到国外乘出租车，务必先做好功课。

你要查清楚该怎么乘出租车，是在路边随处招（street-hail taxi）？

还是必须打电话叫车（call taxi)，抑或是得到出租车招呼站（taxi stand）排队等候?

有些国家有2种以上的出租车，按颜色分类，其收费方式也不同，例如韩国的出租车不但分色，而且分级，起步价也不一样。

另外有些国家的出租车可能不是按表计费（charge by meter），而是漫天喊价的。如果不想被大敲一笔竹杠，先问清楚再乘才是明智之举。

Top Sentences 例句：

1. Would you like me to call a taxi for you?

要我为您叫出租车吗？

2. Could you have a taxi waiting for me, please?

能否帮我叫辆出租车？

3. Could you tell us your name and where you are?

请告诉我们您的姓名及所在位置？

4. Where can I catch a taxi?

我在哪里能打到车呢？

5. You can call the dispatcher and ask for one.

你可以打电话给出租车调度员叫车。

Dialogue 对话：

Man: This is Sun Taxi Service. May I help you?

男子：这是太阳出租车服务部，我能为你做点什么吗？

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Jasmine: Hello, this is Jasmine Wu speaking. Could you please send a car to Garden Hotel?

茉莉：你好，我是Jasmine Wu。你能派辆车到花园宾馆吗？

Man: Sure. Where are you going?

男子：可以。你要去哪里？

Jasmine: We are going to the airport.

茉莉：我们准备去机场。

Man: No problem. The taxi will be there in about five minutes. Please wait at the hotel gate.

男子：没问题。车五分钟左右就到。请在宾馆门口等候。

Jasmine: Thank you very much.

茉莉：非常感谢。

知识卡—打车英语

Fare [feə]

n. 票价；费用

How much is the fare?

这次车费是多少？

Charge by meter

按表收费

I want to go to downtown charge by taxi meter.

我想打车去市中心，按表收费。

Taxi stand

n. 出租车招呼站

Is there a taxi stand near here?

这附近有出租车停靠站吗？

Hop in

上车

I dare say she could just hop in a Rolls Royce and visit the Bank

我敢说其实她完全可以跃进劳斯莱斯里，然后风光地参观国家银行

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