Intermediate - A Fare Affair (C2403)

A: 哎,那个订车电话是多少啊?
āi, nà gè dìng chē diànhuà shì duōshao ā?
Hey, what's the phone number to book a cab?
B: 啊?现在谁还用电话订出租车?
ā? xiànzài shéi hái yòng diànhuà dìng chūzūchē?
What? Who still uses the phone to book a cab nowadays?
A: 那怎么订?
nà zěnme dìng?
Then how do you book one?
B: 用打车软件呀,在手机上下载一个就好了。
yòng dǎchē ruǎnjiàn ya, zài shǒujī shàng xiàzǎi yī gè jiùhǎole.
Use taxi cab booking software. Download one to your phone and that should do it.
A: 哦,然后呢?
ò, ránhòu ne?
Oh. Then what do you do?
B: 输入你的手机号码,就可以直接登录了。
shūrù nǐde shǒujī hàomǎ, jiù kěyǐ zhíjiē dēnglù le.
Enter your phone number and you can register directly.
A: 那他们怎么知道你在哪儿?
nà tāmen zěnme zhīdào nǐ zài nǎr?
Then how do they know where I am?
B: 通过GPS,他们很快就可以找到你的位置,附近的车子就会马上过来。当然你也可以给他们语音留言。
tōngguò GPS, tāmen hěnkuài jiù kěyǐ zhǎodào nǐde wèizhì, fùjìn de chēzi jiù huì mǎshàng guòlái. dāngrán nǐ yě kěyǐ gěi tāmen yǔyīn liúyán.
Through GPS they can find your location very quickly and a nearby cab will come by soon. Of course, you can also leave them a voice message.
A: 听起来真不错,你用过了吗?
tīngqǐlái zhēn bùcuò, nǐ yòng guo le ma?
It sounds pretty good. Have you used it?
B: 当然,这几天一直下雨,很难打车,这个软件又方便又快捷。
dāngrán, zhèjǐtiān yīzhí xiàyǔ, hěn nán dǎchē, zhè gè ruǎnjiàn yòu fāngbiàn yòu kuàijié.
Of course. It's been raining at lot recently and it's been hard to get a cab. This software is both convenient and fast.
A: 下次我也试试,怎么付钱呢?
xiàcì wǒ yě shìshi, zěnme fùqián ne?
I'll try it next time. How do you pay?
B: 用现金或者用手机支付宝,有时还可以便宜五块呢。
yòng xiànjīn huòzhě yòng shǒujī zhīfùbǎo, yǒushí hái kěyǐ piányi wǔ kuài ne.
You can use cash or your Alipay account on your phone. Sometimes you can also save five kuai if do.
A: 真的啊?那我现在就用!
zhēnde ā? nà wǒ xiànzài jiù yòng!
Really? Then I'm going to use it now!

Key Vocabulary

dìng to order
出租车 chūzūchē taxi
打车 dǎchē to take a taxi
软件 ruǎnjiàn software
下载 xiàzǎi to download
输入 shūrù to enter, input
登录 dēnglù to register
通过 tōngguò to pass through
语音 yǔyīn voice
留言 liúyán to leave a message
快捷 kuàijié quick, fast
to pay
现金 xiànjīn cash
支付宝 zhīfùbǎo Alipay
便宜 piányi inexpensive, cheap

Supplementary Vocabulary

叫车 jiàochē to call a cab
流利 liúlì smooth
看起来 kànqǐlái to look like
吃起来 chīqǐlái to taste like
小费 xiǎofèi fee

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