In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl talks about her trip to China. To become an exclusive subscriber, follow this link: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/exclusive-content or WeChat: atozenglishpodcast Transcript: 00:00:00 Jack Hey, it is the English podcast listeners. This is Jack here. We are excited to offer you a new way to get even more involved with our podcast for just $10 a month, you can become an exclusive subscriber and join our private WhatsApp and WeChat groups as a member. 00:00:20 Jack You'll have the opportunity to ask questions and leave comments that we will address in a special weekly episode dedicated to our support. 00:00:30 Xochitl Yours. 00:00:31 Jack Your generous donations help cover the operational costs of the podcast. 00:00:36 Jack Allowing us to keep delivering the content you love to join, simply click the links in the description to pay via our stripe account or directly on the WeChat app. 00:00:50 Jack Thank you for your support. We can't wait to connect with you in our exclusive groups and hear what you have to say. 00:00:57 Jack OK. 00:00:58 Jack Now let's get on with the show. Welcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we are doing a topic talk. 00:01:16 Jack And today's topic is social's trip to China when she was 16 years old and social I I didn't know that you went to China when you were sixteen. I think this is the first time I'm learning of this and. 00:01:34 Jack Why did you go? Who did you go with? What did you do? You know all the WH questions? I'm so curious. 00:01:41 Xochitl UM so. 00:01:45 Xochitl What can I say about this trip? 00:01:48 Xochitl UM, well, we went. I was learning Mandarin at the time I started learning Mandarin in the in freshman year of high school, which for our listeners that means first year of high school and in US we have four years of high school so. 00:02:06 Xochitl My I want to say it was my junior year. Yes, because I was 16 my junior year. 00:02:12 Xochitl I the summer of my junior year, we went to China on a trip because as it turns out, my dad is a a university professor and his university, the Confucius Institute, holds a trip to China. And you have to pay like your ticket. But I think everything else is paid for it. 00:02:29 Xochitl It's like it's subsidized, so that means like they pay for a lot of your trip and. 00:02:34 Jack So you just buy the ticket, but they pay for like your accommodation. They pay for your food and that kind of stuff they travel. 00:02:41 Xochitl Yeah, I believe either that was the case or it's subsidized, meaning they put a lot of money towards your your accommodation and your food and your travel. And. Yeah, so it was pretty affordable. So my dad said. 00:02:50 Jack It lowers the price down so. 00:02:53 Jack Don't have to pay much. 00:02:55 Xochitl Hmm. 00:02:57 Xochitl Hey, I'll pay for it. My dad found it, actually, and he said he would pay for it for me. And so I. 00:03:01 Xochitl Said. 00:03:02 Xochitl Yeah. OK and. 00:03:07 Xochitl A few like only one other person who was in my class in Chinese went, and besides, that was all students from Louisville, which is the capital of Kentucky. 00:03:17 Jack Yeah. 00:03:18 Xochitl And so we all went to China, and it was a a an age range from. 00:03:27 Xochitl 1617. 00:03:30 Xochitl Pretty much and. 00:03:34 Xochitl We it was a really great time. I think we landed in Beijing and we went to Shanghai and Xian. 00:03:41 Jack Hmm. 00:03:42 Xochitl And I really, really loved it. I think that's probably one of my favorite places that I've ever visited. 00:03:48 Xochitl I really like the food. I liked the weather, I liked how busy it was, and there were a lot of really beautiful parks, like especially she had a really beautiful park and we spent the most time in Shannon and spent a week in Shannon. If I'm not mistaken, and went to a high school and got to meet like other kids