(
课件网) Finding a balance my tai chi experience Extended reading When my friend first suggested that we join the new Tai Chi Club at school, I hesitated（犹豫）.I always believed（认为） tai chi was for old people.After the first class,however, I had to admit（承认） that I had been wrong about（误解） tai chi.It was amazing!One year later, I can honestly say（老实说） it has had a huge effect on me physically and mentally.Just as importantly（同样重要的是）,practising tai chi has inspired（激励） me to explore（探索） the Chinese culture behind it. 当朋友建议我们参加学校新成立的太极拳俱乐部时，我犹豫了。我去一直觉得太极拳是老年人的运动。不过，上完第一节课后，我不得不承认，之前对太极拳的认识是错误的。太极拳实在是太神奇了。一年后，我可以实话兑了，太极拳对我的身心都产生了巨大的影响。同样重要的是，练习太极拳还力了我去探索其背后的中国文化。 The first few tai chi classes were fun and easy,and the moves（动作） really caught my imagination（想象力）,with descriptive（描述性的）names like“white crane spreading its wings（白鹤亮翅） and“golden rooster standing on one leg”（金鸡独立）.When I asked my coach（教练） where these interesting names came from,he told me about the history of tai chi.Zhang Sanfeng,a 13th-century Taoist（道家）,was said to have invented（发明） tai chi after drawing inspiration（灵感） from a fight between a snake and a bird.However,nowadays people tend to believe that Chen Wangting,a 17th-century master（大师） of Chinese martial arts（武术）,developed tai chi based on martial arts skills. 前几节太极拳课非常有趣，也不难学，像"白鹤亮翅""金鸡独立"这些很的招式名称确实很对我胃口。当我问教练，这些有趣的名称从何而来时，他道出了太极拳的历史。传说13世纪时，一个叫张三丰的道士从蛇与鸟的缠汲取灵感，创立了太极拳。不过如今人们倾向于认为太极拳是17世纪的武师陈王廷根据武术技巧演化而来的。 No wonder（难怪） some tai chi moves are named after（被命名） animals—Chinese martial arts have a long-standing practice of imitating（模仿）animals. Chen Wangting's original set of moves（原始的一系列动作） is called Chen-style tai chi, but other styles of tai chi have since been developed,including Yang-style, Wu-style and Sun-style. 由于中国武术中模拟动物的做法由来已太极拳的部分招式以动物来命名也就不足为奇了。陈王廷最初创的招式称氏太极拳，后来也发展出了其他门类的太极拳，包括杨氏太极拳、吴氏太极孙氏太极拳。 After learning the basics（基础动作） of tai chi in those first few classes,I found myself bored and aching（无聊且疼） from doing the same moves over and over again（反反复复）.Luckily,my coach taught me how to relax my muscles and focus on peace of mind while performing the routine（常规；一套动作）.With these requirements of tai chi in mind,I found to my satisfaction（令我满意的是）that my balance and flexibility（平衡与灵活性） slowly（渐渐地gradually） improved, that I was able to do more difficult moves,and that my love for tai chi returned stronger than ever（比以往任何时候都更（搭配比较 ... ...
