A: Excuse me, I’ve lost my EasyCard. I think I left it on the train. Now I can’t swipe out of the station.
C: Would you like to pay the excess fare?
A: I also have an iPass card, can I use this to pay the exit fare?
Photo: Chen En-huei, Liberty Times 照片：自由時報記者陳恩惠
C: You can, but you won’t be able to get a refund on the initial fare.
A: That’s fine. We’re a bit pushed for time. I’ll worry about that after I get out of the station.
C: OK, it’s done. You still have NT$72 left on your iPass card.
A: Thank you! Oh, one more thing… If I did leave the card on the train, how can I go about getting it back? It’s a credit card linked to my EasyCard, and will top-up automatically, so I’m in trouble if someone else uses it.
C: I’ll give you this form. It has the customer service number of the Metro Lost and Found on it. Give them a call in a while and ask them if anyone has handed it in.
A: 不好意思，我的悠遊卡不見了，可能掉在車上，所以沒辦法刷卡出站。
C: 那你要補票嗎？
A: 我這邊另外有一張一卡通，可以用這張再刷一次扣款嗎？
C: 可以，可是重複扣的車資沒辦法退還喔！
A: 沒關係，我們趕時間，先趕快出站再說。
C: 處理好了，這張一卡通餘額還有七十二元。
A: 謝謝！那再請問，我那張卡片如果是掉在車上，要怎麼找回來？那是悠遊卡聯名的信用卡，可以自動加值，所以如果被別人拿去用就慘了！
C: 這張單子給你，上面有捷運遺失物中心的服務電話，你待會可以打電話問有沒有人撿到送去。
（Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱）
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