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 LùNanjing Street
师傅shīfudriver
安全带ānquándàiseat belt
一般yībānnormally
to buckle
to take
diàoaway
安全ānquánsafe
而且érqiěmoreover
后边hòubiānback
根本gēnběnabsolutely
really
不敢bùgǎnto not dare
万一wànyīin case, supposing
出事chūshìto have an accident
放心fàngxīn’don‘t worry‘
dōualready
开出租kāi chūzūto drive a taxi
停车tíngchēto stop the car
huànto switch
liàng[measure word]
找找看zhǎozhao kànto look for
麻烦máfanto trouble

Supplementary Vocabulary

车祸chēhuòcar accident
强调qiángdiàoto emphasize
多音字duōyīnzìcharacter with more than one pronunciation
出租车chūzūchētaxi
一万yī wàn10,000
着急zháojínervous, anxious

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