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Can't Get a Taxi

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ID: 1521 Elementary
With so many people living in the same city, it's bound to happen: sometimes you just can't get a cab. Experience this Chinese big city annoyance vicariously in today's lesson, picking up practical vocabulary along the way. Oh, and what's the solution if you simply can't get a cab? Listen to find out.
Fri Oct 15 2010 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
打车 dǎchē to take a taxi
那边 nàbiān over there
辆 liàng [measure word for vehicles]
车 chē car, vehicle
我们打车吧！那边有一辆车。
wǒmen dǎchē ba ！nàbiān yǒu yī liàng chē 。
Let's take a cab! There's one over there.
有人。
yǒu rén 。
Someone's in it.
快，后面来了一辆。
kuài ，hòumian lái le yī liàng 。
Quick, there's another coming behind it.
也有人。
yě yǒu rén 。
Someone's in that one too.
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