内容正文:
Finding a balance:
my tai chi experience
Extended reading, Unit 2, Book 2
Lead-in
If our school set up a tai chi club, would you like to join it ?
Appreciation
Which shows the right structure of the article?
Fast reading
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Part1(para.1) A general ____________ to the author’s experience of learning tai chi
Part2(paras2-4)_________about the taichi experience
Part3(para5) Tai chi’s positive __________ on my everyday life
Para. 2 ______________of tai chi
Para.3 His own ________________________
Para.4___________ behind tai chi
introduction
Details
effects
History/Origin
Culture
learning experience and feelings
Fast reading
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Scan the article and choose the one which best describes the change in the author’s attitudes.
Time
Interest
Time
Time
Time
Interest
Interest
Interest
A
B
C
D
Fast reading
Detailed reading
Read paragraph 2 and answer:
What are the two different explanations for the origin of tai chi?
Essence of taichi
Chinese philosophy of(1) _____________
the unity of (2)_____________
the practice of taichi aims to maintain the balance in the body through(3)____________________
(4)_____________
(5)_____________
(6)_____________
breathing in and breathing out
yin and yang
opposites
opposite movements
forwards and backwards
up and down
left and right
Detailed reading
Read paragraph 4 and complete the chart.
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Thinking
How do you understand “ there is no shadow without light”? Why is it used here?
Where there is light, there is a shadow. The author uses this example to explain the unity of opposites, which cannot exist without each other.
We should achieve a balance between study and fun .
We should achieve a balance between __________ and__________ .
We should achieve a balance between __________ and __________ .
We should achieve a balance between ___________ and__________ .
ugliness
beauty
good
evil
success
failure
Thinking
Make up more sentences to explain the unity of opposites.
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When my friend first suggested that we join the new