_ Encounters SOE 1 Toxis r | Write some information about taxis for visitors to your town, I VOCABULARY [id Gating a taxi Complete this section from a guide to Milan, Italy, using the words in the box. change fare meter passengers receipt taxirankt tip GETTING AROUND Taxis Milan In Milan, you can phone for a taxi or get one ata! Most of them are normal cars and can take four?__ but there are bigger taxis for more people or disabled passengers. All drivers use a? «and you pay the exaet § a ‘the end of your journey. The driver will always give you the correct x {and people don't usually give a & _. Ifyou ced a just ask the driver before you pay. For each of these sentences, decide who's speaking ~ the taxi driver (T] or the passenger (PI. 1 Just make it 30 dollars, 2 Have @ good trip, then. 3 Can you take me ta Terminal 2, please? 4 So, is this your first time in Sydney? 5 Can havea receipt, please? & How much is it to the airport? 7 That's $27.80, please. 8 Can | put my bags in the back? ci ooooo0o0os ‘omplete the conversation using six of the sentences in Exercise 2 assenocr Holle? ‘aaiomven Welt depende on the taf but t's usually about 25 vo 30 dollars assencen OK that's ine < | ‘wat onwen 17) doit or you assenorn Thanks, ° ‘waconwen Here we are Tenn 2 asseneen Souy. [ve only got 8100, And aw uroren Site rassenosr Thanks Bye, Fermore piston oto Untdottasotattyovo.nomn— 1k TECTIA 4% Complete thie Now York to Linking a story, sions in the box. story using the time expr ‘After During Jater then When uit wuwnewyorknack.dlogspet. Marina from New York writes: A cab driver made my wedding day last summer very special was waiting for the limousine to come to my apartment at 11,00. Half an hour ‘__(ater there was no car and I was getting worried, so 1 went down to wait in the street. # ® few minutes, a taxi driver stopped and asked if he could help. He helped me get into the taxi with my long white dress, > ut on a tie to look more professional. * the Journey to the church, he told me I was the first bride he had taken to her wedding in 30 years of driving @ taxi! ___we arrived at the church, everyone was very surprised to ‘see me get out of a yellow cab. A Luly culleeitit New ‘ork experience. RTE «Read this email toa taxi firm, and(Girelaithe correct verb forms. The past progressive ase Aswvesss jamais Pa More Demeny © y idtmox rom: Peter Sunt | a > Bios comstyco ost done Sumac our tow aren ar go Been | Ockied ¥ t . HH | | want t0 tll you how great ane of your taxi drivers i, His frst name is Bob, bu | don't know his | ‘surname and | don’ know his tax! number ‘Two weeks ayo, Bob took me, my wife and our five-yearold daughter, Lily, to the airport atthe start, of our summer holida While we ‘drove /Gvare drivinto the alrport, the traffic was terrible, but Bob was very relaxed and friendly. He chatted to Lily - and to her teday bear, George! At the aliport, we Zpaid / were paying him and said goodbye. When we got inside the airport, Lily | realised / a2 realising that abe sl have Gevrge. He was oll i he at It was awful. Ly ‘cried /.was crying and said she pe didnt want to go an holiday without her teddy. What a start to the holiday! We were feeling presty terrible when we ®sav / were seeing Bob. He was walking across the airport — holding Lib’ teddy beat, She was so happy that she “gave / was giving him a big kiss Thanks to Bob, we all had a fantastic Yours Peter Blunkett | “sere Sr Etec ned SOREN 6 comple the sentences far starting a story using fer, in, to, with or ~ (no Starting @ story preposition). 1 Iwas tiving ‘aracas, 6 Iwas waiting my flight. 2 Iwas going Mexico. 7 Iwas some friends. 3 Iwas working abar 8 Iwas looking a hostel 4 Lwas travelling Europe, 9 Iwas on my way the airport, 5 Iwas visiting ___ Hong Kona, 10 twas winter, and very cold