# Nuovo Espresso 1, Unit 1: A taxi from the station

**Language:** Italian  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Master your first conversation in Italian by listening to Megan and Beppe's taxi ride from the station, which pairs with the themes of unit 1 of Nuovo Espresso 1. It may feel challenging at first, but by the end of this course you will be able to fully understand and participate.

**Setting:** A taxi from the rank outside Porta Nuova station in Turin at ten on a weekday night. Megan has just arrived by train and takes a taxi to a flat on corso Francia; Beppe, the driver, chats on the way. She flies out early tomorrow and asks for his number. They use Lei with each other from the first line.

## Lessons

### 1. Greeting someone in the evening

Megan reaches the first taxi in the rank and checks with Beppe that it's free.

### 2. Giving an address

Beppe asks Megan where she's going, and he doesn't catch the address the first time.

### 3. Saying where you're from

Beppe guesses where Megan is from and gets it wrong, and she asks him the same.

### 4. Asking for a phone number

Megan has a flight early tomorrow and asks Beppe for his number, and she reads it back to check.

### 5. Asking someone's name

Megan asks Beppe his name so she can save his number, and they introduce themselves.

### 6. Paying the fare

They arrive on corso Francia, and Megan pays Beppe and gets her change.

### 7. Saying goodbye until tomorrow

Megan and Beppe say goodbye outside the flat until tomorrow morning.