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o years ago. 2. It took her about nine hours. 3. She went to Disneyland, then Hollywood and finally Santa Monica. 4. Her aunt and uncle met her at the airport. 5. They spent two days in Los Angeles. 6. They saw the homes of the movie stars. 7. They went swimming in the Pacific Ocean at Santa Monica Step 6 Postlistening Ask the students to work in pairs of in group. Say you must have your own journey experience, so why not share it with your classmates? You can use the target language on the screen. ? A: Where did you go? ? B: I went to ______. ? A: When did you go? ? B: I went _________. ? A: How did you get there?[ ? B: I got there by ______. ? A: How long did you spend the re? ? B: I spent _______ there. ? A: What did you do/see? ? B: I saw _________________. ? A: What was it like? ? B: It was _________. Give the students 34minutes to do this oral practice and then ask some of the pairs to show their conversations and share their journey experience. Step 7 Maury’s journey Tell the students that the teacher himself had an unfettable journey. He’d like to share it with all of the students. But before that, the students have to finish the story first. Two years ago, I went (go) to California. It took (take) me about nine hours to get to Los Angeles. I was (be) very tired. Then we left (leave) Los Angeles. I spent (spend) two days in Disneyland, but I only met (meet) Mickey Mouse. I did not see other cartoons. When I got (get) to Hollywood, I saw (see) the homes of movie stars. Oh, boring! At last, I got (get) to Santa Monica. When I swam (swim) in the Pacific Ocean, I saw (see) a shark! It swam (swim) near me! I swam (swim) to the beach and ran (run) away quickly! I had (have) a bad time there![ After the students have learned about the story, ask them to say how it was like. Comment the journey. Step 8 Comment students’ work and assign the homework.