the reason it「s difficult to get a cab on a rainy day in new york is partly because cabbies do such good business that they go home early, having met their daily target.
下雨天在纽约很难打到车的原因之一就是,下雨的时候,出租车的生意极好,司机很早就能完成今天的份额,之后他们就收车回家了。
this 「exploitation」 by the company is what drove him and other cabbies to go on strike last week.
这种被公司的「剥削」是驱使他和其他司机上周继续罢工的原因。
cabbies in rome were voted the worst drivers in the world with almost one in 10 travelers thinking the italian capital had the world」s worst taxi drivers when it came to the quality of driving.
罗马的哥被评为全球最糟糕的出租车司机,近十分之一的游客认为意大利首都的出租车司机驾驶技术最差。
the hippocampi of unsuccessful trainees stayed the same throughout, which could suggest that successful cabbies really do have an innate advantage—their brains are more malleable than others「.
那些失败学员的海马体自始至终没有发生变化,这表明成功的的士司机确实具有先天优势——他们的大脑比其他人更具延展性。
cabbies must master london」s maze of streets, and their calculation of routes may stimulate brain changes.
出租车司机必须掌握伦敦如迷宫般的街道,他们对路线的计算促使大脑发生改变。
the taxi watchdog is investigating possible collusion between cabbies and hotels after uncovering cases of overcharging at pudong internation airport.
的士看门狗正在调查可能相互勾结,司机和酒店后,发现案件滥在浦东国际机场。
erected in 1964 right next to the vdnkh grounds, the monument to the conquerors of space was so openly phallic that moscow cabbies took to calling it the 「impotent」s dream.「
1964年,莫斯科地铁站外的广场上竖起了征服宇宙纪念碑,明显显露了苏联想要一展雄风的意图,而莫斯科的出租车司机们则戏称它为‘无力的梦想’。
in defence of japanese cabbies i think they」re pretty good drivers generally – very smooth.
在我想他们是很好的出租车司机司机一般日本防卫-非常顺利。
take a taxi in bangkok and the driver’s mobile phone is sure to chirp. a long conversation ensues, usually by speakerphone, since few cabbies bother with headsets.
在曼谷打的,肯定会听到的士司机的手机响,接着就是长时间的通话,通话大多用手机的扬声器,少有人用耳机,嫌麻烦。
in chongqing, where almost all of the city's 9,000 cabbies went on strike last week, authorities imposed heavy fines on unlicensed drivers following the strike.
在重庆市9,000名出租车司机上周进行罢运后,当地政府开始对黑车实施高额罚款。
cabbies are good at talking, however, we need to be good listener too.
的哥通常都比较能说,但我们更需要成为一个好的听众。
but as the cabbies learned the knowledge, their hippocampi grew, literally changing their minds, the researchers report online today in current biology.
但是当的士司机学习有关知识的时候,他们的海马体变大,他们的头脑确实在发生变化。研究人员们在《流行生物学》上今日在线报道。
her necklace looked like one of those turkish 「evil eye」 things that all the cabbies in hackney have hanging from the rear view mirror.
她的项链看上去有点像土耳其「罪恶眼睛」那样的饰品,所有哈克尼的出租车司机都从后视镜里挂上一个。
blaring their horns, the cabbies took their case to parliament square, creating gridlock in the heart of the capital with the jam swiftly spreading to millbank and whitehall.
司机们鸣着喇叭,涌至国会广场表示抗议,在伦敦中心区造成了极为严重的全面交通堵塞,并且迅速蔓延至米尔班克和怀特霍尔。
but frankfurt’s cabbies are a sceptical bunch.
但法兰克福的的哥们对此集体持怀疑态度。
currently, cabbies can be fined for violating the dress code. it bans tube shirts, tank tops and bathing trunks.
目前,计程车司机倘若违反服装规定会被罚款。现行服装规定禁穿无肩衫、无袖衫与游泳裤。
dr maguire and her team have now turned their attention to how cabbies learn the knowledge.
马奎尔和她的团队现在已经转而研究,「的哥」们如何习得这些知识。