UNIT2Besporty,behealthy

---ExtendedReading1.Studentscanlearnsomewordsandphrases.2.Studentscangetthemainideaofthispassage.3.Studentscoulddevelopapositiveattitudetowardssports.LearningAims:Brainstorming:DoyouknowTaiChi?TaiChiisatraditionalChineseculturethatharmonizesyinandyang.WhichcountrydoesTaiChioriginatefrom?ItoriginatedinChina.Trytopredictthemainideaofthispassage.NarrativeWhatisthegenreofthispassage?Whatisthewritingpurposeofthispassage?SharehisexperienceofpracticisingtaichiWritedownthestructureofthisarticle.Abeginner’sguidetoexerciseIntroductionPart.3Para.5Mainbody(histoty,turningpointsandculture)EffectVocabulary22.taichin.太極拳，太極23.stretchvt.&vi.伸展，舒展；拉長；伸出；（使延伸）24.rangen.（變動或浮動的）范圍，界限，區(qū)間；一系列25.movementn.活動，轉動；移動；運動26.stickwith持續(xù)，堅持28.carbohydraten.碳水化合物，糖類Vocabulary29.energyn.能，能量；精力；能源31.averagen.平均水平，一般水平adj.平均的；典型的32.throughoutprep.自始至終；各處，遍及33.makeupfor彌補，補償34.sweatn.汗水vt.&vi.出汗，流汗35.injuryn.傷害，損傷36.preventvt.阻止，阻礙

WhenmyfriendfirstsuggestedthatwejointhenewTaiChiClubatschool,Ihesitated.Ialwaysbelievedtaichiwasforoldpeople.Afterthefirstclass,however,IhadtoadmitthatIhadbeenwrongabouttaichi.Itwasamazing!Oneyearlater,Icanhonestlysayithashadahugeeffectonmephysicallyandmentally.Justasimportantly,practisingtaichihasinspiredmetoexploretheChineseculturebehindit.Takenotesquickly！重點詞匯hesitate猶豫，遲疑不決admit承認;招認haveaneffecton對…的影響作用physically身體上;肉體上mentally精神上;思想上;智力上Justas正像;正在…的時候taichi太極Chineseculture中國文化Inhisfirstfewclasses,whywastheauthorinterestedintaichi?Theywerefunandeasy,andthemovesattractedhisimagination.Doyouknowanyothermovesintaichiwithdescriptivenames?白鶴亮翅金雞獨立

Thefirstfewtaichiclasseswerefunandeasy,andthemovesreallycaughtmyimagination,withdescriptivenameslike"whitecranespreadingitswings"and“goldenroosterstandingononeleg”。WhenIaskedmycoachwheretheseinterestingnamescamefrom,hetoldmeaboutthehistoryoftaichi.ZhangSanfeng,a13th-centuryTaoist,wassaidtohaveinventedtaichiafterdrawinginspirationfromafightbetweenasnakeandabird.前幾節(jié)太極課非常有趣，也不難學，像“白鶴亮翅”“金雞獨立”這些很形象的招式名稱確實讓我興趣滿滿。當我問教練，這些有趣的名稱從何而來時，他和我說了太極的歷史。傳說十三世紀時，一個叫張三豐的道士從蛇與鳥的纏斗中汲取靈感，創(chuàng)立了太極。Takenotesquickly！

However,nowadayspeopletendtobelievethatChenWangting,a17th-centurymasterofChinesemartialarts,developedtaichibasedonmartialartsskills.Nowondersometaichimovesarenamedafteranimals-Chinesemartialartshavealong-standingpracticeofimitatinganimals.ChenWangting'soriginalsetofmovesiscalledChen-styletaichi,butotherstylesoftaichihavesincebeendeveloped,includingYang-style,Wu-styleandSun-style.

不過如今人們傾向于認為太極是十七世紀的武學大師陳王廷根據武術技巧演化而來的。由于中國武術中模擬動物的做法由來已久，太極的部分招式以動物來命名也就不足為奇了。陳王廷最初創(chuàng)編的招式稱為陳氏太極，后來也發(fā)展出了其他門類的太極，包括楊式太極、吳氏太極和孫氏太極。Takenotesquickly！重點詞匯tendto傾向于;有助于martialarts武術;bebasedon基于;以……為基礎martial武術的;戰(zhàn)爭的，軍事的Nowonder難怪;怪不得;namedafter以…命名long-standingpractice積習imitating模仿;仿效;asetof集合;

Afterlearningthebasicsoftaichiinthosefirstfewclasses,Ifoundmyselfboredandachingfromdoingthesamemovesoverandoveragain.Luckily,mycoachtaughtmehowtorelaxmymusclesandfocusonpeaceofmindwhileperformingtheroutine.Withtheserequirementsoftaichiinmind,Ifoundtomysatisfactionthatmybalanceandflexibilityslowlyimproved,thatIwasabletodomoredifficultmoves,andthatmylovefortaichireturnedstrongerthanever.

學完前幾節(jié)太極基礎課之后，我發(fā)現一遍又一遍重復這些招式讓我心生厭倦，而且肌肉酸痛。幸運的是，教練教會了我放松肌肉的方法，以及在日常練習時如何注意心境的平和。將太極的這些要求銘記于心，慢慢地，我發(fā)現自己的平衡能力和柔韌性得到了改善，我可以嘗試一些難度更大的招式，我對太極的熱愛又回來了，而且比以前更強烈，這令我十分滿意。Takenotesquickly！重點詞匯taichi太極overandoveragain一再，屢次;再三地，重復地focuson專注于;關注，聚焦于peaceofmind安心;心境的安寧inmind在心里beableto可以;有能力

Intime,IbegantolookintotheancientChineseculturebehindtaichi.IdiscoveredthattaichiisdeeplyrootedintheChinesephilosophyofyinandyang,whicharebelievedtoformtheunityofopposites.Neithercanexistindependentoftheother;forexample,thereisnoshadowwithoutlight.Thepracticeoftaichiaimstomaintainthebalanceofyinandyanginthebodythroughoppositemovements:forwardsandbackwards,upanddown,leftandright,breathinginandbreathingout.Eventually,taichibringsaboutastateofphysicalbalanceandmentalpeace.我不失時機地開始探尋太極背后的中國古代文化。我發(fā)現，太極深深地扎根于中國的陰陽學說之中。人們認為陰和陽構成了對立統(tǒng)一，彼此不能獨立存在，比如，沒有光就不會有影子。練習太極旨在通過一些相對的動作——進退、上下、左右、吐納——來維持人體內部的陰陽調和。最終，太極可以帶來一種身心平衡的狀態(tài)。Takenotesquickly！重點詞匯lookinto考察，調查，研究;瀏覽，快速翻查;ancientChinese古代漢語;古漢語unityofopposites對立與統(tǒng)一independentof獨立于;獨立;無關;不依賴于forexample例如upanddown上上下下;來來回回astateof以…的狀態(tài);physicalbalance物理平衡;物理天平

Ayearofpractisingtaichihashadapositiveeffectonmyeverydaylife.Isleepbetteratnight,andIammoreenergeticduringtheday.Ifeelhappierandmoreconfident.Taichihastaughtmetorelaxmymind,enablingmetostaycoolinstressfulsituations.IamsureIwillcontinuetopractisetaichiandenjoythebenefitsithasbroughtme.

一年練習太極的經歷已經對我的日常生活產生了積極的作用。晚上我睡得更香，白天則精力更充沛。幸福感倍增，人也更加自信。太