A: Xiaoming, are you ready? We’re about to go! Don’t forget your swimming goggles and swimming cap.
B: I’m wearing my swimsuit, so when we get to the swimming pool I won’t need to go to the changing room, I can just take my clothes off and get into the water.
A: OK. I tend to change into my swim trunks when I get there. I’ve got the swim ring and kickboard.
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B: Eh? Aren’t you going to bring the car around?
A: We’ll walk there, it will warm up the muscles. The last time I went swimming I got muscle cramps, I thought I was going to drown. Luckily, there was a lifeguard there.
B: Hmm, last time we were lazy, we got into the water without doing any warm-up exercises.
A: 小明，你準備好了沒？我們要出發了！不要忘記帶蛙鏡和泳帽。
B: 我在穿游泳衣，這樣到游泳池以後不用去更衣室，外衣一脫就可以下水。
A: OK。我比較習慣到那裡再換泳褲。游泳圈和浮板我已經拿了。
B: 咦？你怎麼沒開車出來？
A: 我們用走的去，可以順便熱身。上次我游到一半抽筋，感覺就要溺水了！幸好救生員就在旁邊。
B: 嗯，上次我們偷懶，沒做暖身操就下水。
(Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱)
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