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today we are covering taxis taking a
taxi all the vocabulary that you will
need if you are a taxi driver or if you
are taking a taxi so I'm going to get
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lesson so taxis there are a number of
different ways to describe a taxi of
course we have the word taxi it can also
be lengthened to taxicab or shortened to
just cab so let's have a look at the
pronunciation of that tak tak Zhi taxi
taxi taxi easy taxi and then we have
taxi cab taxi cab which we don't say
very often or simply tab tab so I'm
gonna get a cab and we use this in
Britain as well as in America I know
that cab is an American phrase quite
quite used quite a lot in America and it
grab a cab but we say taxi and cab as
much as each other and so taxi taxi cab
or simply cab
this basically describes a car with a
driver who you pay to take you somewhere
and
funnily enough when I was younger my mom
used to say to me often Anna I'm not a
taxi and not a taxi service I'm not your
taxi driver because I'd often say to her
mom can you give me a lift here mom when
I finished can you pick me up mom I
don't want to walk today can you give me
a lift as you don't Anna I'm not a taxi
you know so a taxi so here we go there
are other words that you might hear
around taxi you'd hear a taxi rank a
taxi rank is the location the place
where taxis wait for customers the place
where taxis wait for customers and
you'll normally find a taxi rank in in
major cities outside train stations
outside airports you'll find taxi ranks
you might find them near a bus station
when you have a major bus station in the
centre of town you'll find some form of
taxi rank usually I don't have a taxi
rank near me where I live I would have
to walk for about half an hour to find
my nearest taxi rank actually took the
train station the train station is half
an hour away and there is my nearest
taxi rank how far away is your closest
taxi rank all right what else can we
call a taxi we would call a taxi a mini
cab so we have taxi cab but your ma also
might hear mini cab now a mini cab is a
taxi which may be booked in advance but
it's not licensed to pick up passengers
who hail it in the streets
now just to clear up the word - hail -
hail is to do this track say hello taxi
so if you're in the street you haven't
booked anything you haven't called or
used an app on your phone to get to taxi
you've just seen a taxi driving past and
you're waving it trying to flag it down
that's another phrase that we use to
flag it down or flag it over or you hail
it hello if you hail it you are not
allowed to hail a mini cab well you
could try but a mini cab
not allowed to pick you up so they are
taxi drivers who don't have a licences
to just pick up people on the streets so
that's a mini cab mini cabs are ones you
have to phone and pre-book you might
also hear about a black cab now
interestingly black cabs can be black or
red but these are basically black
overall red I'm gonna write it here
black or red black or red taxis although
I don't see many red ones to be honest
but mostly back taxis that operate
operated or operating rather operating
in London with officially tested and
licensed drivers they can be hailed in
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black cabs are the ICONic cabs that you
see in London that you can just flag
down or hail hello taxi are normally
very expensive so if you're coming to
London if you if you have money and
money isn't a problem for you then black
cabs are not a problem but generally
black cabs are expensive in central
London so you may want to look at other
options if your budget is quite tight
and restricted what else do we have of
course
recently uber has become very popular
now the word uber has other meanings but
in this context when we're talking about
tax
and uber is a special kind of taxi that
works under the app uber so you have it
on your phone and you can book it and
order it instantly Ennis and anyone can
be a uber driver
I'm sure there's criteria they have to
match but it is nor people with normal
cars and they can be uber drivers and
ubers are available in many countries in
fact let me know in the chat
whether Ebers are available in your
country and are you an uber driver do we
have any uber or in that post for that
matter any taxi drivers do we have any
taxi drivers in here today so uber
drivers yes they are just taxis that
operate using the uber app now when
you're talking about getting a taxi
there are many different verbs we can
use you can say I'm going to call a taxi
and need to call a taxi Oh Ahmed has
just made a really good point
you might also see this written kind of
let me just copy this one this all that
yeah paste a private car a private car
is a privately or taxi - taxi that
operates fire a lot a privately owned
company a taxi I don't know how to how
would you describe a private car it's a
taxi operating via a private taxi
company I guess just ones that you can
phone up you'll find usually little
little shop fronts that you can walk
into and hire these taxis when they're
privately run companies right so oh we
do have some black cup drivers in hello
alley
Lamine is a black is a is a blahblah car
of blahblah car is that a typo but
you're you're you're a blahblah car I
think that's a black cab driver uber
exists in Egypt fantastic
uber is available in India uber is
available in Brazil it's gonna bring you
back up so you can see my lovely face
hello
Uber's are available here in Indonesia
fantastic and uber is not in is not
there are not many ubers in your country
sky reminder which country are in great
fantastic so let's carry on
so verbs talking about taking a ride in
a taxi in fact I didn't include that one
did I ride in a taxi so we call the taxi
and basically calling a taxis when we're
talking about phoning one so we've phone
to book so you phone to book a taxi so
to call the taxi so you might be as a
party or a dinner party or you're about
to go out and you say I'm going to call
the taxi I'm just gonna call a taxi
hello can I have a taxi please
so you call a taxi you can also in that
circumstance say get a taxi I need to
get a taxi
hello yes can I please order a taxi you
can also use it get a taxi if you're out
on the streets and so I need to get a
taxi so I'm gonna go to the taxi rank or
I'll put my hand out and just flag one
down on the streets I'm going to get a
taxi so you're it in a party they say do
you want us to call you a taxi say no
it's fine I'll go and get a taxi I'll go
out and get a taxi or do you want to
lift no no it's fine I'm going to get a
taxi home don't you worry so we use the
verb quite often to get a taxi which is
to phone book or hail taxi
phone book or even pick one up as in in
a taxi rank no yeah you can also take a
taxi so if someone says how you're
getting home you'd say I'm going to take
a taxi and so that's your mode mode of
transport I'm taking a taxi I'm going to
take a taxi to the airport tell me how
you get to work actually and so you can
give me a sentence now just want 10
cents tell me how you get to work do you
take the bus
do you take a taxi or do you drive or
cycle or walk or something even more
