B: Where are we meeting the rest of the hiking group?
A: The guide will pick us up in Kaohsiung and drive us to the trailhead. There’ll be five of us going. We’re thinking of hiring a car.
B: Good idea. If we split the car rental fee between us it will end up much cheaper than five HSR return tickets. And we can leave a change of clothes in the car for after the hike.
Photo: Paul Cooper, Taipei Times 照片:台北時報古德謙
A: My friend has volunteered to drive. She has one request, though.
B: What’s that?
A: That we all have a shower before we get in the car for the return trip back to Taipei.
B: 我們跟其他隊友要在哪裡集合啊?
A: 嚮導會去高雄接我們,然後載我們到山口。我們有五個人,想說要不要來租一輛車。
B: 好點子。如果我們平攤租車費,就會比高鐵來回票便宜得多。而且我們還可以把換洗衣物放在車上,下山以後可以穿。
A: 我朋友自告奮勇說她可以開車,不過有一個條件。
B: 什麼條件?
A: 到台北的回程,我們都要洗過澡才能上車。
(Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱譯)
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