Day 78: Chatting with a Taxi Driver
In a taxi in Omsk at rush hour, a passenger asks the driver about the ride to Lenin Street.
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- Read the situation under the title.
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Dialogue
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A
Здравствуйте. До улицы Ленина долго ехать?
Hello. Is it a long drive to Lenin Street?
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B
Если бы не пробки, доехали бы за десять минут. А сейчас минут сорок.
If it weren't for the traffic, we'd get there in ten minutes. But now it's about forty.
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A
Сорок минут? Я на встречу опаздываю!
Forty minutes? I'm late for a meeting!
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B
Не волнуйтесь, поедем дворами. Так быстрее.
Don't worry, we'll go through the courtyards. It's faster that way.
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A
А вы там дорогу знаете?
Do you know the way through there?
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B
Я пять лет в такси. Хотя город большой, каждый двор знаю.
I've been driving a taxi for five years. The city may be big, but I know every courtyard.
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