VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Yesterday I had a business trip in Hangzhou. My a distributor invited me to go to Linping to measure a site. When we finished we drove back to Hangzhou. It’s around 1pm, and it would take 1 and a half hour from there to go to Hangzhou. Because there wasn’t a train from Linping to Shanghai, I should go to Hangzhou first then buy a ticket from there. When I was in his car I began to buy a ticket, but unbelievable there wasn’t a ticket I could buy around 3pm. The earliest train I could buy is around 6pm, so I bought this ticket in case I couldn’t get back to Shanghai.
When I arrived the train station I first went to the change window to change my ticket, because I figured maybe I could get a earlier ticket, but I heard a seller said the earliest train to go to Shanghai was my train, so I thought maybe i could take a bus. There were some bus offices across the train office, so I bought a ticket from there and the seller told me the leave time was 3:30. I thought it’s good and I can get in Shanghai earlier. The correct time that the bus left was 4:15, but it’s ok.

Yesterday I had a business trip to Hangzhou and one of my distributors invited me to go to Linping to measure a site. When we finished we drove back to Hangzhou. It was around 1pm, and it would take 1 and a half hours from there to go / get to Hangzhou. As there wasn’t a train from Linping to Shanghai, I should go to Hangzhou first then buy a ticket from there. When I was in his car I began to buy a ticket, but unbelievably there wasn’t a ticket I could buy at around 3pm. The earliest ticket / one I could buy was at around 6pm, so I bought this ticket in case I couldn’t get back to Shanghai.
When I arrived at the train station I first went to the change window / service desk to change my ticket, because I figured maybe I could get an earlier ticket, but I heard a seller say the earliest train to go to Shanghai was my train, so I thought maybe i could take a bus. There were some bus offices opposite / across from the train office, so I bought a ticket from there and the seller told me the departure time was 3:30. I thought it’s good and I can get to Shanghai earlier. The actual time that the bus left was 4:15, but it was ok.

Yesterday / the other day / earlier this week I had / went on / took a business trip (I went to Hangzhou on business) to Hangzhou and one of my distributors / a distributor of mine / one of my many distributors invited me to go to Linping to measure / see / check out a site. When we finished / when we were done we drove / headed back to Hangzhou. It was around / about / roughly / approximately 1pm (give or take), and it would take 1 and a half hours / an hour and a half / 1.5 hours / a bit over an hour/  between 1-2 hours from there to get to Hangzhou. As there wasn’t a train from / there were no trains from Linping to Shanghai, I should / had to / needed to / was forced to go to Hangzhou first then buy / get / grab / pick up a ticket from there. When I was in his car / on the way I began to buy / jumped online to grab a ticket, but unbelievably there wasn’t a ticket I could buy at around 3pm / there were none left / they were all out / they were sold out. The earliest ticket / one / soonest train I could buy was at around 6pm, so I bought this ticket in case / in the event that I couldn’t get back to Shanghai.
When I arrived at / as soon as I got to the train station I first went to the change window / service desk to change / swap my ticket, because I figured / guessed / assumed maybe I could get an earlier ticket, but I heard / overheard a seller say the earliest train to Shanghai was my train, so I thought / wondered if maybe i could take a bus (instead). There were some bus offices opposite / across from the train office, so I bought a ticket from there and the seller told me / mentioned / advised / said fortunately the departure time was 3:30. I thought it’s good as I can get to Shanghai earlier. However, unfortunately the actual time that the bus left was 4:15, but it was ok / but whatever.

Vocabulary

i won’t make it, sorry!

if the pronunciation has aeiou in it, you need to use “an” before it

hour = “our”

get to / arrive at 

go to / come to

i heard you say that you were happy

It was unbelievable that there wasn’t a ticket

because / as / due to the fact that / since

because of / due to