exotic does anyone ride an elephant does
anyone take a motorbike so let me know
in the comments we've also talked about
this a few times you can hail a taxi or
flag a taxi down so flag down a taxi
so hail a taxi or flag down a taxi and
this is literally when you're stood on
the streets and you wave your arm wave
your arm on the street to stop a taxi
okay we can book a taxi which is exactly
the same as what we've talked about
before to call a taxi so you booked it
so you call it's or perhaps you've been
in a taxi on your way to your
destination and then when whatever is
happening has finished whether it's an
event and a party a meeting you might
have pre booked with that taxi driver to
come and pick you up for the return
journey so pretty booked order
previously
and we couldn't we could also in the
same vein use the word arrange I've
arranged a taxi for you so normally if
you've ordered it for somebody else then
you could say hello mr. Smith I've
arranged your taxi to pick you up at 4
o'clock okay so we use this verb
sometimes it sounds more posh I think
and then when you're actually in the
taxi you ride the taxi you ride the taxi
is the same as take a taxi I'm taking a
taxi ride or riding a taxi okay we don't
use that as often but you can use a it's
a taxi ride just a taxi ride away okay
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in Kazakhstan you have uber you use it
often all interesting in fact I use an
uber more than I would use any other
type of taxi I guess because it's more
convenient it's easy to do from your
phone and predominantly it's a little
cheaper so Maria has said I wish I could
ride an elephant but I take the bus oh I
can't read your name Neelu poo so that's
a very long name but you ride you ride a
motorbike to campus excellent
Leonel takes the tube Christine goes to
school often bye-bye car you don't need
to say a code safe by car I go by car
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are common in some Indian cities
fantastic I love it when I see horses on
the roads
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now we're going to move into general
vocabulary that you might use if you are
a taxi driver or if you are taking a
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question can you use the with a long e
as in V like in essence to emphasize the
word that it comes after a long e like
an so so we say the the just generally
sir all we say Z and we use V I I see
what you mean about emphasis so take the
chair but we use thee only really when
the following word starts with a vowel
so the astronaut the orange the the
emphasis okay so the with a lot of that
with a long e V is for work is for going
before words that begin with a vowel
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carry on so we have the vocabulary we
have the word sat-nav I'm sure most of
you have heard this before but if you
haven't sat-nav
stands for satellite navigation how do
you spell satellite right is it right
anyone who's good at spelling tell me
it's satellite it's done correctly does
it have two L's yes it does there we go
Oh
it just looks strange to me in satellite
navigation system so basically most of
us have sat-nav on our phones if you
have a smartphone or you might have a
specific device especially for
navigation and most taxis in the UK now
work via some form of sat-nav it used to
be that taxi drivers had to know their
way around without sat-nav but nowadays
it's just as easy to use a certain air
system black cab drivers it was well
known that to be a back black cab driver
you have to pass a test and the test was
called I think the knowledge they'd have
to pass the knowledge test and that was
to know London completely and London is
quite a big city and they would have to
know all the routes the quickest routes
lots of different variations of each
route to get from one place to another
did you notice the way I said route by
the way most of you if you're learning
American English would say route but in
British English we say route so American
route British English route something to
be aware of
so that's sat-nav in the old days of
course we would just use a map but then
you also have a map on your sat-nav on a
map is simply the diagram of streets or
roads
meant for navigating you might also hear
talk of a meter a meter is a device that
will be in some taxis that calculates
the fares so in some taxis you get in
and they start the meter and you can see
it and you can see the meter running so
you get the meter running or you start
the meter and it starts as soon as you
get in the cab sets off and it will just
keep going up and up and up and you're
watching it going I didn't realize this
taxi was going to be so expensive and
then when the captain when the taxi
stops he will turn the meter off and
tell you how much you owe in some cases
they don't have a meter and so there'll
be a fixed price or like with ubers it's
automatically it's automatically
estimated we
the app so yes the meters running or the
meters ticking you can use those phrases
the amount of money that you pay for the
journey is referred to as the fair the
fair that you have to pay sometimes like
I said there's a fixed price and this is
called a flat fee a flat fee or you can
use a fixed price flat fee sometimes
there might be a fine this doesn't
happen often
but if you damage the vehicle in some
way or I know in London when they're
doing their Saturday and Friday night
pickups late at night and people have
had a bit too much to drink if they are
sick if they vomit in the car in the
taxi now they may have to pay a fine
which is to cover the cost of cleaning
or fixing the damage so it's an
additional charge or penalty for damage
like I said it doesn't happen often
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okay let's carry on where were we we are
ok so the person who is travelling is
called the passenger passenger passenger
the passenger and the person of course
who is operating the vehicle is the
driver the driver the driver and the
passengers must wear a seat belt the
seat belt is a strap to protect the
occupants of the vehicle now in the UK
is illegal for anybody in the car not to
wear a seat belt and
if you are caught by the police not
wearing your seatbelt while the vehicle
is in motion you will be fine
and so it's very important that you wear
your seatbelts okay we wouldn't really
refer to the passengers as clients so
Jana I see what you mean
it could be a client but we never really
call someone who takes a taxi of clients
they are the passenger so what is a fake
taxi called there's not a name perfect
taxi the fake taxi is a fake taxi I
guess and we have to be careful not to
get into a fake taxi so let's carry on
and Hugo the difference between the
pronunciation of American sorry of route
like the root of a plant and the the way
in which you go to a destination route
and route they're both the same route
and route in American a wrote and rapped
the root of a plant and the route which
you take but in British English they're
both the same route around and you wear
your seat belt as well this is really
important the verb for for having a seat
belt on is to wear your seat belt
you don't attach your seat belt or
