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一、导读： 1. Do you like sports? 2. What’s your favourite sport? 3. What was your ... experience like? 一、导思： What was the author’s tai chi experience like? 二、导学&导练： Step 1 Title prediction 1. How do you understand the title? 2. Can you predict what balance the author achieved through learning tai chi? Step 2 Fast reading 1. Grasp the structure 2. Choose the chart that best describes the changes of the author’s interest in tai chi Step 3 Detailed reading 1. What was the author’s tai chi experience like? At first:_____________________________________________________________________________________ During the first few classes:_____________________________________________________________________ After those first few classes: ____________________________________________________________________ One year later: _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. What were the first few classes like for the author? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How did the author solve his problem after the first few classes? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What’s the ancient Chinese culture behind tai chi? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What positive effects does practising tai chi have on the author? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Step 4 Consolidation Read the passage on Pages 25－26 quickly and fill in the following blanks with suitable words. Finding a balance：my tai chi experience | Para.1 | I joined the new Tai Chi Club at school, 1._________ has had a huge effect on me physically and mentally. | Para.2 | The first few tai chi classes were fun and easy with some tai chi moves 2._______________ animals.My coach told me about the 3.___________of tai chi. Nowadays people tend to believe that Chen Wangting developed tai chi 4._____________ martial arts skills. | Para.3 | I found myself 5._______________, but my coach taught me how to relax my muscles and 6._______________ peace of mind while 7._______________ the routine. To my 8.____________, my love for tai chi returned stronger than ever. | Para.4 | I began to look into the ancient Chinese culture behind tai chi and I discovered that tai chi is deeply 9.___________ in the Chinese philosophy of yin and yang. | Para.5 | Tai chi has had a positive 10.___________ on my everyday life, which I will continue to practise. |
Step 5 Critical thinking Do you think tai chi will get more popular among teenagers? Why or why not? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Step 6 Summary writing Write a summary of the magazine article about the author’s tai chi experience in your own words. 三、达标导练：（10分钟） 用所给动词正确形式填空 I visited the new and improved Community Sports Centre. It looks amazing! It is not open to the public yet, but preparations (1) ________________ (make) presently for the reopening. Lots of new and modern facilities (2) ________________ (put) in place. Some of the exercise machines (3) ________________ (test) by a group of energetic young people now. A whole new range of courses (4) ________________ (design) for people of all ages, including tai chi and boxing! I tried out the boxing class and I loved it! The coach, who was a boxing champion, was patient and professional. At the end of the one-hour class, I was sweating all over but felt relaxed. Despite all these improvements, I have also found something that still needs to be done: so far no basketball court (5) ________________ (build). I love playing basketball and I hope a basketball court will be built in the near future. I am sure it will make the sports centre more popular. 五、课后巩固训练：(30分钟) 限时练习 六、反思感悟： 1. 本文的写作目的是什么？ 2. 本文的结构清楚了吗？ 3. 如何引导学生养成锻炼的习惯？
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