主要国际城市出租车服务调查 伦敦第一（双语）

 

     一项有关出租车的年度调查显示，伦敦出租车因其态度友好、熟悉路线的出租车司机获评世界最佳出租车服务。London taxis, with their friendly drivers who actually know where they are going, are ranked best in the world, according to an annual taxi poll.

    这项由旅游网站hotels.com开展的调查显示，尽管价格最贵，但伦敦的出租车服务仍击败世界其它城市，连续第三年被游客评为世界最佳，总体得票率为59%。The survey by travel website hotels.com found London taxis, despite being the most expensive, beat rivals across the globe to head the list for the third consecutive years, scoring a total of 59 percent in votes on several categories by travelers.

    伦敦出租车司机在服务态度和路线熟悉程度两项的评选中名列榜首。伦敦的出租车司机在从业前必须通过一项严格的“知识”考试方可拿到出租司机驾照。London taxi drivers were voted both friendliest and most knowledgeable. Drivers in the English capital must pass a rigorous examination called The Knowledge to earn their taxi license.

    尽管纽约曼哈顿区和法国巴黎的出租车司机并列获评最粗鲁的哥，但纽约的黄色出租车仍以27%的得票率名列第二，比去年上升了10个百分点。New York's yellow taxis came second in the list, scoring 27 percent which was up 10 percentage points from last year even though Manhattan's cab drivers tied with Parisian taxi drivers as the rudest.

    游客们认为在纽约打车最方便。Travelers said New York had the most available taxis.

    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。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.

    Hotel.com网站的一名发言人在声明中说：“打车是很多游客在到达一座新城市后所经历的第一件事。调查还发现，出租车是目前从机场前往酒店最受欢迎的交通方式。”"Traveling by taxi is one of the first experiences that many travellers have upon arrival in a new city. In fact, the research found that cabs are by far the most popular method of traveling from the airport to their hotel," a spokesman for hotels.com said in a statement.