Man: Taxi! Taxi!
Taxi driver: Where are you heading, sir?
Man: I’d like to go to the court, please. How long does it take?
Taxi driver: It’ll take about 30 minutes. The streets are heavy with traffic at this time of the day. Are you in a hurry, sir?
Man: No, I’m not. Please drive slowly and carefully. May I pay with a credit card?
Taxi driver: Sure.
必備單字
1. court n.
法庭、法院（國中基礎1200字）
2. slowly adv.
緩慢地（國中基礎1200字）
3. carefully adv.
小心翼翼地（國中基礎1200字）
4. take v.
花費（國中基礎1200字）
5. minute n.
分鐘（國中基礎1200字）
6. credit card n.
信用卡（國中基礎1200字）
實用字詞
1. I’d like to…
我想要…
2. Where are you heading?
你要去哪裡?
3. in a hurry
趕時間
4. pay with
使用…支付
閱讀技巧：將長句分成短字詞，以利閱讀
The streets / are heavy with traffic / at this time / of the day.
動手做做看：將長句分成短字詞
The supermarket is crowded with people at this time of the day.
解答:
The supermarket / is crowded with people / at this time/ of the day.
考題練習：TOEIC Bridge測驗 X 國中會考題型
1. Where is the man heading?
(A) a movie theater
(B) a concert
(C) a court
2. According to the conversation, which is true?
(A) It’ll take about 10 minutes to get to the court.
(B) The traffic is not heavy.
(C) The man will pay with a credit card.
解答:
1. (C) 2. (C)
文章由TOEIC Program Taiwan · Chun Shin提供：
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