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Extended reading
Finding a balance: my tai chi experience
Unit 2 Be sporty, be healthy
Do you like sports?
What’s your favourite sport?
Lead-in
图片展示在平时在各项赛事中体育赛事。
How much do you know about tai chi?
Title prediction
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Which shows the right structure of the article?
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Listening
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Part 1 ______
Part 2 _________
Part 3 ______
Beginning
Body
Ending
(para. 1)
(para. 5)
(paras. 2–4)
Get the main idea of each part
_____________________ to the author’s experience of learning tai chi
General introduction
__________ about the tai chi experience
____________ from learning tai chi
Details
Benefits
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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.
fun and easy
history
I found myself _________________, but with the help of the coach, my love for tai chi _________. I also learned about the ancient Chinese culture behind it.
bored and aching
returned
I found that tai chi had a ________ effect on me.
positive
Detailed reading
Read para. 2 and answer:
1.What descriptive names of tai chi moves did the author mention?
2.What are the two different explanations for the origin of tai chi?
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
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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 develope