English for Taxi Drivers

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Example phrases
Phrases that taxi drivers can use with English-
speaking passengers.
Welcome
Hi / Hello
Good morning
Good aternoon
Good evening
How are !ou toda!"
Hi. # can take $ passengers.
Destination
Where can # take !ou"
Where are !ou going"
What%s !our destination"
# don%t know that place. &o !ou have a map"
Can !ou show me on this map"
're !ou in a hurry"
#t is ver! close.
#t is prett! ar awa!.
#t will take a(out )* minutes.
#t takes a(out one hour to get there.
#t is aster to take the expressway (ut !ou have to pa! the toll.
Understanding the passenger
+peak slowl!, please.
+orr!, # don%t understand.
-es, # understand. #%ll take !ou there.
Please ask someone to write it in .hai / Chinese / etc.
/o pro(lem.
Special instructions / requests
#%ll put !our luggage in the boot / trun.
Put on !our seat belt, please.
#s it oka! i # open a window"
#s the air-conditioning oka!"
Please don%t eat in the car.
/o smoking, please.
&o !ou want me to wait"
# have to get some gas.
Traffic conditions
#t%s rush hour.
.here%s a traffic !am.
.he traic is (ad over there. -ou%ll get there aster i !ou walk rom here.
# think there%s (een an accident.
#%ll tr! a dierent wa!.
"are and fees
.he total price is 0)1.
.hank !ou or the tip.
&o !ou have smaller notes/bills"
# don%t have an! change.
.he customer pa!s or the expresswa!, 23"
-ou in a hurr!" .ake the expressway"
.here is a tollwa! fee. -ou pa! the ee, ok"
#oodbye
Watch out or motorc!cles (eore getting out4
&on%t orget !our things.
.hank !ou or !our (usiness.
Hope to see !ou again.
#t%s (een nice chatting with !ou.
En5o! !our sta! in .hailand / China / etc.
-ou%re welcome.
$o service
+orr!, that is out o m! boundaries.
# can%t go there. # would have to come (ack without a fare.
+orr!, # don%t go to the airport.
#%m all done or the da! / night.
# have to return the car on time.
6! car needs servicing.
#%m sorr!. Have a nice da!.
# can call another driver / compan! or !ou.
Small tal
Have !ou (een here (eore"
're !ou rom around here"
How do !ou like 7angkok / 7ei5ing / etc"
're !ou here on (usiness"
're !ou sta!ing long"
Good weather, huh" /ot too hot, not too cold.
# hope the weather gets (etter or !ou.
Things a passenger could say
Can # get a ride"
How man! people can !ou it"
How long will it take"
Please wait or me.
-ou can keep the meter running.
&o !ou have a flat fee to the airport"
#%m in a (it o a rush.
Can we get there (! )1 o%clock / noon / $pm / etc"
Could !ou slow down, please"
#s this the 8uickest wa!"
&o !ou take credit cards"
&o !ou have change"
3eep the change.
.hanks or the ride / lit.
Wordchecer
passenger9 person travelling in car, (us, train :not the driver;
destination9 place where !ou want to go
map9 diagram or picture showing streets and roads
in a hurry9 rushed< need to go ast
expressway / motorway9 ast road
tollway9 ast road with ee
toll9 charge< ee
boot / trun9 (ox at (ack o car or luggage, cases etc
seat belt9 strap to hold some(od! in their seat in a car or airplane
accident9 crash< a car hitting another car or a person
fee9 price< charge
note/bill9 paper mone!
boundaries9 limits
fare9 price or taxi< passenger
flat fee9 ixed price
in a rush9 in a hurrr!< late< want to go ast