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Todd: So, Monica, you do Tai Chi?
托德：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?
托德：你為什么加入太極拳俱樂部？
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?
托德：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?
托德：太極拳是種什么運動？太極拳怎么做？
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。我想那稱為楊氏太極拳，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?
托德：你感覺怎么樣？在練太極拳以后，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，我練完太極拳以后感覺充滿活力。我感覺并不是很累，因為沒有進行大強度訓練，我的大腦感到非常放松，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?
托德：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系，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，我認為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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