Intermediate - Where Are the Seat Belts? (C1950)

A: 去哪儿?
qù nǎr?
Where to?
B: 去南京路。
qù Nánjīng Lù.
Nanjing Road.
B: 师傅,你这车上没有安全带吗?
shīfu, nǐ zhè chē shàng méiyǒu ānquándài ma?
Driver, does this car not have seat belts?
A: 一般没人要系安全带,我就拿掉了。
yībān méi rén yào jì ānquándài, wǒ jiù ná diào le.
Normally no one buckles their seat belts so I just tucked them away.
B: 那不是很不安全吗?
nà bù shì hěn bù ānquán ma?
Isn't that really unsafe?
A: 没关系的。而且你坐在后边,根本没事。
méiguānxi de. érqiě nǐ zuò zài hòubiān, gēnběn méishì.
It's OK. Also, you're sitting in the back so there's really no issue.
B: 那我可不敢坐,万一出事怎么办啊?
nà wǒ kě bùgǎn zuò, wànyī chūshì zěnme bàn a?
Then I really don't dare to take your cab. What will we do if there's an accident?
A: 哎呀,放心吧,没事的。我都开了十几年出租了。
āiyā, fàngxīn ba, méishì de. wǒ dōu kāi le shí jǐ nián chūzū le.
Argh, don't worry, there's no problem. I've been driving cabs for more than 10 years.
B: 师傅你停车吧。我换一辆。
shīfu nǐ tíngchē ba. wǒ huàn yī liàng.
Driver, stop the car. I want to take a different one.
A: 哎,你等等。我找找看。
āi, nǐ děng deng. wǒ zhǎo zhao kàn.
Agh, hold on. I'll look for it.
B: 麻烦了。
máfan le.
Sorry for troubling you.
A: 找到了。好了,你系上吧。
zhǎodào le. hǎo le, nǐ jì shàng ba.
I found it. OK, go ahead and fasten it.

Key Vocabulary

南京路 Nánjīng Lù Nanjing Street
师傅 shīfu driver
安全带 ānquándài seat belt
一般 yībān normally
to buckle
to take
diào away
安全 ānquán safe
而且 érqiě moreover
后边 hòubiān back
根本 gēnběn absolutely
really
不敢 bùgǎn to not dare
万一 wànyī in case, supposing
出事 chūshì to have an accident
放心 fàngxīn ’don‘t worry‘
dōu already
开出租 kāi chūzū to drive a taxi
停车 tíngchē to stop the car
huàn to switch
liàng [measure word]
找找看 zhǎozhao kàn to look for
麻烦 máfan to trouble

Supplementary Vocabulary

车祸 chēhuò car accident
强调 qiángdiào to emphasize
多音字 duōyīnzì character with more than one pronunciation
出租车 chūzūchē taxi
一万 yī wàn 10,000
着急 zháojí nervous, anxious

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