Unit 8 Page 81 Lesson C3

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3: listening: similar experiences.

listen to two people talk about their experiences with taxicabs.

number the incidents in the order you hear them; can you answer the questions?

last night I ended up taking a cab home and the cabdriver was making rude remarks the whole time because we’ve given him the wrong directions; and then I go to give him money to pay and I give him six dollars, the fare was 5.90 and he said:

Um… haven’t you forgotten something?

I was like no but I think you have; you owe me like $0.10.

and because he was like that, I didn’t give him a tip.

but you know what?

he wouldn’t give me my change.

so I got out of the car and I said “I’m going to take your number; I’m gonna report you”.

so did you report him?

Yeah! I mean, I know it was only $0.10 but still.

Well, speaking of rude cabdrivers, I had a similar experience one time.

I called for a cab to come at like 7:30, and so on 7:30 I went out and got in and the cabdriver said he was going to charge me extra because he’d arrived early and he had the meter on, while he was waiting for me; for like 10 minutes!

I mean he came early; and I was like “no way Mr.! I’m not paying extra because you came early”

What did he say? Did he refuse to take you?

No; we had a big argument but in the end he took me.

Well, how about the ones who drive really badly?

I was in a cab once, and the cab driver was on his cell phone and he wasn’t paying attention, and he jumped the curb!

We were driving on the sidewalk!

My heart was in my throat.

I’ve never been so scared.

I mean, I really thought we were going to hit something.

And I asked him to get off the phone, and he said, “Why? What’s the matter? “

I said, “Well, we were just driving on the sidewalk a second ago, in case you didn’t notice.”

That’s like a cab ride I had once.

The guy drove at like 90 the whole way.

Incredibly fast. I was so scared.

Don’t you just hate that? That reminds me of the time I was going to work and I’d taken a cab ‘cause my car had broken down.

And this cab driver hit another car - I mean, he just ran into the car in front of us…

Oh, no. That’s awful. Were you hurt?

Luckily, no. But as soon as he stopped, I got out and said I was going to find another cab, and then he tried to charge me the fare!

No way! That’s amazing.