Taxi
Lesson 31
I can only take four people.
乗車定員を伝える

Conversation
※日本語訳は下記にあります
Passenger
We're going to Peace restaurant.
Driver
How many passengers are there?
Passenger
There are 5 of us.
Driver
Oh, I'm sorry. I can only take four people.
Passenger
We can squeeze in.
Driver
I'm sorry, I can't allow that. Would you like me to call a large taxi for you? It can take 5 people.
Passenger
How long will it take to get here?
Driver
About 10 minutes.
Passenger
It's freezing. We'll take two separate cars.
Language Focus
I can only take four people.
４人しかご乗車いただけません（４人だけ乗れます）。
I can't take more than four people.
４人より多くはお乗せできません。
I can only allow four passengers.
４人までご乗車いただけます。
There's a maximum of four passengers.
最大で４名ご乗車できます。
Four passengers only.
乗客定員は４名です。
I only have room for 4 passengers.
４人までは乗せられます。
The legal limit is four passengers.
法定乗客制限は４名です。
How many passengers are there?
乗客は何名様ですか？
How many passengers?
乗客は何名？
I can call a large taxi for you.
大型タクシーをお呼びできます。
Would you like me to call a large taxi for you?
大型タクシーをお呼びしましょうか？
There are 6 of us.
６名です。
We can squeeze in.
詰めれば乗れます。
Vocabulary and Pronunciation Practice
People
人
squeeze in
詰める、押しこむ
passengers
乗客
large
大きい
only
～だけ、～しか
call
呼ぶ
can‘t
できない
allow
許す
Practice
Fill in the blank.
  1. ______ passengers only.
  2. I can't take ______ four people.
  3. I can only ______ four passengers.
  4. ______ passengers are there?
  5. The legal ______ is four passengers.
  6. I can call a ______ taxi for you.
  7. There's a ______ of four passengers.
  8. I can only ______ four people.
  9. I only have ______ 4 passengers.
  10. Would you like me to ______ a large taxi for you?
  1. allow
  2. maximum
  3. large
  4. four
  5. how many
  6. take
  7. call
  8. room for
  9. limit
  10. more than
Listening

Listen to the following conversations. How many passengers are there?

Conversation 1: _______________
Conversation 2: _______________
Conversation 3: _______________
Conversation 4: _______________
Conversation 5: _______________

Roleplay: Use the following information.
1) 6 of us/ can only take four
2) 5 of us/ allow four
3) 9 of us/ maximum four
4) 7 of us/ legal limit four
5) 5 of us/ call large taxi?
Conversation 日本語訳
乗客
ピースレストランまで行きたいのですが？
運転手
乗客何名様ですか？
乗客
５人です。
運転手
すみません、４人しかご乗車いただけません。
乗客
詰めれば乗れますよ。
運転手
すみません、それはできないんです。大型タクシーをお呼びしましょうか？それだと、５人乗れます。
乗客
どのくらいで来ますか？
運転手
約１０分です。
乗客
凍えるように寒いので、２台に分かれて乗ります。
Listening Conversations:
Conversation 1:
Passenger
Can you take us to Ichigen please?
Driver
Sorry there are 6 of you. I can only allow four passengers.
Conversation 2:
Passenger
There's only 7 of us. We can squeeze in.
Driver
Sorry, but the legal limit is four passengers.
Conversation 3:
Passenger
We need to get to an important meeting. Can you take all of us?
Driver
There's a maximum of four passengers. Unfortunately, there are 6 of you.
Conversation 4:
Passenger
Can you take us to the train station?
Driver
Sorry, I can't take more than four passengers. There are 5 of you. You need another taxi.
Conversation 5:
Passenger
Can you take us to the Park Hyatt hotel?
Driver
There are 5 of you. I can call a large taxi for you.
日本語訳
会話 1:
乗客
いちげんへお願いします。
運転手
すみません、６名様ですよね。４名までしか、乗れません。
会話 2:
乗客
７人しかいません。詰めれば乗れますよ。
運転手
すみません、法定乗客定員は４名なんです。
会話 3:
乗客
大事な会議があるんです。全員乗れますか？
運転手
最大で４名様までです。残念ながら、そちらは６名様ですよね。
会話 4:
乗客
駅までお願いできますか？
運転手
すみません、４名より多くは乗せられません。５名なので、タクシー、もう１台必要ですね。
会話 5:
乗客
パークハイアットホテルまで、お願いします。
運転手
５名様ですね。大型タクシーをお呼びします。