anything like that you wear your seat
belt make sure you're wearing your seat
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let's carry on the boot the boot of the
vehicle is the storage area in the back
of the vehicle where you put your stuff
now the in America this is called the
trunk the trunk but in the UK in Britain
we call it the boot I'll put it in the
boot do you have space in the boot okay
so then we also may talk about the fuel
for the vehicle and your vehicle may
take petrol or diesel petrol or diesel
depending on the type of the car
normally smaller cars take petrol and
bigger more powerful cars and vans and
trucks take diesel you don't want to mix
them up when you're at the petrol
station oh yes in America they call fuel
gas as well just so you know that they
call it gas but we don't so when you're
at the petrol station you want to make
sure if you are driving a petrol car
you're using petrol and not diesel
because you could break your car okay so
other words we have a destination your
destination is the place that you want
to go to your destination is the place
you're going to destination the pickup
point is where your cut where you're
starting your journey where you're
starting your journey so we're the
passenger starts the journey their
pickup point
so we're if I'm a taxi driver where
would you like me to pick you up
what is the pickup point and then what
is your destination what is your
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what is a lorry says among a lorry is my
currents like a truck it's a very large
vehicle with big space in the back and
they use it for transporting goods so Oh
Laurie is it called a trip or a journey
both both a trip and a journey they're
the same sort of thing you go on a
journey you take a trick shall we put
those in I'll put them down here go on a
journey take a trip go on a dirt journey
and take a trip or sorry or take a trip
there we go so where were we pickup
point
toll a toll is a charge for using a road
or a bridge a toll is a charge for using
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many toll bridges here in the UK where
you have to pay to cross the bridge and
we have also a number of toll roads I
know the m6 part of the m6 motorway is a
toll motorway and you have to pay to use
it and it's normally faster because not
many people do use it and so you choose
whether you can afford to pay a little
bit extra in order to get where you're
going fast so let's carry on can we use
pickup as a single word without space
inside in between in between and pickup
I don't think so actually let me have a
quick look for you see I fight it's also
pick up without a space I would think of
a truck a pickup truck yes that's the
ones coming up us so if you right pick
up without a space between pick and up
then it's referring to a type of lorry
okay a type of truck so
so just be aware of that okay let's
carry on our taxes Nick in London
expensive and they can be ubers are
better or that ubers are getting more
expensive as well now you may hear them
talk about if you're in a taxi or if
you're using the roads you may hit
people talk market and a road or a dual
carriageway and then I say I have to go
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so an a road or a dual carriageway is a
fast road it's basically a couple of
lanes across and normally has a divider
in the middle okay so then we also have
a motorway a motorway is you the UK's
fastest road is a motorway and it's
usually three lanes on either side of
the road okay you can go quite fast on a
motorway so you may talk about cash or
card when you're in a taxi now a lot of
taxis take card obviously when we're
talking about cash when we mean money
that is in in notes or coins
so money that you actually have on you
if we're talking about a card I'm sure
you know we mean a credit or a debit
card okay and as we mentioned earlier
you can go on a trip or sorry go on a
journey or take a trip okay
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highway we don't really talk about
highways here in the UK highway is an
American word we have the Highway Code
we
a book of rules for using the roads so
that's that's using the word highway but
generally we don't talk about highways
we talk about streets roads a roads dual
carriageways motorways we don't say
highway how'd you say when a vehicle
runs out of fuel what is the general
phrase and just say I'm I'm out of
petrol I'm out of fuel amount of petrol
or I need I need to get fuel I need to
get petrol that's what we generally say
but bah-bah-bah so highway as a motor
wait in England yes that's right highway
is a motorway
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mainway we don't have anything called
mainway just so you know I've never
heard that phrase so we have phrases
phrases are what I've done is passengers
I hang on let me remove this actually
passengers I've written in kind of this
pinky purple color and and then drivers
I've written in green so passengers when
they're inquiring about taxi when you're
just inquiring you maybe you haven't
gotten the taxi yet so you might
approach the driver and say hello I am
available just means if a taxis waiting
at the side of the road they might they
might be waiting for someone they're
picking up maybe someone's booked the
taxi and you're not sure if the taxi is
available for you so you just go up some
it excuse me are you available and are
you free oh you might say are you
waiting for someone and if you say no
I'm free hopping then that means you can
get in okay Obed says do you have
backseat driver as an expression in
England yes we absolutely do a backseat
driver is a passenger who likes to be in
control of the car and so their concert
saying all slow down Oh Oh careful or
you want to speed up here or
you shouldn't drive like that someone
who's always giving instruction
annoyingly so to the driver they're
called a backseat driver and they're
very irritating okay
so let's carry on you could say when you
phone up for a taxi perhaps or when
you're in a taxi you might say can i
book a taxi for 3 p.m. please or for 3
o'clock please can i book a taxi can i
book a taxi or I would like to book a
taxi ok you might ask a taxi how many
people can you take maybe you are in a
party of 10 people your group includes
10 people and you don't know how many
taxis you need to get you'd like to take
a taxi that can take five people so that
you will need so that you all need to
get to tax it's not for two taxis I'd
say say how many how many people can you
take the driver might say I only take
four people oh okay all right we'll have
to get three taxis then okay so how many
people can you take or another way of
saying is do you have room for five
people do you have room for however many
people one if he's asking what's the
difference between car and mobile car
I've never heard of a mobile car all
cars are mobile that's the point so to
be mobile is to be able to move around
so you just have a car unless you mean a
mobility a mobility car is a car a
special car that's been changed to aid
people with disabilities so perhaps if I
only had one hand I would need a special
car that means I can change my gears
maybe on the steering wheel or maybe if
