山東 李全忠

閃展騰挪，剛柔并濟，在他手中打出了中華武術的博大精深；強身健體，造福民眾，在他腳下走出了太極文化的國際之途。他，陳正雷，2020“中國非遺年度人物”，是國家級非物質文化遺產代表性項目陳氏太極拳國家級代表性傳承人。

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1Chen Zhenglei, Chenjiagou's Taijiquan master,was awarded the“Person of the Year of China Intangible Cultural Heritage”in 2020.

2Chen Zhenglei was born in May 1949 at the birthplace of Taijiquan—Chenjiagou Village, Wen County,Henan Province,China.He is the 19th generation inheritor (繼承人) of the Chen family and 11th generation direct-line successor of Chen Style Taijiquan. He has held the position of Head Instructor and Principal of Chen Village Taijiquan School, Head Instructor of Wen County Taijiquan Promotion and Development Centre and Vice Director of Henan Province Martial Arts Administration. He has been officially recognized as one of the Top Ten Foremost Martial Artists by the Chinese State Government and has been awarded the honor of National Martial Arts Senior Instructor holding the 9th Duan Wei in Chinese Wushu (Martial Arts) Grading System. He is also a Committee Member of China Physical Culture&Science Institute.

3He has recently established the Chen Zhenglei Taijiquan Culture Co. Ltd. in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China to promote Chen Style Taijiquan and help the Taijiquan practitioners worldwide to access his unique training skills.Anyone taking part in his training courses will have the opportunity to learn directly from one of the most skillful Taijiquan masters in the world.

4As part of his Taijiquan life,Chen Zhenglei has published many books and a series of videos, VCDs and DVDs on Taijiquan. Many of those publications have also been translated into other languages,such as English,French,Japanese,Korean and Spanish.

5He went to Japan to teach Taijiquan in 1983, and he has visited more than 60 countries and regions and opened more than 100 teaching centers all over the world.“While we teach Taijiquan around the world, many students not only fall in love with Taijiquan,but they also come to like Chinese calligraphy and philosophy,”Chen Zhenglei said.“If you want to practice Taijiquan well,you must learn Chinese culture.”

Reading Check

Ⅰ.Choose the best answers according to the text

Ⅱ.Discussion

Have you ever practiced Taijiquan? Do you know other World Intangible Cultural Heritages in China?

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Language Study

Ⅰ.Discover useful structures in the text

1.have the opportunity to do...有機會做……

Anyone taking part in his training courses will have the opportunity to learn directly from one of the most skillful Taijiquan masters in the world.任何參加他的培訓課程的人都將有機會直接向世界上最高明的太極拳大師之一學習。

2.not only...but also...不但……而且……

“While we teach Taijiquan around the world, many students not only fall in love with Taijiquan, but they also come to like Chinese calligraphy and philosophy,”Chen Zhenglei said.陳正雷說：“我們在世界各地教授太極拳的時候，讓很多學生不僅愛上了太極拳，還開始喜歡中國的書法和哲學?！?/p>

Ⅱ.Memorize some text-centered chunks

be born in 出生于

hold the position of 擔任……職務

be recognized as 被看作是；被認為是

take part in 參與

a series of 一系列

be translated into 被翻譯成