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TAXI, AUTOBUS,
Warm up (1minute)
E METRO
Say “I’d like to go
to the station.” (pp.40–1) Taxi, bus, and metro
Ask “Where are you
going?” (pp.40–1) In Italy you generally don’t hail taxis, but
go to a taxi stand. You can buy bus tickets
Say “fruit” and “cheese.”
(pp.24–5) at a newsstand and then validate them in the
machine on the bus. You can use the same
tickets both on the buses and on the metro.

Words to remember (4 minutes)

Familiarize yourself with these words.
l’autobus (m) bus (local)
la-ootoboos
il pullman bus (long-
eel poolman distance)
la stazione dei pullman/ bus/metro
della metro station
lah statseeonay day
poolman/dellah metroh
la fermata dell’autobus bus stop
lah fermatah
della-ootoboos
il biglietto fare
eel beellyettoh
il posteggio dei taxi taxi stand
eel postejjoh day taxee
Passa di qui il quarantasei?
passah dee kwee eel kwarantasay
Does the Route 46 bus stop here?
In conversation: taxi (2 minutes)

Al mercato di San Benissimo, signore. Mi lasci qui, per favore.
Lorenzo, per favore. beneesseemoh, seennyoray mee lashee kwee,
al merkatoh dee san per favoray
lorentsoh, per favoray Very well, sir.
Can you drop me
To the San Lorenzo here, please?
market, please.