出租车

One night I shared dinner with a few hotel guests, a local cabdriver, and his sister.

一天夜里，我和几位饭店的客人，还有一位当地出租车司机和他妹妹一起吃晚饭。

A second longed for his native Manhattan, where he was a cabdriver.

另一个是曼哈顿的出租车司机，他也开始想家，渴望能回去。

I've been a cabdriver for five years.例:To get a cab, you should go to the cab stand. You can call me astonished!

紧接上句的一语双关的幽默语，前句说我为你叫辆出租车，这句母亲也用 call 却表示"可以把我说成是大吃一惊"。

On the way to see "Slumdog Millionaire" in Kolkata , I had my cabdriver pass through the slum district of Tangra. I lived there more than 35 years ago, when I was in my late teens, but the place has barely changed.

在加尔各答去看"平民窟里的百万富翁"的路上，我让出租车司机，特意经过了坦格拉的贫民窟。35年前，我居住在那里，那时候我刚刚步入青年，但是这里丝毫没有变化。

I was invited to a housewarming party, and, as my cabdriver wound his way down increasingly potholed and dingy streets, I began wondering whether he'd got the address right.

我受邀参加一个庆祝乔迁之喜的聚会，当出租车司机七拐八拐地把车开向越来越坑洼不平和脏乱不堪的街道时，我开始怀疑他是否听清了地址。

It is about constant battles for subway seats,for a cabdriver's or a clerk's or a waiter's attention,for a foothold,a chance,a better address.

在纽约，各种各样的冲突接连不断，其产生的原因有很多：有的是为了在地铁里争座位，有的是为了引起出租车司机，职员或者服务员的注意，有的是为了找个落脚点，寻找机会，获得更好的地址，也有的是为了做更好的广告。

It's set about a tenth of a mile off the highway, and when I visit I usually have to tell the cabdriver about the exit on the left, because it's easy to miss.

入口隐在离公路大约 0 。 1 英里的后方，我通常要不断提醒出租车司机留意左边的岔道，不然很容易错过。

Some drivers run through traffic lights for five or six seconds after the light has turned red , and it stirs them with pleasure . The cabdriver conveniently neglects to throw his flag upon arrival at your destination ,and while you are paying him ,an additional ten cents rings up . It seems to please him more than any other money he has made all day . The hatcheck girl has no change for a dollar .

驾车的人经常在红灯亮起后仍然闯线，引起路人的恐慌似乎是他们的乐趣；出租车司机在你到达目的地后仍然不停止打表，这样他就能在你拿钱付账时多挣上10美分，这点小钱似乎比他一天所挣的正当收入更能使他快乐；而衣帽间的女侍者们似乎从不带零钱以便找给顾客。

When I arrived at the committee office, I met Buddy Kendrick, the documents clerk, who would be my supervisor, fellow storyteller, and provider of homespun advice over the next two years; Buddy's full-time assistant, Bertie Bowman, a kind, bighearted African-American who moonlighted as a cabdriver and also drove Senator Fulbright on occasion; and my two student counterparts, Phil Dozier from Arkansas and Charlie Parks, a law student from Anniston, Alabama.

我来到委员会办公室时碰到了文件书记员巴迪。肯德里克。他将是我的上司，他给我讲了好多故事，也在后来两年中为我提出许多实用的建议。巴迪的全职助手是伯尔蒂。鲍曼，一位善良大度的非裔美国人。他的第二职业是开出租车，揽点儿私活，有时则为富布赖特参议员开车。此外还有两位和我一样来这里打工的学生，一位是来自阿肯色州的菲尔。多兹尔，另一位是来自阿拉巴马州安尼斯顿市的法律学生查理。帕克斯。

However, the cab number proves useful—the cabman himself, irked at what he assumes is a complaint, arrives at the office.

但是，出租车数量证明有用，在cabman自己，有什么不满，他在承担的投诉后，到达办公室。

Neither the killing of Mr Zarqawi nor any breakthrough on the political front will stop the insurgency and the fratricidal murders in their tracks.

在对危险的南部地区访问时，他斥责什叶派民兵领导人对中央集权的挑衅行为。

In fact,I've got him on the satellite mobile right now.

实际上 我们已接通卫星可视电话了