UNIT 11

Getting Around Taipei

COMMUNICATIVE OBJECTIVES

Once you’ve mastered this unit, you’ll be able to use Chinese to:

1.  Hail a taxi in Taipei and tell the driver your destination.

2.  Complain that the driver is driving too fast and tell her or him to slow down.

3.  Pay the driver and tell her or him to keep the change.

4.  Inquire about taking a bus or the MRT in Taipei: which number or line to take, how often they come, buying the ticket, etc.

5.  Ask directions from a pay phone when you can’t find someone’s home.

6.  Give instructions to a gasoline station attendant when you stop for gas.