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Misunderstood Taxi Destination

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ID: 2076 Intermediate
Where to, buddy? Grabbing a taxi in a big city in China is fraught with all the same difficulties of any big city. With so many ways to go and so many destinations, it's easy to end up going in circles. In this lesson, someone finds that getting to where they want to go is much harder than they bargained for.
Fri Nov 30 2012 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
山西路 Shānxī Lù Shanxi Road
高架 gāojià elevated highway
地面 dìmiàn on the ground
红绿灯 hónglǜdēng traffic light
师傅，我去山西路。
shīfu ，wǒ qù Shānxī Lù 。
Driver, I'm going to Shanxi Road.
好的。要不要走高架？
hǎo de 。yào bu yào zǒu gāojià ？
Okay. Do you want to take the elevated highway?
走高架吧。地面红绿灯太多了。
zǒu gāojià ba 。dìmiàn hónglǜdēng tài duō le 。
Take the elevated highway. The surface road has too many traffic lights.
好。那要在前面掉个头。
hǎo 。nà yào zài qiánmian diào gè tóu 。
Okay. Then I'll do a u-turn up ahead.
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