A: The Kenting Barringtonia Flower Festival is on at the moment. You want to go see it this weekend?
B: Whenever I go to Kenting I just go swimming at the seaside. I’ve never really noticed the barringtonia flower.
A: The barringtonia is Kenting’s flower. It’s a shame to go to Kenting and not see it.
B: It only opens up at night, isn’t that right? So we can go to the beach during the day and go see the flowers after dark.
A: 現在是墾丁棋盤腳花季，這個週末我們一起去墾丁賞花吧？
B: 我每次去墾丁都只有去海邊游泳，從來沒注意過棋盤腳。
A: 棋盤腳可是「 墾丁之花」，去墾丁不看就太可惜了。
B: 棋盤腳是傍晚才開花的，對吧？那我們可以白天戲水，晚上散步賞花。
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