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A2 · Taxis and Ride Services

Asking to Change the Route

CEFR level:
A2
Sentences:
10
Duration:
1 min
Speakers:
Tom & Emma

"Asking to Change the Route" is an A2-level English conversation about taxis and ride services, 10 lines long (about 1 minute) between Tom & Emma. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.

Dialogue script

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  1. Tom 0:00

    Could we avoid the highway on the way downtown?

    Line 1
  2. Emma 0:02

    Certainly, but the local route takes about ten minutes longer.

    Line 2
  3. Tom 0:07

    That's fine. Highway traffic makes me uncomfortable.

    Line 3
  4. Emma 0:10

    I understand. I'll change the route in the navigation app.

    Line 4
  5. Tom 0:14

    Will the price increase because the route is longer?

    Line 5
  6. Emma 0:17

    It may cost about four dollars more.

    Line 6
  7. Tom 0:20

    That's acceptable. Please use the local roads.

    Line 7
  8. Emma 0:23

    No problem. We'll pass through the old town instead.

    Line 8
  9. Tom 0:28

    Great. That route is usually more pleasant anyway.

    Line 9
  10. Emma 0:31

    Agreed. We should arrive around three twenty.

    Line 10

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Key vocabulary

Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.

  • avoid /əˈvɔɪd/ verb

    to keep away from or stop oneself from doing something

  • way /weɪ/ noun

    a method, route, or manner of doing something

  • local /ˈloʊkəl/ adjective

    related to a particular nearby area

  • longer /ˈlɔŋɡɚ/ adjective

    greater in length or time

  • makes /meɪks/ verb

    third-person singular of make

  • price /praɪs/ noun

    the amount of money needed to buy something

  • increase /ˈɪnˌkris/ (noun); /ɪnˈkris/ (verb) noun; verb

    to become or make larger; a rise

  • cost /kɔst/ noun

    the amount paid for something

  • acceptable /əkˈsɛptəbəl/ adjective

    satisfactory and able to be agreed upon

  • instead /ɪnˈstɛd/ adverb

    as an alternative

  • anyway /ˈɛniweɪ/ adverb

    used to confirm or add a point, or to change the subject; in any case

  • agreed /əˈɡrid/ adjective

    settled or accepted by common consent

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