? ? ? ?接到這個任務(wù)是在三月中旬，得知有個法語老師想在三月末的diversity week辦一個workshop，主題是Chinese culture, 我們會觀看一個叫《Holy Mountain》的紀(jì)錄片，主要內(nèi)容事講武當(dāng)山的道教的歷史淵源，因為法語老師有一個一心修行道家精髓，并修煉太極，八卦，形意拳等的師傅，所以他特別希望他對于道家的領(lǐng)悟也能讓更多的美國人有所了解。我提前準(zhǔn)備了自己的演講稿，因為時間有限，整個紀(jì)錄片長達(dá)一個半小時，所以我想在片頭音樂開始時，讓學(xué)生跟著我一起練習(xí)太極拳的起勢和左右野馬分鬃的部分，時間剛剛好。
以下是法語老師和我商量之后，刪改了我寫的大部分的有關(guān)陰陽之間的運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)在生活中的運(yùn)用，但是實踐證明他是對的，在特別短的時間內(nèi)，解釋一個特別抽象的概念是很難平衡的。以下便是我當(dāng)日的講稿，活動已結(jié)束兩日，趁自己還記得當(dāng)時的情景，將其寫下來應(yīng)是值得紀(jì)念的。
? ? ?Hi, my name is Li Lu, I am from China, I am teaching Mandarin Chinese at the Chico center, we are learning simplified characters.
? ? Today, we are going to talk about the central part of Chinese culture, which is called Taoism. As you may know, this symbol is the yin and yang symbol. And Taoist say that everything in the universe could be described in the terms of yin and yang.(draw the symbol of yin-yang)
? ? ?As we can see illustrated in the symbol, yin is the dark swirl which represents the female, yang is the white swirl, the male. and each one has a dot of the opposite color. the dot we can think it as a seed. and everything contains the seed of its opposite. In every situation or action, there is a yin component and a yang component.
? ? ? (Throwing the ball: the pitch is the yang, the catch is the yin.)
?The most important thing is to understand the influence of the yin and yang in any situation and try to balance them out to create the harmony and health. Before we watch the documentary, let's all stand up and I will show you the most basic Taichi movement which is meant to help balance your body and mind.
? ? ?雖然觀看紀(jì)錄片的人數(shù)并不是很多，但是這個觀念還是傳播出去了，看完之后我們也進(jìn)行了一些討論，有的學(xué)生就說，她這學(xué)期壓力太大，每次考試都像上戰(zhàn)場一樣，把自己折騰得太累了，她聽完這個紀(jì)錄片之后，說這正是她想聽到的，陰和陽不協(xié)調(diào)，所以有時候，people need to back up and undo anything, and that will make things going faster. 能讓其他人對此有一些想法，并暢所欲言，我想我們的初衷就達(dá)到了。最讓我高興的是，我穿著黃顏色的太極服，在學(xué)校的走廊里走著，有個頭發(fā)及腰，皮膚黝黑的女學(xué)生跑過來問我，"where did you get that? I never seen that on someone before, I only seen it in movies, it's my first time to see it alive." 看見她雀躍的神情，我如實以告，并讓她摸了一下我的太極服，她開心而又滿意地跟我說了聲“have a good day！”
? ? ?我想這就是文化的魅力，我們總是會在一些小事上影響周圍人的觀念并建立一種文化印象，可能有的文化元素并不適應(yīng)于每個外國人，但是至少我們總能找到那些和傳統(tǒng)文化氣息相投的，足矣！
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