Unit 2 Be sporty, be healthy Extended reading 课件 2023-2024学年高一英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

Unit 2 Period 4 Extended reading 新 课 导 入 Free Talk 1. Do you like sports? 2. What’s your favourite sport? 3. What was your best sport experience like? 课 堂 学 习 Pre­reading Look at the title and the picture, guess what the article is about. Let’s listen and check. Skim the sports magazine article and get the main idea of each paragraph. Fast reading Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 How I began to study tai chi, and its effect on me. Tai chi’s origin and different styles. How to practice tai chi. The traditional Chinese culture behind it. Tai chi’s positive effects on me (physically and mentally). Time Line Skim the sports magazine article again and choose the graph that best describe the changes of the author’s interest in tai chi. Time Interest Time Time Time Interest Interest Interest A B C D amazed hesitant in the first few classes after learning the basics my love for tai chi returned bored satisfied interest time A What was the author's tai chi experience like? Write about it in your own words using the information from the article. The author used to think tai chi was just for old people, and he hesitated about practising it at first. Gradually, he came to find tai chi more and more interesting and eventually fell in love with it. Furthermore, he began to understand the culture behind tai chi and was able to apply its philosophy to his everyday life. A sample Carefully reading Read para. 2 and answer: Q1: 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? 白鹤亮翅 金鸡独立 Q2: How was tai chi invented? A.Zhang Sanfeng invented it after he fought with a snake and a bird. B.Chen Wangting invented it after imitating animals. C.Zhang Sanfeng drew inspiration from a fight between a snake and a bird. D.Chen Wangting based it on martial arts skills. Q3: What are the two different explanations for the origin of tai chi? Zhang San