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    Today, Tai Chi's incredible powers are shown in its popularity. Millions of lovers of Tai Chi around the world are using the form of martial arts (武术){#blank#}2{#/blank#} an important healthcare practice to get control of their health, manage stress and slow down the process of gelling old. On Mar3, a new report from London showed that Tai Chi had helped hundreds of older people in Britain's capital to Slav{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(fit) than ever.

    In traditional Chinese culture, often Tai Chi {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (link) to the Chinese idea of yin and yang, the idea that one can see two sides in everything. According to a legend, one day Taoist Zhang Sanfeng saw a hawk attacking a snake in the Wudang Mountains.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (inspire) by the snake's defense, he created a set of 72 movements{#blank#}6{#/blank#} used softness and power from inside to defeat brute (残暴的) force.

    Tai Chi can be practiced anytime and anywhere without{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (equip) or gymnasium. Of course Tai Chi's benefits go beyond physical {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. For Marleni Calcina from Peru, who has practiced Tai Chi for more than 10 years, it's not only a sport, but also a way of life, It's Tai Chi{#blank#}9{#/blank#} has taught her how to “gain peace and inner harmony”. “For me now, practiced Tai Chi is like{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (speak) with my soul,” she says.

    Jogging makes you burn fat and lose weight. In addition to increasing metabolism (新陈代谢), jogging is an {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (effect) way to burn more calories, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} helps you lose weight. If calories consumed in food are less than calories {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (spend) during exercise and other daily activities, you will lose weight. It is impossible not to! Many people have learned how to lose weight by{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (start) a running program.

    Jogging {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (help) to reduce stubborn fat. A running program can really help to cut back {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the last of your stubborn fat. Change can take a long time to come but {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (eventual) it makes maintaining a healthy weight much easier.

    If you suffer from poor appetite, jogging will improve your appetite. Along with all other {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (form) of exercise – the harder you work, the more you will eat {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (repair) your muscles and refuel them. When you start to run longer, you will start to eat to fuel your body, and may even find that you need to eat more food every day {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you did when you were overweight.

    Unlike some other European languages, English is a little tricky when it comes to writing. How a word {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (pronounce) and how it is actually spelt can be very different things. Take two simple {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (verb) like "have" and "save". Shouldn't they be pronounced the same? Why do "sir", "her" and "fur" all rhyme, but "fork" and "work" don't?

    Imagine, then, a situation {#blank#}3{#/blank#} two words are spelt and pronounced exactly the same way, but have {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (complete) different meanings. Welcome to the world of homonyms (同形同音异义词). {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (take), for example, the word "fair"—it can be a kind of event or an adjective to describe the colour of your hair.

    So how do you know which {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (mean) someone is referring to? You don't, except by the context. Obviously, if someone asks you to "give {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (they) a hand", they don't want you to remove {#blank#}8{#/blank#} is at the end of your arm.

    Sometimes even the context doesn't help much—the result can be amusing. These sentences play with the double meaning of a noun:

    I used to be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} banker, but I lost interest.

    A small boy swallowed some coins and had to go to hospital. When his grandmother phoned {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (ask) how he was, the nurse said, " No change yet."

    "If you're talking to me in a noisy restaurant and my nerve system is good at locking onto the sound of your voice, I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} understand what you say better."

    The research at Northwestern University shows that {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (play) a musical instrument is good for your brain. And the brain remembers how to "lock onto" the important sounds, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, our ears may not work as well as we age, and that helps us to hear better.

    A scientist, living in France twenty years ago, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (write) about what he called the "Mozart Effect". He said that {#blank#}5{#/blank#} could be helpful to the brain when listening to the classical music of Mozart. Some researchers said that Mozart's music would make you much {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (smart), or even have some health disorders {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (cure). Others said that there was nothing special about Mozart's music. Any kind of high energy music would work. So if the cost of a musical instrument or music lessons is too costly, can we get {#blank#}8{#/blank#} same brain experience just by listening?

    Usually people have teachers, or they can teach themselves music. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, the point is that they're actively playing a musical instrument and engaging in making music instead {#blank#}10{#/blank#} listening to music passively.