Pre-reading questions:
- Do you usually ride a taxi?
- Is riding a taxi convenient?
- Is it safe to ride a taxi in your city?
Tokyo taxis have lowered their initial fare. The taxi fare used to be ¥730. It is now ¥410 for the first 1.052 kilometers. The taxi fare has been lowered to attract more passengers. The new system started in the cities of Musashino and Mitaka. This is going to be good for passengers.
Vocabulary:
lower – [verb] to move down
initial – [adjective] at the beginning
fare – [noun] the money paid for a public transport
attract – [verb] to make someone interested in something
passenger – [noun] someone who travels in a motor vehicle, aircraft, train, or ship but is not the driver or one of the people who works on it
True or False:
- Tokyo taxis have lowered their initial fare.
- The taxi fare before was ¥750.
- The new taxi fare for the first 1.052 kilometers is now ¥410.
- The taxi fare has been lowered to attract more passengers.
- The new system started in the city of Mitaka.