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English for Taxi Drivers

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Example phrases

Phrases that taxi drivers can use with English-speaking passengers.

Welcome

Hi / Hello

Good morning

Good aternoon

Good evening How are !ou toda!"

Hi. # can take $ passengers.

Destination

Where can # take !ou"

Where are !ou going"

What%s !our destination"

# don%t know that place. &o !ou have a map"

Can !ou show me on this map" 're !ou in a hurry"

#t is ver! close.

#t is prett! ar awa!.

#t will take a(out )* minutes.

#t takes a(out one hour to get there.

#t is aster to take the expressway(ut !ou have to pa! the toll.

Understanding the passenger

+peak slowl!, please.

+orr!, # don%t understand. es, # understand. #%ll take !ou there.

Please ask someone to write it in hai / Chinese / etc.

o pro(lem.

Special instructions / requests

#%ll put !our luggage in the boot / trun.

Put on !our seat belt, please.

#s it oka! i # open a window"

#s the air-conditioning oka!" Please don%t eat in the car.
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o smoking, please.

&o !ou want me to wait"

# have to get some gas.

Traffic conditions

#t%s rush hour.

here%s a traffic !am.

he traic is (ad over there. ou%ll get there aster i !ou walk rom here.

# think there%s (een an accident.

#%ll tr! a dierent wa!.

"are and fees

he total price is 0)1.

hank !ou or the tip. &o !ou have smaller notes/bills"

# don%t have an! change.

he customer pa!s or the expresswa!, 23"

ou in a hurr!" ake the expressway"

here is a tollwa! fee. ou pa! the ee, ok"

#oodbye

Watch out or motorc!cles (eore getting out4

&on%t orget !our things.

hank !ou or !our (usiness.

Hope to see !ou again.

#t%s (een nice chatting with !ou.

En5o! !our sta! in hailand / China / etc.

ou%re welcome.

$o service

+orr!, that is out o m! boundaries.

# can%t go there. # would have to come (ack without a fare.

+orr!, # don%t go to the airport. #%m all done or the da! / night.

# have to return the car on time.

6! car needs servicing.

#%m sorr!. Have a nice da!.

# can call another driver / compan! or !ou.

Small tal

Have !ou (een here (eore"

're !ou rom around here"

How do !ou like 7angkok / 7ei5ing / etc"


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're !ou here on (usiness"

're !ou sta!ing long"

Good weather, huh" ot too hot, not too cold.

# hope the weather gets (etter or !ou.

Things a passenger could say

Can # get a ride"

How man! people can !ou it"

How long will it take"

Please wait or me.

ou can keep the meter running.

&o !ou have a flat feeto the airport"

#%m in a (it o a rush.

Can we get there (! )1 o%clock / noon / $pm / etc"

Could !ou slow down, please" #s this the 8uickest wa!"

&o !ou take credit cards"

&o !ou have change"

3eep the change.

hanks or the ride / lit.

Wordchecer

passenger9 person travelling in car, (us, train :not the driver;

destination9 place where !ou want to go

map9 diagram or picture showing streets and roads in a hurry9 rushed< need to go ast

expressway / motorway9 ast road

tollway9 ast road with ee

toll9 charge< ee

boot / trun9 (ox at (ack o car or luggage, cases etc

seat belt9 strap to hold some(od! in their seat in a car or airplane

accident9 crash< a car hitting another car or a person

fee9 price< charge

note/bill9 paper mone!

boundaries9 limits fare9 price or taxi< passenger

flat fee9 ixed price

in a rush9 in a hurrr!< late< want to go ast

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