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Hi, I'm Andrew.
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Hi, it's Suzanne.
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And you are listening to Q -Lips.
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Yay!
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natural expressions, and conversational structure.
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That's C -U -L -I -P -S dot com.
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Thanks for listening.
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We hope you enjoy this episode.
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Today we are very excited to introduce a brand new type of episode.
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A Real Talk episode.
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And Suzanne, could you explain what a Real Talk episode is?
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Sure.
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It's really fun.
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In Real Talk episodes, we're going to focus on expressions, practical expressions that you use every day.
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And in today's episode, we're going to look at how to take a cab,
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things you'll say when you would take a cab and speak to the driver.
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Exactly.
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So this is something...
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a lot of people do very often is take a cab or take a taxi.
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So first you will hear a dialogue where A character named Lisa is taking a taxi home from work.
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and she needs to give directions to the cab driver to bring her to her apartment.
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So take a listen to this dialogue and afterwards we will discuss it
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and dissect it and talk about the key expressions that Lisa uses to make sure she gets home okay.
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Hey there.
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Hey, where are you going today?
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Uh, Fifth and Franklin, please.
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No problem.
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Okay.
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So here we are, Fifth and Franklin.
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Oh great, my apartment is just down there.
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Can you keep going a little bit?
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Sure.
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Okay, make a right on this side street coming up.
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Okay, no problem.
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and it's just up here on the left.
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I'm in this brick building.
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Uh, okay.
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You can pull over right here.
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Sure thing.
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Okay, so $16 please.
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Here's a 20.
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Keep the change.
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Great.
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Thanks.
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Have a nice day.
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You too.
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Bye.
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Okay, so...
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We just heard...
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a conversation, between Lisa and the taxi driver
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And now we are going to talk about some of the key expressions that were used in this conversation.
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So, The first key expression is Fifth and Franklin, please.
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Lisa gets into the cab and she tells the driver, "Fifth and Franklin, please." Suzanne, what does this mean?
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So Lisa is telling the cab driver,
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the two streets that come to an intersection where her house or her apartment building is located.
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So we don't know for sure if her apartment is on Franklin.
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or on 5th.
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But it's in the general area.
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it's right near one of those streets so she's giving him the best cross section,
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to then get to her more specific apartment number and street.
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Exactly.
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So you can give a cab driver an exact address.
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you could say, take me to one, two, three, four.
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Franklin Street, please.
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but it's more common to give an intersection.
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The place where two streets cross.
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And In the dialogue we heard, it was Fifth Avenue and Franklin Street.
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And this is a very common way to direct your cab driver.
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Yes, this is a very common
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and good way to give directions to a cab driver or anyone that's giving you a ride home.
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Okay, let's look at the second key expression today.
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It's just down there.
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Can you keep going a bit?
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When the cab arrives at the intersection,
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Fifth and Franklin, Lisa gives the additional instructions It's just down there.
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Can you keep going a bit?
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And what does this mean, Suzanne?
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This means, that we haven't quite approached where her apartment is.
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They're not far away, but they're far away enough that they have more directions coming.
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So just down there, is a polite way to let the cab driver know that we haven't quite reached it.
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There's still a bit more to go.
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Can you keep going a little bit?
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is also another polite way to make sure that the cab driver keeps going in that direction.
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because there's more directions to come.
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So the cab is in the vicinity of where Lisa wants to go, but there's still a little bit more to go.
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And this is a way to communicate that she wants the driver to keep going.
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so that she's not let off on the corner of Fifth and Franklin.
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Exactly.
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She wants to get her money's worth.
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Yes.
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Okay, very good.
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What is the next key expression, Suzanne?
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So the next key expression is when Lisa tells the cab driver to make a right.
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How would you explain what this one means, Andrew?
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Well, this one is fairly straightforward.
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If you make a right on a street you are making a right hand turn you are turning right onto that street.
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So when we're taking a taxi, this is a super useful expression.
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We can tell the taxi driver, to make a right or make a left.
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Alternatively, we can say "take a right" or "take a left." They're two expressions that have the same meaning and they rhyme.
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So that's cool.
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That's true.
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And it's in place of really saying turn right up here or turn left up.
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down there.
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And that's another expression you can say too.
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They're all polite.
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They all mean the same thing.
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Yeah.
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So our next one is...
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It's just up here on the left.
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Interestingly, in our second key expression, we heard Lisa say it's just down there.
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And now she's saying it's just up here.
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So, What is the difference between these two, down there and up here?
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It can be confusing.
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It can be confusing, but what she means is when she's referring to up here,
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It means that she's closer to the actual destination and just up here.
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is narrowing the vicinity even more and they're kind of closing in on or getting closer to the location and
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Up here is a direction where you're going.
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So it's meaning to keep going up in this direction that we're traveling.
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And here means that it's close to her.
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So she's pointing to here on the left as opposed to there where it would be further from her.
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Exactly.
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So that's a very nice explanation.
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I think we would use the expression, it's down there.
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when something is farther away from us and we would say it's up here when something is closer to us.
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Yes.
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I think that's a nice...
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distinction between the two.
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And in both of those examples we heard Lisa say just.
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It's just down there and it's just up here.
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And there's Many reasons why we use this word "just" One of them is to sound more polite.
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It's not being as direct.
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You're not ordering the taxi driver.
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so to speak, when you say just, it makes you sound very polite.
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And can you think of any other reasons why we'd say just, Suzanne?
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Yeah, I think we would say just as well.
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to get more specific, Saying it's down there could kind of mean...
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a bunch of different places.
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It could mean on the corner.
