A: How about we go for a walk around Wulai and take a dip in the hot springs.
B: OK, but the service wasn’t very good at the hot spring hotel I went to last time; let’s try somewhere else.
A: I know of one hot spring hotel that’s in a really good location, has beautiful views, private bathing rooms and an outdoor communal hot spring pool.
B: Great, I love outdoor hot springs. I also really want to try a hot spring in the wild.
A: 要不要去烏來走走順便泡個溫泉?
B: 好啊。我上次去的那家溫泉旅館服務不太好,這次我想換一家。
A: 我知道一家溫泉旅館,位置蠻好的,可以看到很美的風景,有私人湯屋也有露天的大眾溫泉池。
B: 好啊,我喜歡露天的溫泉池。另外我也想試試看野溪溫泉。
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