I'm a much shorter person I would need
the pedals thing to be raised up so I
can reach them without it being a
problem so a mobility car is for
disabled people whereas a normal car or
where a car is just for non-disabled
people
all right let's carry ah we have do you
do airport runs do you do airport runs
and this is just basically asking if
they take the airport airports are
normally like my nearest airport is
probably at least a 40-minute to one
hour drive away on the motorway and so a
lot of taxis won't go that far so you
have to just double check before you
call them to say do do do you do trips
to the airport do you do a nap do you do
start again do you do airport runs and
usually they'll say yes because it's
good money if you are doing a trip to
the airport I would always book in
advance and I would always double check
before you book it how much they're
going to charge get a flat fee set up
don't let them take you on the meter
because that will cost you a fortune and
how do you call the extra tire in
Britain we call it the spare tire a
spare tire but we also call this a spare
tire so if you're if you if you have a
little bit of an extra bit of skin this
is a spare tire so if someone is a
little has a little bit more weight on
them and they have they have a little
bit of a fat belly hanging out then you
call it a spare tire but that's also
what we'd call the extra wheel in a car
a spare tire what's the age limit to get
a driving licence in the UK it's 17 I
think yeah 17 to drive in the UK okay
let's carry on so I did actually do a
lesson about driving if you want more
information about actually driving in
the UK I did a lesson called
wood drive so do check that out can you
take a wheel chair
perhaps or can you take a pram
can you take a pram so if you're a
mother and you have a big pram or you
have a wheel chair then you would need
to check beforehand when you're booking
the taxi that they have space for a
wheelchair or a pram okay you might say
if you're booking your taxi in you're
going to the airport you might say we
have
luggage will that be okay so I might say
I have three suitcases will that be okay
and I guess we got plenty of room in the
boot don't you worry
or he might say oh no the car is too
small
I'll have to book you a bigger car when
you get into the taxi you might say can
I go via the shop can we go via Princess
Street and pick up somebody else can we
go via a cash point so that I can pick
up some cash to pay for you okay so can
we go via is what you would say if you
need to make a stop on route or you can
also say do you mind if we swing by a
cash point so to swing by a swing by
that's the same as to go via you know
you're driving along in your swing by a
cash point
it's a strange phrasal verb that we use
but we do use it often to swing by
something if you just need to jump out
of the car to go and grab something from
the house or to go and grab some cash
from the cash point you could say to the
driver could you just wait here for a
few moments you definitely want to say
that to them actually because you don't
want to drive off thinking that you're
done but also don't keep a taxi driver
waiting for too long especially for the
meters running because that will end
costing you a lot of money but always
check could you just wait here for a few
moments please what is a cash point a
cash point is an ATM it's a machine that
gives you cash you put your card in you
put in your bank details and it gives
you cash okay
do you use via when speaking yes
absolutely so it saves the taxi driver
can you go via Americans saying via
we say via Americans via British via via
you can also say when we're talking
about when you talk about a cash point
you can also say a cash machine a cash
machine sometimes we use that as well
okay do the passenger sit on the left or
the right in the UK you drive on
right and so the right hand side of the
cards the passenger sits on the left
okay
so um what else do you say you could ask
a driver how long will it take if say if
you've got a train you have to get the
train I am and there's a certain train
you have to get and you say oh my train
actually leaves in 15 minutes how excuse
me how long will it take to get to the
station
you know I said oh in this traffic it's
gonna take 10 minutes new Oh Oh my train
leaves in 15 minutes oh that's gonna be
a bit tight it's going to be a bit
difficult I'm gonna be tight for time
could you please step on it I wouldn't
ever really say that to a taxi driver
but the word the phrase step on it means
to put your foot too hard on the on the
on the accelerator to move faster it
means go faster could you step on it
please but I wouldn't ever say that to a
taxi driver so the taxi driver when
setting up the journey could say to you
you jump in the car II could say where
do you want to go to where do you want
sorry where do you want to go you could
say why do you want to go to I don't
want to go to or why'd you want to go
you could say where are you going
hello where are you going I'm going to
the station please
oh you don't key he could say I say he
he or she obviously there's ladies and
gentlemen taxi drivers but she could say
or he could say where can I take you
where can I take you or very formally
what's your destination although that
doesn't feel very human what's your
destination it sounds like a machine if
you're not sure if you say oh I'm going
to my friend's house
I'm going to my friend's house it's by
it's by the old mill do you know the old
mill and if you're confused as a taxi
driver you might say I'm sorry do you
have an address
oh yes sorry it's on 33 princess street
okay yes I know where that is or the
taxi driver might ask for a pose
code because now most days you would
just put the postcode in to a sat-nav
and the sat-nav will know where it is
so he might say do you have the postcode
or do you know the postcode if that
fails they might say can you direct me
could you do could you give me
directions that's not often that happens
but it might happen if there's a taxi
driver you're having trouble
understanding your passenger you might
say please could you say that slowly for
me please could you say that slowly for
me or I didn't hear you please speak up
I didn't hear you please speak up now if
you're going to be very polite and help
out your passenger and give them a
pleasant experience if your passenger
comes out of their house you you're
let's pick them up they come out to the
house and they've got a big suitcase as
a taxi driver you might say oh let me
take your case for you let me take your
bag for you let me take that and you
then pick it up and put it into their
car into the boot of the car so let me
take that for you you could say I can
put that in the boot for you or would
you like me to put that in the boot for
you
if you're talking about where you're
going you might say oh I know the best
route or I know where that is
yeah don't worry I know where that is
here we go if if the journey you're
taking goes via a very busy road if it's
very busy during rush hour for example
you might say to your passenger oh you
want to go to the train station that's
going to take about half an hour at this
time of day just to just to warn them