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It could mean go down there and turn around to the left.
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It's a little bit more general saying it's just down there.
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kind of points you in a tighter vicinity.
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It brings you to a point.
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You're telling the driver that it's not too far away.
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Yeah, it's close.
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Don't worry.
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You don't have to go too far.
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It's just a little bit more just down there.
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Right?
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So you're telling the driver that we're almost there.
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Don't drive too fast.
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We might pass it.
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Yeah.
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Okay, very good.
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And what is our last key expression for?
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this episode.
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The last key expression is when Lisa says, "You can pull over here." pull over and I also think about pull up
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Sometimes you can pull up over here as well.
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Yeah, pull over, pull up.
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They have the same meaning.
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Mm -hmm.
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And this is a nice, polite way to tell your taxi driver to stop and let you out of the taxicab.
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So to pull over really means for the car to move to the side of the street and to stop.
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When you ask a taxi to pull over, he's not going to let you out in the middle of the street.
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He's going to move over to the side of the street and let you off near the sidewalk.
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That's the safer place.
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And this is, again, a very useful expression when you are taking a cab.
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You can pull over here.
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And it's also useful in case you get a ride from a friend or
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an acquaintance from a party or something like that you can tell them to pull over here Totally.
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Good.
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So I think we should play this dialogue one more time for all of our listeners.
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But before I we do that, we're going to ask you some comprehension questions,
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some listening questions that you can answer on your own after you've listened to this dialogue for a second time.
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Here they are.
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The comprehension questions.
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Number one.
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When Lisa points out that she lives in a In this brick building, Is she close to the building?
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or far away from it.
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The second comprehension question: is why does Lisa say just in the dialogue.
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Why does she use the word just?
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As in just down there or it's just up here on the left. And question number three.
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is why does Lisa say...
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Keep the change.
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as she gets out of the taxi.
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okay so here's the dialogue one more time listen and try to answer these questions as you are listening to the dialogue.
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Hey there.
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Hey, where are you going today?
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Uh, Fifth and Franklin, please.
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No problem.
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Thank you.
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- Thank you.
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Thank you.
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So here we are, Fifth and Franklin.
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Oh great, my apartment is just down there.
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Can you keep going a little bit?
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Sure.
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Okay, make a right on this side street coming up.
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Okay, no problem.
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And it's just up here on the left.
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I'm in this brick building.
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Uh, okay.
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You can pull over right here.
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Sure thing.
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Okay, so $16, please.
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Here's a 20.
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Keep the change.
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Great.
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Thanks.
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Have a nice day.
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You too.
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Bye.
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if you want to find out the answers for the comprehension questions.
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Visit QLips .com.
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And check out our blog post with the answers to the questions.
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Exactly.
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And we would be happy if you answered these questions for us.
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You can send us your answers.
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We will take a look.
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for you and tell you if you are Correct or...
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if there's something you should change to make your answers better.
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Well, thank you for listening, everyone.
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We really hope that you enjoyed this first Real Talk episode.
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If you find this kind of episode useful, please let us know.
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You can reach us through our Facebook page or our website, hulips .com.
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where you can learn more about becoming a Q -Lips member.
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All right, Suzanne, we'll talk to you next time.
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All right, Andrew.
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Thanks, everyone.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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you make it break it up.
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情境與背景
今天要學習的內容來自一段真實的計程車對話，貼近日常生活場景。影片中，麗莎下班後乘坐計程車回家，與司機的交流涵蓋了打車、指路、付款等實用環節。這樣的對話非常適合英語口語練習，能幫助你掌握在真實場景中流利表達的技巧，無論是日常出行還是雅思口語練習都很實用。
日常交流必備的5個短語
從對話中提取的這些短語，簡單又好用，趕緊記下來吧：
- “Fifth and Franklin, please.”：明確告知目的地，適用於打車、問路等場景。
- “Can you keep going a little bit?”：請求司機繼續前行，表達需求時自然不生硬。
- “Make a right on this side street coming up.”：清晰指路，“make a right”是口語中常用的右轉表達。
- “You can pull over right here.”：告訴司機停車位置，“pull over”意為靠邊停車。
- “Keep the change.”：付款時不用找零的禮貌表達，簡潔又地道。
分步跟讀指南（Shadow Speech）
想要通過這段影片提高口語和發音？試試以下步驟：
- 聽一遍對話，熟悉場景：先整體感受對話的節奏和語氣，注意司機與乘客的互動方式。
- 逐句跟讀，模仿發音：使用shadow speech技巧，每句話播放後暫停，立即跟讀。重點關注“Fifth and Franklin”等連讀部分，提高英語發音的準確性。
- 注意語調與重音：比如“Have a nice day”中“nice”的重音，以及“Sure thing”的輕鬆語氣，讓你的表達更自然。
- 角色扮演，實戰練習：找搭檔分飾司機和乘客，模擬對話場景。這不僅能鍛鍊反應能力，還能讓你更熟練地運用所學短語。
- 重複練習，鞏固記憶：每天花10分鐘跟讀，堅持一週，你會發現自己的口語流暢度明顯提升。
別擔心一開始會出錯，慢慢來，每一次練習都是進步的機會。相信自己，你一定能說好一口地道的英語！
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | you've come · you've listened |
| 用 “should” 提建議 should + 動詞 — 表示應該做的事 | should play · should change |
| 現在進行時 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在發生的事 | are listening · is taking · are you going |
| “going to” 表將來 be going to + 動詞 — 計劃或明顯即將發生的事 | we're going to focus · we're going to look · are going to talk |
什麼是跟讀法？
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