美語情景對話 第822期:Tai Chi 太極拳

Todd: So, Monica, you do Tai Chi?

託德：莫妮卡，你練太極拳？

Monica: Yes, I've just joined a Tai Chi club.

莫妮卡：對，我加入了太極拳俱樂部。

Todd: What made you join the Tai Chi club?

託德：你爲什麼加入太極拳俱樂部？

Monica: Well, I wanted to do something that was a lot different to what I usually do, which is high impact sports like basketball and tennis.

莫妮卡：我想做與我之前做的不一樣的運動，我以前經常做的運動是籃球、網球等劇烈運動。

Todd: So, you wanted to do something that was slower?

託德：你想做一些慢運動？

Monica: Yeah, well, I don't usually enjoy exercise that is quite slow such as yoga, but I decided to join this club and I'm really enjoying it.

莫妮卡：對，我不太經常做瑜珈之類的慢運動，不過我決定加入太極拳俱樂部，而且我很享受這個運動。

Todd: So, what exactly is Tai Chi? What do you do in Tai Chi?

託德：太極拳是種什麼運動？太極拳怎麼做？

Monica: Well, there are different types of Tai Chi. There's the original Tai Chi which involves quick fast movements, and then there's a slower form of Tai Chi which is quite popular in Japan. I think it's called Mr. Young Tai Chi, and that involves very slow pronounced movements, and that's the Tai Chi that I'm doing.

莫妮卡：嗯，太極拳有不同的種類。傳統太極拳包括快動作，慢動作的太極拳在日本非常受歡迎。我想那稱爲楊氏太極拳，動作非常緩慢，我現在練的就是這種太極拳。

Todd: How do you feel? Like after you do Tai Chi, do you feel tired? Do you feel energetic?

託德：你感覺怎麼樣？在練太極拳以後，你會感覺很累嗎？還是會感覺充滿活力？

Monica: After I've done Tai Chi I feel quite energetic actually. I don't really feel tired because I haven't had a really hard workout, but I feel that my mind is very relaxed and focused and that I'm very motivated to do whatever I need to do for the rest of the day.

莫妮卡：實際上，我練完太極拳以後感覺充滿活力。我感覺並不是很累，因爲沒有進行大強度訓練，我的大腦感到非常放鬆，而且注意力集中，這使我有動力去做一天中要做的事情。

Todd: Now, you actually are a tennis coach, so you teach sports. Would you recommend Tai Chi for other athletes?

託德：你是網球教練，你教授運動。你會把太極拳推薦給其他運動員嗎？

Monica: Yeah, I do recommend Tai Chi for other athletes. It's quite difficult to know exactly how you would benefit from Tai Chi, and how it can directly relate a specific sport, but I've heard that it works on your energy levels, and focuses your mind so that everything is in balance, and I think that can help in kind of sport because even in a sport like tennis, it's important to have balance when you're hitting the ball, when you're volleying, when you're getting ready for a smash. It actually involves having balance in terms of where your center of gravity is, so yeah, the concepts are similar.

莫妮卡：會。我建議其他運動員也練太極拳。很難明確說明練太極拳會帶來多大好處，太極拳與某項運動有何直接聯繫，不過我聽說太極拳對精力有好處，能使注意力更集中，保持平衡，我認爲這對網球這類運動有好處，打網球擊球時、打排球扣球時，保持平衡非常重要。這些運動都要保持重心平衡，所以概念是相通的。

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重點講解：
1. such as （用於舉例）例如，像，諸如；
例句：Substances such as ammonia give out heat when they dissolve.
諸如氨氣之類的物質在溶解時會釋放出熱量。
2. decide to do sth. 決定，拿定主意（做）；
例句：Most of the employees decide to string along the old firm.
大多數僱員決定繼續爲老公司效勞。
3. benefit from 獲益；對…有益；有利於；
例句：More and more students are benefiting from hit modern type of instruction.
這種現代化的教學模式正使愈來愈多的學生受益。
4. in terms of 在…方面；從…角度看；根據…來說；
例句：In terms of finance, we have a big problem.
我們在財政方面有一個大問題。