Unit 2 Extended reading 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

Extended reading Finding a balance: my tai chi experience Unit 2 Be sporty, be healthy If you are invited to join a Tai Chi club, would you like to join? Why or why not? Let’s learn the author’s tai chi experience. Listen and choose. Time Interest Time Time Time Interest Interest Interest A B C D Detailed reading Time Feelings Reasons When his friend suggested After learning the basics of tai chi happier and more confident satisfied bored and aching fun and easy hesitant After my coach’s guidance A year of practising tai chi positive effects & benefits balance and flexibility improved doing the same moves over and over again moves caught my imagination; was told about the history for old people The first few tai chi classes Read para. 2 and answer: 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? Detailed reading 白鹤亮翅 金鸡独立 手挥琵琶 倒卷宏 Detailed reading 右蹬脚 6 海底针 单鞭 Detailed reading 左揽雀尾 What are the two different explanations for the origin of tai chi? One is related to Zhang Sanfeng, a 13th-century Taoist. It is said that he invented tai chi after drawing inspiration from a fight between a snake and a bird. The other is that tai chi was developed based on martial arts skills by a 17th-century master of Chinese martial arts--Chen Wangting. Detailed reading Read para. 2 and answer: Essence of tai chi Chinese philosophy of ____________ the unity of _____________ The practice of tai chi aims to maintain the balance in the body through ______________ breathing in and breathing out yin and yang opposites opposite movements forwards and backwards up and down left and right Detailed reading Read para. 4 and complete the chart. What’s your understanding of Chinese philosophy of yin and yang? Discussion “Yin and Yang -- the Mother of Ten Thousand Things” As this quote from Lao Tzu suggests, Tai Chi derives its name from the concept of yin a