Journev to the West is one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature．It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (write)by Wuchen9'en in the 16th century during the Ming Dynasty．In English—speaking countries，the work is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wide)known as Monkey． The novel has 100 chapters {#blank#}3{#/blank#} total．It can be divided into four parts． The first part {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (include)chapters 1-7，and it is an {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(introduce) to the main story．It deals with the earlier exploits of Sun Wukong．The second part， {#blank#}6{#/blank#} is from Chapter 8-12，talks about the monk，Xuanzang，and the background of his great journey．The third and the longest section of the work is chapters 13-99．It is the details of the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (forget) journey．The section is set in the poor lands along the Silk Road between China and India，including Xinjiang，Turkestan，and Afghanistan(阿富汗)．They overcome many {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (difficult) all the way and make and friends {#blank#}9{#/blank#} each other．Chapter 100，the last of all，quickly describes the return journey to the Tang Empire，and the rewards that each {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (travel)receives．

    Nowadays，Journey to the West has been made into TV plays，cartoons and films and it is still very popular all around the world．

    Thank you {#blank#}1{#/blank#}watching CCTV's Around China. I'm a reporter from CCTV. Now, we're {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Penghu, Tai­wan. The beach here is really beautiful and clean. It's rai­ning these days. Today is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(sun), and the weather is hot and humid. There are lots of people here on vacation. Some are {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(take) photos, some are swimming in the sea, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} others are lying on the beach. Look! A group of young {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(man) are playing beach soccer. They are only {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(wear) sports shorts and sunglasses, they look really cool and play so {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(good) in this heat. This is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} very beautiful and interesting place. lt's also a good place {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(relax). I like here so much that I hope to come here again.

    Eric is from England. He has a big family. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(he)grandfather and grandmother are in England. They are at home. Their {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(name)are Harry and Anna. But {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(Eric)parents and their children are in China. Eric's father is an English teacher in a school. He teaches English very {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(good). Eric's mother is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a teacher. She is a doctor. Eric and his sister Alice. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(be) students. They go to {#blank#}7{#/blank#}Same school in Beijing. At school Eric {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(have)three good friends. They are David. Tom and Jim. Eric always plays basketball. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}Alice doesn't. She likes {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (play)table tennis.