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A2 · Taxis and Ride Services

Changing the Destination in Traffic

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

"Changing the Destination in Traffic" is an A2-level English conversation about taxis and ride services, 10 lines long (about 1 minute) between Emma & Tom. 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. Emma 0:00

    Traffic ahead looks terrible. How late are we running?

    Line 1
  2. Tom 0:04

    The app now estimates a forty-minute delay.

    Line 2
  3. Emma 0:07

    I'll miss my train if we continue to the main station.

    Line 3
  4. Tom 0:10

    We could go to East Station and meet the same train there.

    Line 4
  5. Emma 0:14

    Is East Station easier to reach from here?

    Line 5
  6. Tom 0:17

    Yes, it should take only fifteen minutes.

    Line 6
  7. Emma 0:20

    Please change the destination to East Station.

    Line 7
  8. Tom 0:23

    Done. The fare will be slightly lower too.

    Line 8
  9. Emma 0:27

    Great. I should still have time to find the platform.

    Line 9
  10. Tom 0:30

    Yes, we'll arrive about twenty minutes before departure.

    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.

  • terrible /ˈtɛrəbəl/ adjective

    very bad or unpleasant

  • late /leɪt/ adjective

    after the expected or usual time

  • estimates /ˈɛstəməts/ plural noun

    approximate calculations or judgments

  • delay /dɪˈleɪ/ noun

    a period of waiting or lateness

  • continue /kənˈtɪnju/ verb

    to persist in an activity or process without stopping

  • main /meɪn/ adjective

    most important or central

  • change /tʃeɪndʒ/ verb

    to make or become different

  • destination /ˌdɛstəˈneɪʃən/ noun

    the place someone or something is going to

  • slightly /ˈslaɪtli/ adverb

    a little; not much

  • lower /ˈloʊər/ verb

    to move or make something less high

  • still /stɪl/ adverb

    continuing up to now

  • departure /dɪˈpɑrtʃər/ noun

    the act or time of leaving

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