because of the traffic or perhaps the
route has two options so the destination
the route to the destination there's two
options of a route and one route takes
you across a bridge but the bridge has a
toll so you could say to them we could
cross the bridge if you're happy to pay
the toll so normally if the taxi driver
has to go via a toll road or a toll
bridge then they would make sure you pay
for it so they wouldn't cover that so do
you want me to pick you up afterwards so
if you're dropping someone at a meeting
or a party you can say drop me to pick
you up afterwards and they book you for
the return journey and then you might
say to them well take my card and call
me when you're ready to be picked up
that's a good way to make sure you get
extra business if someone's asked you to
wait you might say oh please hurry
I can't wait for long please hurry I
can't long
perhaps you're on perhaps you've pulled
over in a place that you can't park I
might get in trouble if I stay here for
too long
please hurry I can't wait for long you
might have to ask your passengers to put
their seat belts on could you please put
on your seat belt so this is the phrasal
verb that we use could you please put on
your seatbelt or of course like I said
earlier could you please make sure you
wear your seatbelt please wear your
seatbelt or could you put on your
seatbelt please if someone comes to your
window and says excuse me mate can you
take me to the train station you might
say I'm sorry I'm not available I'm
sorry I'm not available maybe your shift
is about to finish or you're waiting for
another passenger I'm sorry I'm not
available or I'm about to clock off so
clock off is to finish your shift so if
your shift is from six o'clock in the
evening till 11 o'clock and someone's
knocking on your door at 10 to 11 said
oh could you take me 20 minutes down the
road
I'm sorry I'm about to clock off I'm
about to finish that's too far I can't
take you so I'm about to clock off or
you could say I'm done for the day
or I'm done for the night I'm sorry I'm
done for the day I'm done for the night
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so taxi I'm sorry passengers when you're
directing you might say can you take me
or can you take us - can you take me can
you take us to this place or I would
like to go to the train station I would
like to go to the London Eye I would
like to go to or you might just say the
destination so you might literally jump
on the taxi and say the station please
or Manchester Airport please so you
don't even have to give any extra words
you just say the destination and always
give up please
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let's carry on so if your taxi driver
has now arrived on the road that you
that is your destination but you live
further up the road then you might just
say it's just up here on the left which
means go a bit further up and it's on
the left it's just up here just up here
on the left you might tell the taxi
driver to take the next right if the
taxi driver seems a little bit confused
or bit lost you might say take the next
right
you could say we live at the top of the
road or at the bottom of the road both
of them pretty much seat mean the same
thing I live at the end of my road so I
live on the corner I live on the corner
house on my Road normally if a taxi
comes in at the other end of the road I
would say oh I live at the I live at the
bottom of the road or I live at the top
of the road technically you would say
top or bottom depending on if it's on it
up we'll an uphill climb so if you live
at the top it is on a hill you'd say I
live at the top of the hill I live at
the top of the road if it's at the
bottom then you say I live at the bottom
of the hill I live at the bottom of the
road but if the road is flat you can say
top or bottom and the taxi driver will
know what you mean it just means at the
other end or or you can say have I lost
you have I lost you can anyone still see
me my it's saying that my stream is
offline I know I know it's back okay
great okay oh I thought I'd lost you for
a second there my computer was being
silly okay
let's carry on so you can say top or
bottom or you can say I live at the
other end I live at the other end of the
road okay right let's carry on sorry I
had a little scare there Skype Skype
YouTube just said this the stream was
finished okay so if your taxi is driving
along your road and you're about to and
pass your house you could say oh just
here is fine just here is fine so if
you're driving and someone says just
here is fine it means stop the car I
need to get out just here is fine please
drop me off here drop me off here in
fact I'm going to add that drop me off
here that means let me out look or you
could also say let me out here please is
always nice and if you are in a hurry
perhaps you're late for a meeting or you
need to catch a train then then you'd
say you just let them touch driving up I
mean I'm in a bit of a hurry I'm in a
hurry
I'm in a rush I have a train to catch I
would just let them know just so that
they take the quickest route and get you
there as fast as they can
okay if you need to jump out of the taxi
just for a second perhaps you're going
to get your friend up out of the house
or you're going to the cash point you
can say it's alright you can keep the
meter running you can so you're telling
the taxi driver it's okay charge me for
this time just keep the meter running
they normally will anyway but you can
say to them it's fine keep the meter
running if the taxi drivers gone but to
the wrong place if he's taken the wrong
turning or you need to go back to your
pickup point because you've forgotten
something you could say all you need to
turn around I need to go back you need
to turn around I need to go back I did
it recently on Saturday night I took a
taxi to a party and we had taken about
15 minutes in our journey
well 15 minutes down the road and we
realized we'd
the present for the birthday girl at
home so we have to seize the taxi-driver
could you please turn around we need to
go back and pick up the present the taxi
driver wasn't very happy oh dear
never mind but he was he was fine we
just gave him some extra money and he
was happy so if your taxi driver again
is not sir it's not so clear on the
route you might say to him it's the
first exit off the roundabout it's the
second exit off the roundabout is the
third exit off the roundabout so if
there's four exits from a roundabout and
it's the first one the second one or the
third one or the fourth depending how
many exits there are around about you
could help the taxi driver by telling
him which exit it is or if you're
directing him down the road you can say
it's just it's past the next set of
traffic lights it's past the next set of
traffic lights okay great
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hour let's see how it went all we've got
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roundabout
a roundabout is like the circular bits
in the middle of a road you are driving
on the road you come to a big circle a
big island in the middle and you drive
around it
and then there's a few options of
different roads you can take off this
