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

Title prediction ? 找到平衡： 我的太极体验 The article is about a Chinese high school student's experience of ______________. practicing tai chi What will be talked about in the article? How much do you know about tai chi? Which shows the right structure of the article? A B C D 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 4 5 5 5 Reading for structure Part 2 _______ Part 3 _______ Part 1 ______ Beginning Body Ending (para. 1) (para. 5) (para. 2–4) ___________________ to the author’s experience of learning tai chi General introduction ________ about the whole experience _________ from learning tai chi Details Benefits Get the main idea of each part 5 time interest time interest time interest time interest A B C D Choose the one which best describes the change in the author’s attitudes. Reading for details 6 Detailed reading Q1: What was the author’s tai chi experience like? At first During the first few classes After those first few classes One year later I always believed tai chi was for old people and_______. hesitated I found they were ____________, and learned a lot about the _______of tai chi. I found tai chi was _______. fun and easy history I found myself _________________, but with the help of the coach, my love for tai chi _________. I also learned about____________ behind it. bored and aching returned I found that tai chi had a ________ effect on me. positive amazing the ancient Chinese culture Chen-style, Yang-style, Wu-style, Sun-style Both had a connection with animals History Understanding the history and culutre of tai chi How Draw inspiration from a fight between a snake and a bird Develop tai chi based on martial arts skills. Chinese martial arts have a long-standing practice of imitating animals. Development Similarity Chen Wangting, a 17th-century master of Chinese martial arts Zhang Sanfeng, a 13th-century Taoist Who The practice of tai chi aims to ____________ _______ in the body through ________________________ _____________________ ___________________