Taxi Talks
TaxiWWW
Taxi Talks are language lessons designed to help a speaker of any language learn any other language.
This TaxiTalk will help a foreign language speaker learn to use the internet.
Driver - Taxi. Taxi. _____
Self - Hello. How are you today? _____
Driver - Very good and you?. _____
Self - Good. Take me to the Internet Cafe, please. _____
Driver - The one at Main Street and Central Road? _____
Self - Yes. That is the one. _____
Driver - Are you going to pick up your email? _____
Self - No. I am just a begining the internet. _____
Driver - The internet is very valuable. _____
Self - Do you use the internet? _____
Driver - Oh yes sir, quite a lot. _____
Self - Is it difficult? _____
Driver - Well, there are a few things you must know. _____
Self - Like where the ON button is. _____
Driver - Ha Ha, Yes, that is very important. _____
Self - Then after a minute the little icons appear. _____
Driver - Right. OK. Now you left click the one call Netscape. _____
Self - How do I do that? _____
Driver - You move the mouse around which moves the pointer on the screen. _____
Self - OK. I point with the mouse.
Driver - Now left click on the Netscape icon.
Self - It that with the left button on the mouse.
Driver - Yes. You are now on the internet.
Self - I heard Internet Explorer is better than Netscape. _____
Driver - It like the difference between Coke and Pepsi. _____
Self - Not much, they are both OK. _____
Driver - Yes, but the real power of the internet is information. _____
Self - How do I find information.
Driver - Go to Google.com
Self - How does that work? _____
Driver - First, left click once in the little flat white box at the top. _____
Self - What does that do? _____
Driver - It tells the computer you want to type a web address. _____
Self - You mean one of those w w w dot address. _____
Driver - Exactly! Type in www.google.com _____
Self - I have seen really long web addresses. _____
Driver - Then tap the big button called Enter. _____
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