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Life in Korea · Unit 10 · Side branch after Level 2

Taxis and taxi apps

Too many bags: a taxi from the app to the laundromat door

Hoya and Bori have too many shopping bags, so a taxi driver opens the boot for them outside the supermarket.

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What you’ll learn

  • N(으)로 가 주세요 · N 쪽으로 가 주세요Telling the driver where to go
  • V-아/어 주실 수 있어요?Could you …, please?

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • (으)로 to go, 에서 to stop
  • Talking to the driver
  • Culture note: taxis and taxi apps

The scene opens

  1. B

    Bori

    호야, 짐이 너무 많아. 오늘은 택시 타자.

    Hoya, we've got too many bags. Let's take a taxi today.

  2. Hoya

    그래. 내가 택시 앱으로 부를게.

    OK. I'll call one in the taxi app.

  3. Hoya

    됐어! 기사님이 오고 있어. 차 번호가 3456이야.

    Done! The driver's on the way. The car number is 3456.

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar2 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
  3. 3
    Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
  4. 4
    Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
  5. 5
    Words29 words, which go into your spaced review
  6. 6
    PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
  7. 7
    Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
  8. 8
    Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
  9. 9
    Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card