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Illegal taxis

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ID: 1091 Elementary
You've just gotten off your train in a strange city, and darkness is falling. You're tempted to follow the paunchy gent with the cigarette in his lips. Turning up the charm, he grunts as he gestures toward the cab with no meter. Do you dare hop in? Listen to today's Mandarin podcast and learn about illegal cabs, in Chinese!
Fri Feb 06 2009 | Jenny , Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
市区 shìqū downtown
不用 bùyòng need not
排队 páiduì to line up
出租车 chūzūchē taxi
要车吗？去市区，不用排队。
yào chē ma ？qù shìqū ，bùyòng páiduì 。
Do you need a ride? I'll take you downtown. You don't need to wait in line.
不要。
bù yào 。
No.
出租车要排队，我的车现在就走。
chūzūchē yào páiduì ，wǒ de chē xiànzài jiù zǒu 。
You have to get in line for a taxi. I can leave right now.
这样啊，多少钱？
zhèyàng a ，duōshao qián ？
Is that so...how much?
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