Journey to the West，or Xi You Ji，is a very famous Chinese TV play.It is about the great（1）

trip

trip

[tr?p] of Tang Seng，Sun Wukong，Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng.The stories come from a book of （2）

the

the

same name by Wu Cheng'en in the Ming Dynasty（ 朝代）.
   The TV play was the first of its kind in China.The production team（制作團(tuán)隊(duì)）spent about six（3）

years

years

（year），from 1982 to 1988，making it.The production team （4）

met

met

（meet） with many problems.At that time，they only had very simple tools （簡單的工具）.Still，they tried their best to make the TV play well.They spent two months （5）

visiting

visiting

（visit） over 60 places across China to find the best places for （6）

different

different

[?d?fr?nt] stories.They needed the wire stunt（威亞）to help the actors "fly"，（7）

but

but

no one knew how to do it.They flew to Hong Kong to learn the technique （ 技術(shù)）.
   Through the production team's（8）

hard

hard

[hɑ?d] work，the TV play first aired（ 播出）in China in 1986.It （9）

quickly

quickly

（quick） became very popular.About nine people in ten watched it.So far Chinese TV stations have rebroadcast（重播）the play more than 3，000 times.Now，it is still popular（10）

with

with

Chinese people.When people talk about "summer holiday"，lots of them think of the TV play.People in other countries also love it.