Unit 2 Be sporty, be healthy. Extended reading课件-2023-2024学年牛津译林版(2020)高中英语必修第二册

Unit 2 Be sporty, be healthy Extended reading Finding a balance: my tai chi experience Warming up Chen-style, Yang-style, Wu-style, Sun-style How Draw inspiration from a fight between a snake and a bird Develop tai chi based on martial arts skills. Development Chen Wangting Zhang Sanfeng Who Checking What do you know about tai chi? Title Finding a balance: my tai chi experience What will be talked about in this passage? Skim for main ideas Paragraph 1，3，5 Paragraph 2 Chinese culture behind tai chi the history of tai chi Paragraph 4 my experience about learning tai chi amazed hesitant in the first few classes after learning the basics after my love for tai chi returned bored satisfied interest time before learning tai chi Read for the writer’s attitudes and reasons Read para. 4. How did he feel after learning the basics? Why? --- He felt bored with repetitve moves. What helped him regain love for t’ai chi? ---- The coach’s help. Relax muscle focus on mind from physical to mental. Apart from the coach’s help, the sport itself helped him. T’ai chi brings him a lot of benefits. An important one is the deeper understanding of Chinese culture. What is Chinese culture behind t’ai chi? Let’s read Para.5 out loud together. --- Chinese philosophy of yin and yang. What is yin and yang? What is the relationship between them? ---They are equal and opposite forces. Neither can exist independent of each other. What is the easy example used by the author to explain the relationship? Can t’ai chi movements reflect this philosophy? Can the writer’s experience reflect this philosophy? What are the opposite forces of repetition, boredom, ...? Did he experience both sides? These forces seem opposite, but they make up a whole. What does t’ai chi tell us about how to deal with these forces? --- Keep a balance. 6 Listening for the effects of learning tai chi (para.5) physical and mental balance A year of practising tai chi has had a positive effect on my everyday life. I sleep