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driver/司机:我是一名司机。

taxi/出租车:坐出租车

take a car/坐车:我坐车去上班

take a taxi打出租车:打出租车回家

call the taxi/叫出租车:

wait for the taxi/等出租车:

book a car  on line/网上约车

drive by oneself/自驾:

travel by self-driving/自驾游


car/汽车,actually,almost all kinds of modern cars are called 汽车(qì chē)


coach/长途汽车:长 here means a long way, 途 means trip or distance, this kind of car runs a long trip/distance, that’s why it’s called 长途汽车(cháng tú qì chē)


train/火车

by train/乘火车:

bullet car/动车,high speed railway /高铁:

bullet car between two cities/城际快车:


airplane/飞机,by air/乘飞机,by air/坐飞机,economic class/经济舱,business class/商务舱


ship/轮船:

by ship/坐船,

take a cruise坐游轮,

ferry/摆渡:by ferry boat/坐摆渡


truck/卡车,

van/面包车,

lorry/重型卡车,


马车:horse is 马 in Chinese, in old days, cars are made of wood and hauled by horse, this kind of car is called 马车.


car brand/车的品牌名:

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