When you go by train, buy your ticket a long time before you travel.
乘火车去旅行,你需要提前很长时间买车票。
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People get a ticket the first time the cameras are up, and then they don't get another ticket.
人们在第一次摄像头启动时就得到一张罚单,然后他们就不会再得到另一张罚单。
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So, the agent says she can buy the tickets on the same day as long as she buys them at least one hour before the time that the bus leaves – the departure time.