circle or you can just keep driving
round and round in circles if you like
go round around the roundabout okay if
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going so if you're a taxi driver and you
are trying to explain to the passengers
that you're going to take a while to get
to your destination because of traffic
then you could just say there's a lot of
traffic at the moment there's a lot of
traffic at the moment it might be the
case that you're stuck in traffic so
badly and you're close to your
destination so you could say to your
passenger it would be faster for you to
walk from here it would be faster for
you to walk from here or as a passenger
you could say look the traffic is really
bad I'm going to get out and walk from
here how much do I owe you and you just
give them the money they owe you and you
get out okay so you'd say I'm just gonna
walk from here I'm just going to walk
from here as a taxi driver you might
explain there is a traffic jam there is
a traffic jam a traffic jam is when
there's lots of cars queued up stopped
on the road and they can't go anywhere a
traffic jam nobody likes getting caught
in a traffic jam the time that is like
really busy on the roads normally before
work after work so between like 7:30 and
9:00 o'clock in the morning and around
4:30 and 6 o'clock in the evening this
is called rush hour when there's lots of
traffic it's rush hour ok so as a taxi
driver you might say we're coming into
rush hour so rush hour is about to begin
we are coming into rush hour or you
might say our rush hours nearly over
we'll get there in no time that means
it's nearly finished your journey won't
take so long um one of you is just asked
me what does ou mean the sky says what
does only into Oh someone is how much
money do you need to give them so what
money is owed what money do you need to
pay what do I owe you
how much money do you want as a taxi
driver you might say to your passengers
look there's lots of traffic there's a
big traffic jam let me try a different
route let me try a different route I
think there's been an accident you could
say oh I don't know why so much traffic
I think there's been an accident or I
think a vehicle has broken down to break
down phrasal verb to break down is when
a car stops when it's no not working it
breaks down by the way a rush hour even
though we say hour is longer than an
hour just in case you're wondering a
rush hour is just a period of time I
don't know why we say hour because maybe
it used to be just an hour but now it
takes longer
now it's normally a couple of hours okay
so a route has the same meaning of road
no a road is one specific place or the
tarmacked
area that the car drives on a route is
is the way you get to a destination so
you might take a route that goes off the
road if you're cycling or if you're
walking you might do a different route
okay you might say there are roadworks
going on at the moment that's why
there's so much traffic there are
roadworks going on okay
so when we come to the end of a journey
when we come to the end of a journey and
one of you just asked me about tipping
tipping in the UK is not as popular as
it is in other countries is not expected
you can tip a taxi driver and normally
people tip because they can't be
bothered to wait for the change they
just want to get out and go so normally
you give them a note say if it's 4
pounds 50 for the journey you give them
a five-pound note if you normally would
just leave them with the extra 50 P and
that's a tip sometimes I'll have a
little pot in the back of the taxi that
says tips and you can put some tips in
it
um I don't know about uber can you tip
on uber can you do a tip on the uber app
I'm not sure if you can let me know if
you know but it's not expected it's not
expected for you to tip and a taxi
driver so at the end of the journey
let's talk about the fares we know what
fares our fare is the amount of money
you owe for the journey for the service
so you say how much is it - so if you
don't want to get into the taxi until
you know how much the entire journey
will be then you might ask beforehand
how much is it to the station how much
is it to go to Victoria Road ha
when you finish the journey and you're
about to get out say how much was that
sorry how much was that and then they
tell you it's however much you might
have to say to them do you have change
look I've only got a fifty pound note do
you have change hopefully they will have
change you might say to them do you take
card which means do you take a credit
card or a debit card a word of warning
though I would not get into a taxi
without checking if you don't have cash
so if you don't have cash you've only
got a credit cards check before you get
into the taxi that they do take the card
because not all taxis take cards yet
some do but always check excuse me and
do you take card and they say yes great
can you take me to the station okay so
you might stay more specifically do you
have change for a tenner a tenner is a
ten pound note or we might say do you
have change for a 20 a 20 is a 20 pound
note try this
and then like we said you could say to
them keep the change
or you can say keep it don't worry about
it if they're starting to pass your
money now keep it don't worry if you
don't have enough money if you don't
have enough men in you say oh I'm a
bitch I'm a bit short I'm afraid I'm a
quid short a quid as a pound or I'm
fifty P short which means I don't I'm
fifty P away from having the correct
money so you want four pound fifty but
I've only got four pounds I'm sorry I'm
fifty P short I'm fifty P short and the
taxi driver might say right don't worry
about it or they might say well you need
you owe me fifty P so we're gonna have
to take you to a cash point and you're
gonna have to get some more money out
okay so keep the change
don't worry about the change that's
exactly the same as saying keep it don't
worry about don't worry about the change
and then of course as you're getting out
it's always nice to say thank you very
much thank you very much
and you leave now is the taxi driver as
you pull up to the passengers
destination you might just tell her I
say that's five pounds please that's ten
pounds please if the passenger hands you
twenty pounds or a fifty pound note and
you don't have change or say or do you
have anything smaller so if your
passengers passed you fifty pounds for a
four pound 50 journey you might say have
you got anything smaller because I don't
have that much money and change with me
or if I give you all my money I'll have
no change for the next passenger have
you got anything smaller they might say
oh I've got a 20 pound note will that do
and that's better so do you have
anything smaller do you have a smaller
note if your passenger tips you then you
might say thanks for the tip if the
passenger gives you a 20 pound note and
you don't have change and you say I'm
afraid I don't have any change
do you haven't do you have the correct
money
if you have only change so if the
passenger clears your 20 pound note for
your full pound 50 journey and you give
you can't give them a 10 pound and a 5
pound note and 50 P you have to give it
all in pound coins lots of lots of coins
and their hands they might be like what
