I spent nearly 3 hours to getting to his office. I spent nearly 3 hours getting to his office.

After I went therearrived, he told me that he had gone home and has had lunch. After I arrived, he told me that he had gone home and has had lunch.

I used to thinkthought that we mightwould have lunch in his office (or aroundnearby). I thought that we would have lunch in his office (or nearby).

When I khe learnewd that I had arrived at his company, he told me thatsaid he would drive and picover and and taked me up to his house. When he learned that I had arrived at his company, he said he would drive over and and take me to his house.

"I knew that I had arrived" doesn't make sense---I think "I" should be "he".

It iwas not long before I met him. It was not long before I met him.

It iwas not long before I met up with him. It was not long before I met up with him.

After he parked his car, he opened onea door. After he parked his car, he opened a door.

What surprised me was that the room behind the door is his house. What surprised me was that the room behind the door is his house.

This is correct, but unnatural.

There areHe has a 4 -storeys in hisy house.! He has a 4-story house!

"There are 4 storeys in his house." is a bit weird... the storeys are not *in* his house in the same way we might say "there are 4 TVs in his house". I changed it to something more natural.

(We wentered from the -1 floorbasement.) He was having his lunch before picking me up. (We entered from the basement.) He was having his lunch before picking me up.

His wife said thatasked if it was ok for me to have noodles. His wife asked if it was ok for me to have noodles.

His wife said thatasked if it was okay for me to have noodles. His wife asked if it was okay for me to have noodles.

More natural is "His wife asked if I wanted noodles."

I said : "yes, yes, yes". I said: "yes, yes, yes".

I said "yes, yes, yes". I said "yes, yes, yes".

We were watching the TV thenthen started watching TV. We then started watching TV.

I told him that I seldom watched TV. I told him that I seldom watch TV.

He said he usually watched TV usually at noon. He said he usually watched TV at noon.

He said he usually watcheds TV usually at noon. He said he usually watches TV at noon.

In English, noon means 12.00 midday. (It's not like 中午 in Chinese.) So, this sentence implies he watches TV starting at midday.

How full of leisure is his life! How full of leisure is his life!

How leisurely is his life! How leisurely is his life!

His wife sooner cooked a bowl aof noodles for me. His wife sooner cooked a bowl of noodles for me.

His wife sooner cooked a bowl aof noodles for me. His wife cooked a bowl of noodles for me.

I don't know what "sooner" is meant to be ("quickly"?), but it's not correct.

It was only a pity that the amount was less than my appetite demanded. It was only a pity that the amount was less than my appetite demanded.

It was only a pity that the amount was less thannot enough for my appetite. It was only a pity that the amount was not enough for my appetite.

But I couldn'tit would not have been appropriate to say so. But it would not have been appropriate to say so.

My friend told me that the house is cheap when comparinged to the house in downtown. My friend told me that the house is cheap when compared to the house in downtown.

My friend told me that the house iwas cheap when comparinged to the house ins downtown. My friend told me that the house was cheap when compared to houses downtown.

There are a lot of rich men who had previously bought the house here. There are a lot of rich men who had previously bought the house here.

There are a lot of rich men who have bought the houses here. There are a lot of rich men who have bought houses here.

And there are also somebody people who worked far away from here. And there are also some people who worked far away from here.

Not sure how this sentence ties to the previous one in the text.

And there are also somebodypeople who worked far away from here. And there are also people who worked far away from here.

They hadve to wake up quite early in the morning. They have to wake up quite early in the morning.

For example, at 5 o'clock. For example, at 5 o'clock.

I quite appreciatdmired his lifestyle. I quite admired his lifestyle.

His wife likes living in such a way: far from the downtown, lesswith fewer people, and.. so on. That is quite important (for her)! His wife likes living in such a way: far from the downtown, with fewer people and so on. That is quite important (for her)!

His wife likes living in suchthis way: far from the downtown, lesswhere there are fewer people, and... Tthat is quite important for her! His wife likes living in this way: far from downtown, where there are fewer people, and... that is quite important for her!