You can book tickets at the hotel reception.

你可以在旅馆服务台订票。

A It took me hours to get these tickets.

A 我花了几个小时的时间才买到票。

B What do you mean?

B 你什么意思？

A I took a taxi to the theatre. We got lost.

A 我打车去了戏院。我们迷路了。

B Why did you go to the theatre?

B 你们为什么要去戏院？

A Well, I can't speak Chinese so I couldn't phone them.

A 哦，我不会说汉语，所以我不能给他们打电话。

B But you can book tickets at the hotel reception. It’s much easier!

B 但是你可以在旅馆服务台订票。这要容易得多！

Notes注释

1 Sometimes simple tasks can become complicated, for example getting tickets: It took me hours to get these tickets. / It took me hours to get these tickets. / I took a taxi to the theatre. / I took a taxi to the theatre. / We got lost. / We got lost.

有时简单的事情可能变得很复杂，例如买票：It took me hours to get these tickets. /我花了几个小时的时间才买到票。/ I took a taxi to the theatre. /我打车去了戏院。/ We got lost. /我们迷路了。

2 Sometimes a task such as booking tickets can be simple: You can book tickets at the hotel reception. / You can book tickets at the hotel reception.

有时诸如订票的事情可以很简单：You can book tickets at the hotel reception. /你可以在旅馆服务台订票。

Key phrases and sentences

It took me hours to get these tickets.

What do you mean?

I took a taxi to the theatre. We got lost.

Why did you go to the theatre?

Well, I can't speak Chinese so I couldn't phone them.

But you can book tickets at the hotel reception.

It’s much easier.

我花了几个小时的时间才买到票。

你什么意思？

我打车去了戏院。我们迷路了。

你们为什么要去戏院？

哦，我不会说汉语，所以我不能给他们打电话。

但是你可以在旅馆服务台订票。

这要容易得多！