they say look I'm sorry I've got no
notes I'm sorry for all the small change
sorry about that
your taxi driver might warn you just be
careful when you open the door as
anybody who drives will know if you are
opening the door onto the road you have
to be careful to make sure there's no
one driving past or cycling past when
you open the door because they might
drive into the door or you might knock a
cyclist over so your taxi driver as he
pulls up might say just be careful when
you open the door
he might even say to you it will be
safer if you exit on the right or on the
left depending you'll be safer if you
exit on the right or left it's also nice
for a taxi driver to remind you actually
get out of the car do you have
everything because there's nothing worse
than leaving your phone or your bag or a
gift that you're taking to a party in
the taxi of the taxi drives away okay do
you have everything you might simply say
don't forget your bag if you see that
they've forgotten something don't forget
your bag or don't forget your hat don't
forget your phone if they say thank you
it's nice for you to say you're welcome
you are welcome or you're welcome
you could say to them have a nice day
or you could say enjoy your trip if
you've just dropped them at the airport
they're off on holiday say enjoy your
trip
and you might say I hope to see you
again
and if you're trying to drum up business
for the future you might give them a car
to say here is my card
in case you need me in future or in
future now
the very last bit we are just about to
finish so I'm gonna finish here now and
now take a few questions so if you've
got any questions just bear with me a
few more moments and we'll get there
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catch up with the rest of the lesson
just by scrolling back and seeing that
but we're just going to talk about some
small talk so if you're in places like
at the hairdressers or in a taxi
especially in London or in the UK then
it's expected that there's a bit of
small talk and small talk refers to
general chitchat to just be friendly and
pass the time small talk to make small
talk so we make small talk now to make
small talk you might ask the following
questions how are you today and you
might say I'm very well thank you
I'm very excited about going on holiday
and then you start talking about the
holiday or you could say if you're
dropping someone off at the airport or
at the train station you could say are
you going anywhere nice are you going
anywhere nice well actually I'm going
off to Mumbai or I'm going off to
Croatia oh that's lovely very exotic
how long are you there for well I'm
there for three weeks wow that's going
to be a wonderful holiday for you you
might say to the taxi driver have you
been working in London for long and you
can say yes well I've been in London all
my life but I've only just started
driving a taxi or yes I've been a taxi
driver here in London for a very long
time are you allowed to smoke in a taxi
in London no you're not allowed to smoke
you're not you're not allowed to smoke
indoors anywhere in London and you're
not allowed smoking cars obviously you
can smoke in your own car but because a
taxi is a public thing and it's a work
space you're not allowed to smoke which
I personally glad about because I don't
smoke and I don't like it so I'm happy
about that
you could
in your small talk are you working all
evening so I often say this if a taxi
driver picks me up the later what are
you working all evening or are you about
to finish they might say oh I'm working
until 4:00 in the morning and I thought
oh that's very late do you do that often
yes every Friday ok you might say to
someone have you had a good day so far
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small talk we're nearly there
we've got what do you think of the
weather today if you've been in my
lessons and any amount of time then
you'll know we English like to speak
about the weather it's it's almost a
daily a daily routine for us to mention
the weather once or twice oh it's great
weather today always terrible weather
what do you think of the weather the
weather today is not very bright it's
warm but it's not very bright there's no
Sun it's all cloudy Oh
overcast we would call it so when you're
in a taxi it makes sense to say what do
you think of the weather isn't the
weather lovely at the moment or or it's
hot isn't it at the moment for them so
you can make conversation about the
weather and finally you could say
someone are you local which just means
are you from around here and that's a
good way to set off conversation well no
actually I'm from island are you from
Island I went there once what brought
you to London you know so that's an easy
way to start conversation of course if
you are a passenger or a taxi driver and
you're trying to make small talk but the
other person doesn't seem to be
responding with big aunt with big
answers then it might be that they don't
want to talk maybe they're having a bad
day maybe they've got a lot on their
mind maybe they need to concentrate or
focus for something so if they don't
seem very responsive to responsive to
your small talk then maybe take the hint
something I've forgotten actually which
I should add a taxi driver should
perhaps ask let me know if it's too hot
or too cold do you mind if I put the
radio on these are just little things
that a taxi driver could say to
passengers in order to just make sure
that they're okay with the aircon on or
with the windows open
you might ask the taxi driver could you
turn the music down or turn this down or
could you could you close your window
and do you mind do you mind turning the
heating down
perhaps or up if you're cold or hot and
so anything like that you could request
and the taxi driver of course wants you
to have a very comfortable journey so
they probably will do as you asked okay
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saying so let me scroll back a bit I
always ask to turn the music down in the
taxi says Janna yeah I put my music in
the taxi as long as this
too-loud I'd like to ask you why is the
super chat not available in my area
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oh it doesn't seem to show anything up
I'll double check that I'll double check
the link anyway what else do we have how
should I call the taxi driver when you
need to hail a taxi just shake my hand
at him and let him know or yell tatty
you can just shout taxi taxi yeah and
that's that's what we do we just shout
taxi remove it how can I join Skype you
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let's Alec I love you so much thank you
so much thank you for those of you send
me really sweet messages thank you I do
appreciate it Julia says Anna do you
have a car do you drive and do prefer a
taxi a bus or the underground I have a
car I've always had a car I think it's
important to have your independence and
most of my family live a long way away
like a six hour drive away so for me
it's important to have a car so I can
access my family when I eat too I've
been a driver since I was seventeen
years old do I prefer taxis bustle
underground
I actually prefer to cycle when I can I
