I went to a temple.
I went to a temple in southern Taiwan.
I went to a temple in southern Taiwan two years ago.
Photo: Paul Cooper, Taipei Time
照片：台北時報記者古德謙攝
I went to a temple in southern Taiwan two years ago, the day before my birthday.
I saw a man wearing a silver hat.
I saw a man wearing a silver hat and a thick thermal jacket.
I saw a man wearing a silver hat and a thick thermal jacket playing traditional Taiwanese songs.
I saw a man wearing a silver hat and a thick thermal jacket playing a tenor saxophone.
I saw a man wearing a silver hat and a thick thermal jacket playing traditional Taiwanese songs on a tenor saxophone.
I saw a man wearing a silver hat and a thick thermal jacket playing traditional Taiwanese songs on a tenor saxophone, rather well if truth be told, by himself on the side of the road.
Passersby were occasionally stopping to listen to him and enjoy the music.
When I went to a temple in southern Taiwan two years ago, the day before my birthday, I saw a man wearing a silver hat and a thick thermal jacket playing traditional Taiwanese songs on a tenor saxophone, rather well if truth be told, by himself on the side of the road, with passersby occasionally stopping to listen to him and enjoy the music.
我到一座寺廟。
我到台灣南部一座寺廟。
兩年前，我到台灣南部一座寺廟。
兩年前，在我生日的前一天，我到台灣南部一座寺廟。
我看到一個男人帶著一頂銀色的帽子。
我看到一個男人帶著一頂銀色的帽子穿著厚重的羽絨外套。
我看到一個男人帶著一頂銀色的帽子穿著厚重的羽絨外套表演著傳統的台灣歌曲。
我看到一個男人帶著一頂銀色的帽子穿著厚重的羽絨外套，表演著次中音薩克斯風。
我看到一個男人帶著一頂銀色的帽子穿著厚重的羽絨外套，用次中音薩克斯風表演著傳統的台灣歌曲。
我看到一個男人帶著一頂銀色的帽子穿著厚重的羽絨外套，在路邊用次中音薩克斯風表演著傳統的台灣歌曲，說實在表演得很好。
路人偶爾駐足聆聽他的表演，享受音樂。
兩年前，在我生日的前一天，我到台灣南部一座寺廟，看到一個男人帶著一頂銀色的帽子穿著厚重的羽絨外套，用次中音薩克斯風表演著傳統的台灣歌曲，說實在表演得很好。他一個人站在路邊，路人偶爾駐足聆聽他的表演，享受音樂。
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