华尔街高级英语Lesson 23

1. Hello, control here.  Come in, Number 5 cab.
2. I just dropped a customer at Meanstreet Prison, and I’m on my way back. Anyone to pick up?
3. No, nobody.
4. OK.
5. Quiet today, isn’t it?
6. Eh?
7. Not many customers today, are there? Is it usually like this?
8. It depends.
9. Morning, Clint!
10. Hi. Hey you, that’s my chair you’re sitting on!
11. Oh, sorry. You see, I’m new here, and these chairs all look pretty similar, you know
12. Watch it!
13. Morning, Samson.
14. Yeah.
15. Gee, maybe that’s a customer for me!
16. Yellow Streak¹ Cabs.
17. Can I kindly² have a cab, please?
18. Where to, madam?
19. Wow! She sounds real nice!
20. Why, to Washdon International Airport, sir, if that’s not too much trouble.
21. And whereabouts are you calling from?
22. From my home. I’ll give you the address: it’s 2320 Eastern Avenue. Apartment 326.
23. Yeah, got it.  We’ll have a car to you in 10 minutes.
24. Did you get that? 2320 Eastern Avenue.
25. Yeah, I’ll go straight away!
26. Get lost! I’m going!
27. Ough! Why did he do that?
28. You got to wait for you turn, man.
29. But I got here before him; it was my turn.
30. Yellow Steak Cabs.
31. Hello, Tone Mikey here. I got this package here, and I want you to er… like lose it for me. Know what I mean?
32. Got you, Mikey.
33. Got that? Someone to pick up a package from Mikey’s place, take it down the river and drop it in.
34. Er… I think it’s my turn now.
35. No way!
36. What? But…
37. Hey man, just get out of my face!
38. It’s on the corner of Nixon street and Daley Avenue!
39. It was my turn! I should have gone before both of them! It’s not fair!
40. So what’s new?
41. I’ll do it! I’ll do it!
42. Sssh!
43. Hello, this is Blue Flash cabs here; can you possibly help us out?
44. The Terminal Hotel wants us to collect someone from WAX airport, and we have no drivers available for an hour.
45. I see. We’re kinda short of drivers ourselves right now.
46. What about me? Don’t forget me!
47. Keep your damn voice down!
48. You’ll get twenty dollars commission.
49. Uh-huh. Well, in that case, I reckon I may be able to help.
50. Good. Well, the customer’s name is Mr. Theo Gusper. He’s flying on BO 472 from Tokyo, landing at 10:20. Thank you.
51. So your luck just came in, right? Mr. Theo Gusper, BO 472, at WAX. Off you go.
52. Er…where’s that?
53. You know, Washdon International Airport. Planes and all that kinda stuff.
54. Yes, I’ve heard of it, but I don’t know how to get there by car.
55. Geez, some guys! OK, listen to me good, ‘cause I’m saying it just once.
56. You go out of here, you take the first on the left , you go straight till you get to the first intersection³,
57. Then you pass the second intersection, and you take the fourth exist after that.
58. Left-right-left. Then you go straight, and follow the signs for the New Camford freeway.
59. Once you’re on the freeway, it’s the fourth exit. Then you take a left, and a right,
60. and another right, and you’ll see the airport sign. Oh yeah it says
61. “Washdon International Airport,” and there’s even a cute little picture of a plane. Got it ?
62. I think so.
63. Then get outa here!

1 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

2 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

3 intersection   

n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集

参考例句：

• There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
• Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。