出租车。

　　Oh, why? 哦，为什么？

　　Well, it's convenient and quick. And you don't have to worry about parking³. 出租车很便利、快捷。并且你不必担心停车的问题。

　　That's true. Thanks for the advice. 的确。谢谢你的建议。

　　No problem. And remember to tip⁴ the driver! 别客气。记得给司机小费！

1 downloaded   

下载

参考例句：

• a printout of text downloaded from the Internet 从互联网下载文本的打印件
• How could anyone know I downloaded her medlcal report online? 别人怎么会知道我在网上下载了他的医疗报告？ 来自电影对白

2 convenient   

adj.便利的，方便的

参考例句：

• I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.我得找一合适的地方放这些书架。
• Come at any time that is convenient to you.你哪会儿方便就哪会儿来吧。

3 parking   

n.停车，停机，停放

参考例句：

• A bus is parking on the road.路上停着一辆公共汽车。
• Next you must learn how to back a car into a parking space.下一步你应该学会如何把车倒入停车的空地。

4 tip   

n.顶，尖端，梢，末端；倾斜；垃圾场；小费；轻击；指点；秘密消息；vt.装顶端；使倾斜，使翻倒，泄露；告诫；暗示；给...小费，轻击；vi.倾斜，翻倒，倾覆，踮脚走，给小费

参考例句：

• She nearly forgot to give him a tip for his service.她几乎忘记给他的服务付小费。
• I have his name on the tip of my tongue.我几乎想起他的名字。