3 NEW YORK CITY LANGUAGE (16 points) You are in New York and you need a taxi. Unfortunately you are havingtrouble understanding what the driver is saying. Rewrite the underlined slang words and phrases which the driver is using.
You: Taxi! Cab driver: Where to? You: Excuse me? Cab driver:Where are you going to (1) You: Grand Central, please. Cab driver: Are those your bags? (2) You: Yes. Cab driver: Let me give you a hand. (3) You: Thanks. Cab driver: Gotta train to catch? You: Pardon? Cab driver: Are you going to catch a train (4) You: Oh, yes. At 5.15. Cab driver: Gonna be away long? You: I’m sorry, could you repeat that, please? Cab driver: Are you going to be away long (5) You: Not too long. Just the weekend. Cab driver: Do you want to take a vacation, don’t you? (6) You: Say again? Cab driver: Ahh, forget about it. (7) We’re here. That’ll be $ 5.20 You: All I have is a ten. Cab driver: No problem. Just give me (8) the ten and I’ll give you your change. You: Here you are. Thank you. Cab driver: You bet. Have a good trip.
