牛津译林版M2-U2-Finding-a-balance-my-tai-chi-experience

Beforereadingslow,hard,oldChinesepeopleonly…TaiChi,whichoinYongnianCounty,northChina’sHebeiProvince,wasdevelopedfromancientChinesep(哲学).Overthecenturies,ithasevolvedintoacomplicatedsystem.TaiChiisthecoftheenergiesbetweendynamicandstatic,fastandslow.Themovementsareslowandtheenergybreaksoutwardfromtheiwitheverymove.It’saboutayoungmen’sexperienceinstudyingtaichi.WhilereadingPara.5___________oftaichiPara.1BriefintroductionofhistaichiexperiencePara.4___________oftaichiPara.3Hisown_____________________________Para.2______________oftaichiHistory/OriginlearningexperienceandfeelingsBenefitsPhilosophyScanthearticleandsummarizethemainideaofeachparagraph.InventedbyZhangSanfeng,a__________Taoist,afterdrawinginspirationfrom__________________________________.Readpara2andcompletethesentencesofthehistoryoftaichi.Task2DevelopedbyChenWangting,amasterofChinesemartialarts,basedon_______________.13th-centuryafightbetweenasnakeandabird17th-centurymartialartsskillsCompareandfigureoutthesimilarity.Whitecranespreadingitswings(白鹤亮翅)Goldenrooterstandingononeleg(金鸡独立)Partingthewildhorsemane(野马分鬃)Graspingsparrowtail(揽雀尾)Theybothusethemovestokeepbalance.掩手肱拳EssenceoftaichiRootC_________________(1)forwardsand___________(4)up&______(5)left&_____(6)breathinginand____________(7)Keep(8)…Y(3)hinesephilosophyinangbackwardsdownrightbalancebreathingoutReadpara.4andcompletethefollowingdiagram.Task3theunityofoppositestimeinteresttimeinteresttimeinteresttimeinterestChoosethediagramwhichbestdescribesthechangeintheauthor’sattitudes.Task4amazedhesitantinthefirstfewclassesafterlearningthebasicsaftermycoach’steachingboredandachingsatisfied,lovefortaichireturnedinteresttimeExplorationTheChineseculturebehindtaichiHowdoyouunderstandthesentencethereisnoshadowwithoutlight?Whyisitusedhere?Wherethereislight,thereisshadow.Thewriterusesthisexampletoexplaintheequalbutoppositeforceswhichcan’tlivewithouttheother.ExplorationTheChineseculturebehindtaichiCanyoumakeupmoresentencestoexplainthephilosophyofyinandyang?•Thereisnorightwithoutwrong.•Thereisnofairnesswithoutunfairness.•Thereisnowhitewithoutblack.•Thereisnodaywithoutnight.•Thereisnosuccesswithoutfailure.Howdoyouunderstandtheunityofopposites?Howdoyouputitinyourlife?DiscussionJustasthearticlesays,theunityofoppositescannotexistindependentofeachother.Oppositesaretheretokeepbalanceandifbroken,animbalancemayoccur,whichcouldcausemanyproblems.Likedaysandnights,italwaysgoesfromonesituationtotheopposite.Forexample,ifonefailssometimes,heshouldnevergiveup.Aslongashechangesthewayhedoesandthinks,thingswouldbechanged.Onthecontrary,ifonesucceeds,heshouldn'tbetooproud.Keepcalmorhewilllose.WritingWhatwastheauthor'staichiexperiencelike?Writeaboutitinyourownwordsusingtheinformationfromthearticleandtheexpressionsgivenbelow.Theauthorusedtothinktaichiwas…Afterfirstfewtaichiclass,hefoundhimself…Withthehelpofthecoach,…Eventually…and…hesitateabouthave…effectoncometofindfallinlovewithunderstandthecultureapplyitsphilosophytoPossibleanswerTheauthorusedtothinktaichiwasjustforoldpeople,andhehesitatedaboutpractisingitatfirst.Gradually,hecametofindtaichimoreandmoreinterestingandeventuallyfellinlovewithit.Furthermore,hebegantounderstandtheculturebehindtaichiandwasabletoapplyitsphilosophytohiseverydaylife.HomeworkWriteanessay(120words)tointroduceandpromotetaichiasaChineseculturalambassador.