大家好！I am back with my week 4 recap, and this trip has flown by. One of the highlights of my trip was my 口语报告 (Speaking Report), because although it was a little nerve racking to present in front my class, I learned so much about my topic. I talked about 中正纪念堂 (Chiang Kai-shek Memorial). In my presentation, I talked about the architecture of the Memorial, the 卫兵交接 (Changing of the Guards), and comparing the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial. Besides this, I have been eating so much 刨冰 (shaved ice tsua bing is how you pronounce shaved ice in 台语), a desert that Taiwan is known for. It is very different from American shaved ice with Taiwanese shaved using more natural flavors. I have also been having so much fun with my 语伴 (language partner). It is  a requirement to meet with our language partner 4 hours a week, and during these hours, we usually go out to eat or go do an activity. For example, this week I went to play table tennis with my language partner, and I had so much fun! Despite doing a bunch of activities with my language partner, we were of course practicing Mandarin, and this week I asked my language partner Jacky to teach me some slang. He responds by just saying “nie”. At first I was very confused because I wasn’t sure what that even meant, but essentially “nie” is a way to say something is very so-so. After Jacky taught me “nie”, we met up with some other NSLI-Y students, and one of them was talking about how pretty the moon looked today. Seizing the opportunity, I responded with “nie” and after everyone was laughing. Some other Taiwan slang I learned was 真的假的？(Seriously?). 真的 by itself means really, and it was many people say in China when they are surprised by something, but in Taiwan, many people will say “真的假的?”. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see my host family this weekend, but the group went to 日月潭 (Sun Moon Lake). Sun Moon Lake was so pretty, and the water looked very clear. I also thought it was very interesting because many people were asking if we could go swimming in Sun Moon Lake, but we weren’t able to because they actually only have a specific time of year that you can swim in Sun Moon Lake (elaborate more). While we were in Sun Moon Lake, we also visited a tea factory which was very cool, because they showed us the process of how they make specific types of tea, and I was able to buy some tea for my mom and grandparents. Overall, I had so much fun traveling to a different part of Taiwan this week, and learning some new slang.