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Carl: Let’s get a taxi.
卡尔：咱们叫一辆出租车吧。
Doris: There’s no need. I’ve already ordered a car.
桃瑞丝：没有必要。我已经预定了一辆车了。
Carl: A limo? That’s too expensive.
卡尔：一辆豪华轿车？有点太奢侈了。
Doris: No, I’m using a ridesharing service. It’s cheaper than a taxi. There’s no meter and we pay a set price.
桃瑞丝：不是的，我用的是拼车服务。比出租车划算。而且没有计价器，我们只需要支付固定的价格。
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?
卡尔：但是如何知道这种车安不安全？怎么知道司机不是罪犯或者黑司机？司机有汽车保险吗？司机的背景考核合格吗？
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.
桃瑞丝：虽然这是对等服务，但是司机也都经过仔细的审核，车辆也都有卫星定位。相信我。这辆车一定安全。
Carl: We don’t have much cash on us.
卡尔：可我们没带太多现金。
Doris: I have a credit card on file. No cash will change hands. Look, here’s our driver. Hello, Michael.
桃瑞丝：我有存档的信用卡。不涉及现金往来。看，咱们的司机到了。你好，迈克尔。
Carl: You know our driver?
卡尔：你认识司机？
Doris: He’s my son.
桃瑞丝：这是我儿子。
Carl: But why are you paying for a ride if your son is available to pick us up?
卡尔：既然你儿子有空来接我们，为什么你还要付钱给他？
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.
桃瑞丝：他有自己的原则。他不愿意白拿我的钱，所以我们想出了这一办法：无论何时有搭车的需求或者从机场返家，我会雇他的车。这对我们都好而且还有一个好处。
Carl: What’s that?
卡尔：什么好处？
Doris: I get to see my son every time I travel.
桃瑞丝：每次出门我都可以看到儿子。
Carl: That seems like a strange arrangement.
卡尔：这一安排听着怪怪的。
Doris: That may be so, but if you can’t get your son to visit more often, what’s a mother to do?
桃瑞丝：可能吧，但是如果儿子经常不去看望你，作为母亲，你能怎么办？
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