don't really like to take the
underground but I do sometimes its nest
I don't really like taking a bus either
I don't mind taking the bus I just don't
like waiting for bus because I'm so busy
I don't like to waste time waiting so I
guess a taxi is preferable but taxis are
more expensive so I don't do taxis very
often hope that answers your question
pick and drop service what is that a
pick and drop service I haven't heard
this phrase often but I'm guessing it's
where you phone someone up and ask them
to go and pick up an item and drop it
off for you so you can't do that you can
do it uber I've had an uber go to my
housemate to pick up keys to drop them
with me where I was because I want to
lost my keys so that uber went and did
the delivery for me and nobody nobody
rode in the taxi the taxi just picked it
up and dropped it off and you pay fit up
for that service is cycling safe in
London safe for an F that is SAF be safe
as a dutchie we cycle everywhere cycling
is becoming safer there are more and
more provisions being put in place for
cyclists so cycle superhighways cycle
lanes they're making roads wider they're
making cycle pathways they're putting up
more more campaigns and more awareness
for drivers to be aware of cyclists so
it is getting better for cyclist yes
underground metro and subway can you
tell me the difference mm-hmm well the
underground goes underground the metro I
think runs on Rails with electric but
potentially is over ground and the
subway is an American version of the
underground
that's what I think off the top of my
head and that's what I think the
difference is what's the difference
between I could and I can I can is I am
able to I can I can do a cartwheel I can
cycle these are things I am able to do
could tends to be more conditional so I
could buy you some flowers if I had
enough money but I don't have money so
I could pick you up if you wanted me to
so could Germany is a conditional
there's usually an if I could if I can
I'm able to yes I can I can okay what
else I tried to translate one of the
videos to Portuguese when you say you
tried does that mean it didn't work for
you I tell you what you can do if you if
you want to translate and that
translates my video link isn't working
you can go to any video on my channel
mm-hmm and when you visit let me just
get it up when you visit the video down
below the video
I know let me just find it doo-doo-doo
here's some filler music just wait with
me
just bear with me while I do this does
anyone else here sing animals into music
alright so um let's say I'm going to
translate my fitness video I go to the
fitness video mmm which I think was a
good lesson if you haven't seen it go
and check it out I go to my fitness
video and down below where it says below
the title where it says add too you can
add it to a playlist you have share
which you should definitely click that
one then you have more if you click on
more at the bottom of that drop down
menu you have add translations so you
can click on that and you can add
translations from there so if you go to
any video any video you want to
translate go to more add translations
that's how you can do it I will look
into the translation link very soon but
thank you for bringing that up and thank
you for those of you who've already
offered translations you guys are
awesome alright further questions is
there specific colors for taxis in
London interesting in America they have
yellow cabs so most taxis I know when
I've been to New York most taxes there
are yellow
we don't have yellow taxis here in the
UK we have black cabs which are the
expensive more expensive ones in London
but you find them they're more available
so if you're desperate
forget about the black cab so
of them are have a Union Jack on have
this patent on some of them have read
but a lot of cars are like private cars
so they're just normal colors like
silver or white or black hmm I think
Metro is just another version coming
from another language yeah I think MIT
no Metro we have a metro and like in
Manchester they have a metro I think
which is just a tram
it's a tram it's an overground train
please pronounce caramel caramel like
the sweet toffee caramel for tourists in
London it is interesting to use the
Oyster Card yes
so the Oyster card I think is going to
kind of go out of fashion because now
we're using pay-as-you-go so we have the
chip and not the chip and pinion we have
a pay-as-you-go you know you're waiting
just put your card on the card reader
and it scans it automatically and takes
payment automatically as well as on your
phone now sometimes you can use your
phone to just tap so it's tap in and out
you just tap in with your card if you
are a visitor and you don't have a
pay-as-you-go kind of card where you can
just tap it with your bank card then you
buy an oyster card or Easter card you
top up with money at the machines and
then you just tap in and out on the
oyster machines it's quite easy once you
know how you say notes for money is that
the word yes so if you have lots of bank
notes so 20-pound notes ten pound notes
five pound notes 50 pound notes if
you're rich that we refer to them as
notes okay is American different
Americans pronounce the th the same as
the British accent yes they do yes they
do
here in my city taxes are always white
oh okay and not saying oh I don't have
to pass at man manor house mana us our
amazon that's in Brazil sorry I probably
pronounced that awfully
which transport is cheaper you don't say
you don't say more cheaper Julia would
say cheaper which tax which transport is
cheaper for tourists the most the
cheapest at cheapest transport is
cycling and walking you can hire bikes
in central London you can use what we
call Boris bikes I think we call them
but you can hire bikes it's usually the
cheapest way to get around or you can
walk or it's quite cheap to take the
underground or the bus the bus is
cheaper than the underground I think the
underground is faster and taking taxis
is the most expensive your English is
like the Queen's English thank you very
much I hope you enjoy it
any other questions I'm going to give a
couple more minutes and then I'm gonna
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you're all well where is the London Eye
the London Eye is on the south bank
which is on the River Thames and it's
very near it's near Big Ben and it's
near Westminster or it's near Waterloo
it's near Waterloo on Waterloo Bridge
and that's about 20 minutes on the train
from here where I am now shared biking
is very popular in China I think cycling
is a great way forward more people
should cycle is very good for your
health and it's good for the environment
do you know how to say something in
Portuguese
um obbligato it's probably the only
thing I know in Portuguese which city is
more beautiful London or Manchester but
I can't really compare
there are beautiful places in Manchester
and there are beautiful places in London
I can't really choose one can I ask for
an arbitration lesson I don't really
know much about the subject but I will
add it to the list I'll look into it for
you what is the right way to pronounce
Bor boring and bored or boring and bored
okay
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