Ken's Schedule

Ken is a taxi driver.

He and his wife live in Tokyo.

Ken is 40 years old.

His wife , seiko, is a nurse.

She works in a hospital.

Ken owns his own taxi.

His schedule varies.  

It changes every day.

On rainy days he works for 8 hours.

It's easy to get passengers on rainy days. 

On other days he works for 5 or 6 hours. 

He usually works 5 or 6 days a week.

He never works on sundays.

He prefers to work at night, from six until midnight.

There is less traffic at night. 

That means there are fewer cars on the road.  

During the day, there is a lot of traffic. 

The streets are crowded with too many cars.

Too many cars on the road means heavy traffic. 

Ken doesn't like driving in heavy traffic.

The traffic doesn't move.

There are too many cars.

Ken likes being a taxi driver.

He likes to talk to his passengers.

Most passengers are very nice.

Some of them are very interesting.

They come from different countries.

They have different kinds of jobs.

Unfortunately, some passengers are very rude.

They get angry and are not polite.

They never say "please" or "thank you ".

They want him to drive fast, even in heavy traffic.

It's not possible to drive fast in heavy traffic.  

And they don't say " thank you " when they leave.

肯是一名出租车司机。

他和他的妻子住在东京。

肯今年40岁。

他的妻子seiko是一名护士。

她在一家医院工作。

肯有他自己的出租车。

他的时间表不同。

每天都在变。

下雨天他工作8个小时。

下雨天很容易招到乘客。

在其他日子里，他工作5到6个小时。

他通常一周工作5到6天。

他星期天从不工作。

他喜欢在晚上工作，从六点一直工作到午夜。

晚上的交通比较少。

这意味着路上的车少了。

在白天，有很多交通。

街道上挤满了太多的汽车。

路上汽车太多意味着交通拥挤。

肯不喜欢在交通拥挤的时候开车。

交通停滞不前。

车太多了。

肯喜欢当出租车司机。

他喜欢和乘客说话。

大多数乘客都很友好。

其中一些非常有趣。

他们来自不同的国家。

他们有不同的工作。

不幸的是，有些乘客非常粗鲁。

他们生气，没有礼貌。

他们从来不说“请”或“谢谢”。

他们希望他开快车，即使在交通拥挤的时候。

在交通拥挤的情况下开快车是不可能的。

当他们离开的时候，他们不会说“谢谢”。