1、Finding a balance:Finding a balance: my tai chi experience ThinkingThinking 1. 1.How do you usually exercise in your spare time?How do you usually exercise in your spare time? ThinkingThinking 2. What about your parents 2. What about your parents or grandparents?or grandparents? Free talk Do you fee
2、l like trying this way? If our school set up a tai chi club, would you join it? Scan the sports magazine How does the emotion of the author change? Pay attention to Pay attention to the adjectives the adjectives the author use.the author use. ReadingReading time interest time interest time interest
3、time interest Choose the one which best describes the change in the authors attitudes. Read the article againRead the article again TimeTimeEmotion Emotion His friend first suggested fun and easy After learning the basis satisfied A year later hesitated The first few classes bored and aching After t
4、he coach taught found the positive effect fun and easy hesitant in the first few classes after learning the basics the coach taught me what to do bored happier and more confident interest time ConsolidationConsolidation What was the authors tai chi experience like? What was the authors tai chi exper
5、ience like? Write about it in your own words using the Write about it in your own words using the information from the article.information from the article. You can write like this!You can write like this! The author used to think tai chi was just for old people, and he hesitated about practicing it
6、 at first. GraduallyGradually, he came to find tai chi more and more interesting and eventually fell in love with it. FurthermoreFurthermore, he began to understand the culture behind tai chi and was able to apply its philosophy to his everyday life. Compare and figure out the similarity. White cran
7、e spreading its wings Golden rooter standing on one leg Wild Horse Parts Mane Wild Horse Parts Mane Reading ReadingReading Read Paragraph 2 and understand the history of tai chi. ReadingReading Read Paragraph 2 and understand the history of tai chi. Zhang Sanfeng, a 13th-century Taoist, was said to
8、have invented tai chi after drawing inspiration from a fight between a snake and a bird. Chen Wangting, a 17th-century master of Chinese martial arts, was said to have developed tai chi based on martial arts skills. Essence of tai chi Root C_ (1) Forwards & _ (4) Up & _ (5) Left & _ (6) Breathing in
9、 & _ (7) K_ (8) hinese philosophy in ang backwards down right eep balance Reading breathing out The Chinese culture behind tai chi How do we understand the sentence there is no shadow without light? Why is it used here? Where there is light, there is shadow. The writer uses this example to explain t
10、he equal and opposite forces which make up the world cant live without the other. Exploration Can you make up more sentences to explain the philosophy of yin and yang? Exploration The Chinese culture behind tai chi There is no _ without wrong.There is no _ without wrong. There is no fairness without
11、 _.There is no fairness without _. There is no _ without black.There is no _ without black. There is no day without _.There is no day without _. There is no _ without failure.There is no _ without failure. rightright unfairnessunfairness whitewhite nightnight successsuccess Do you think tai chi will
12、 get more popular among teenagers? Why or why not? Yes, I think tai chi will definitely become more popular among teenagers, because I believe young people are becoming more aware of the importance of physical and mental health. Tai chi is great because it helps with both. This should make it a good
13、 choice for teenagers who want to take up an exercise. Also, as a traditional Chinese form of exercise, tai chi will probably get a lot of support from the government, schools and other bodies. Discussion The Chinese culture behind tai chi HomeworkHomework 1. Write an essay (120 words) to introduce and promote tai chi as a Chinese cultural ambassador. 2. Finish the workbook. THANK THANK YOUYOU
