我在咖啡店门口
How to take a taxi in Chinese
Name: ________________ Date: ________
“师傅，我在咖啡店门口。”
出门前，露西把这句中文练了十遍。这是她第一次在中国用手机打车。
两分钟后，电话响了。“喂，你好，我到了。你在哪儿？”
“师傅，我在咖啡店门口！”露西说得又快又好。
“我也在咖啡店门口啊，没看见你。”
露西看了看左边，又看了看右边。“我穿红衣服，手里拿着手机。”
“这儿的人都拿着手机。”
这时，露西看见马路对面也有一家咖啡店。门口停着一辆白色的车，一个男人正在打电话。她举起手，那个男人也举起了手。
“看见你了！你在对面。前面有红绿灯，你过来吧。”
露西过了马路，上了车。师傅问：“手机尾号多少？”
“尾号？”
“就是你手机号最后四个数字。”
“哦，三六八八。”
“好嘞，去火车站，是吧？”
“对！”
二十分钟后，车到了火车站。
“师傅，就在这儿停吧。谢谢！”
她刚下车，电话又响了。是她的朋友：“你到了吗？你在哪儿？”
露西笑了：“我在咖啡店门口。”
“我也在咖啡店门口啊。”
这次，露西先看了看马路对面。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 门口 | ménkǒu | doorway; entrance; gate |
| 出门 | chūmén | to go out |
| 打车 | dǎchē | to take a taxi; to hail a ride |
| 快 | kuài | fast; quick |
| 左边 | zuǒbiān | left; left side |
| 右边 | yòubiān | right side; the right |
| 拿 | ná | to take; to hold; to carry |
| 白色 | báisè | white |
| 手 | shǒu | hand |
| 前面 | qiánmiàn | in front; ahead |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 句 | jù | classifier for phrases and lines of speech or verse |
English (for the teacher)
“Shifu, I’m outside the coffee shop.”
Before she left, Lucy practised that Chinese sentence ten times. It was her first time getting a taxi on her phone in China.
Two minutes later, her phone rang. “Hello? Hi, I’m here.” “Where are you?”
“Shifu, I’m outside the coffee shop!” Lucy said it fast, and she said it well.
“I’m outside the coffee shop too. I can’t see you.”
Lucy looked left, then looked right. “I’m wearing red, and I’ve got my phone in my hand.”
“Everyone here has a phone in their hand.”
Just then, Lucy saw that there was a coffee shop across the road too. A white car was parked outside it, and a man was on the phone. She raised her hand, and the man raised his.
“I see you!” “You’re across the road.” “There are traffic lights up ahead. Come on over.”
Lucy crossed the road and got in the car. The driver asked, “Your phone’s tail number?”
“Tail number?”
“The last four digits of your phone number.”
“Oh! Three six eight eight.”
“Got it. The train station, right?”
“Right!”
Twenty minutes later, the car pulled up at the train station.
“Shifu, just stop here.” “Thank you!”
The moment she got out, her phone rang again. It was her friend. “Are you here yet?” “Where are you?”
Lucy smiled. “I’m outside the coffee shop.”
“I’m outside the coffee shop too.”
This time, Lucy looked across the road first.