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Carl: Let’s get a taxi.
卡爾：咱們叫一輛出租車吧。
Doris: There’s no need. I’ve already ordered a car.
桃瑞絲：沒有必要。我已經預定了一輛車了。
Carl: A limo? That’s too expensive.
卡爾：一輛豪華轎車？有點太奢侈了。
Doris: No, I’m using a ridesharing service. It’s cheaper than a taxi. There’s no meter and we pay a set price.
桃瑞絲：不是的，我用的是拼車服務。比出租車劃算。而且沒有計價器，我們只需要支付固定的價格。
Carl: But how do we know it’s safe? How do we know the driver isn’t a criminal or an unsafe driver? Is he going to have car insurance? Do they do background checks?
卡爾：但是如何知道這種車安不安全？怎么知道司機不是罪犯或者黑司機？司機有汽車保險嗎？司機的背景考核合格嗎？
Doris: Even though it’s a peer-to-peer service, the drivers are carefully screened and the cars are tracked. Trust me. This ride will be safe.
桃瑞絲：雖然這是對等服務，但是司機也都經過仔細的審核，車輛也都有衛星定位。相信我。這輛車一定安全。
Carl: We don’t have much cash on us.
卡爾：可我們沒帶太多現金。
Doris: I have a credit card on file. No cash will change hands. Look, here’s our driver. Hello, Michael.
桃瑞絲：我有存檔的信用卡。不涉及現金往來。看，咱們的司機到了。你好，邁克爾。
Carl: You know our driver?
卡爾：你認識司機？
Doris: He’s my son.
桃瑞絲：這是我兒子。
Carl: But why are you paying for a ride if your son is available to pick us up?
卡爾：既然你兒子有空來接我們，為什么你還要付錢給他？
Doris: He has his pride. He won’t take any money from me so we came up with a compromise: I hire his car whenever I need a ride to or from the airport. It works for us and there’s a bonus.
桃瑞絲：他有自己的原則。他不愿意白拿我的錢，所以我們想出了這一辦法：無論何時有搭車的需求或者從機場返家，我會雇他的車。這對我們都好而且還有一個好處。
Carl: What’s that?
卡爾：什么好處？
Doris: I get to see my son every time I travel.
桃瑞絲：每次出門我都可以看到兒子。
Carl: That seems like a strange arrangement.
卡爾：這一安排聽著怪怪的。
Doris: That may be so, but if you can’t get your son to visit more often, what’s a mother to do?
桃瑞絲：可能吧，但是如果兒子經常不去看望你，作為母親，你能怎么辦？
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