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课件网) Unit 2 Period 4 Extended reading 新 课 导 入 Free Talk 1. Do you like sports 2. What’s your favourite sport 3. What was your best sport experience like 课 堂 学 习 Pre reading Look at the title and the picture, guess what the article is about. Let’s listen and check. Skim the sports magazine article and get the main idea of each paragraph. Fast reading Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 How I began to study tai chi, and its effect on me. Tai chi’s origin and different styles. How to practice tai chi. The traditional Chinese culture behind it. Tai chi’s positive effects on me (physically and mentally). Time Line Skim the sports magazine article again and choose the graph that best describe the changes of the author’s interest in tai chi. Time Interest Time Time Time Interest Interest Interest A B C D amazed hesitant in the first few classes after learning the basics my love for tai chi returned bored satisfied interest time A What was the author's tai chi experience like Write about it in your own words using the information from the article. The author used to think tai chi was just for old people, and he hesitated about practising it at first. Gradually, he came to find tai chi more and more interesting and eventually fell in love with it. Furthermore, he began to understand the culture behind tai chi and was able to apply its philosophy to his everyday life. A sample Carefully reading Read para. 2 and answer: Q1: What descriptive names of tai chi moves did the author mention White crane spreading its wings Golden rooster standing on one leg What other moves of tai chi do you know 白鹤亮翅 金鸡独立 Q2: How was tai chi invented A.Zhang Sanfeng invented it after he fought with a snake and a bird. B.Chen Wangting invented it after imitating animals. C.Zhang Sanfeng drew inspiration from a fight between a snake and a bird. D.Chen Wangting based it on martial arts skills. Q3: What are the two different explanations for the origin of tai chi Zhang Sanfeng, a 13th-century Taoist, was said to have invented tai chi after drawing inspiration from a fight between a snake and a bird. Nowadays people tend to believe that Chen Wangting, a 17th-century master of Chinese martial arts, developed tai chi based on martial arts skills. Read para. 4 and fill in the blanks. Root (1) C_____ Forwards & (4)_____ Up & (5)_____ Left & (6)_____ Breathing in & (7)_____ (8) K_____ … … … (2) Y__ (3) Y___ hinese philosophy in ang backwards down right eep balance breathing out Essence of tai chi Thinking How do you understand the unity of opposites How can you put it into your life Just as the article says, the unity of opposites cannot exist independent of each other. Opposites are there to keep balance and if broken, an imbalance may occur, which could cause many problems. Two such opposites that I have experienced in my life are success and failure. Instead of seeing them as two separate aspects of ... ...
