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！