太极拳的英文：
a kind of traditional Chinese shadowboxing (tai chi chuan)

So I know why the movements look elegant and have a Oriental philosophical nature.
我明白太极拳为什么如此优美，并且带有东方哲理特征了。

I would like to know the practical benefits of practicing taijiquan.
练太极拳究竟有什么好处呢?

He was also interested in Taiji boxing and believed in Buddhism.
他对太极拳颇有研究，他还信奉佛教

I teach taiji at a neighbourhood park on a voluntary basis.
我在邻里公园义务教几位华人学太极拳。

I do one set of shadow boxing every morning before I go to work.
我每天早上上班前都打一趟太极拳。

I learned some karate for self-defense and I learned some shadow-boxing.
我学过一点空手道，用来防身的;另外还学过一点太极拳。

Such was the fascinating shadowboxing that went on at Nanking.
在南京持续打的就是这样令人眼花缭乱的太极拳。

Businessmen in suit and tie hurry through the kungfu fighters and shadow boxers.
上班族穿西装打领带，急行穿梭在练习功夫和太极拳的人群中。

Every morning, in the first glimmer of dawn, some older people are seen practicing Taijiquan in Zhongshan Park.
每天早晨，曙光初照，中山公园便有些上了年纪的人在那里打太极拳。

Kindness always begets kindness
善有善根

Certain kinds of wine go with certain kinds of food.
某些酒与某些饭食相配。

The kindness of caring for—saying of the sons for their parents’ kindness
顾复之恩

He deserted this classical tradition.
他抛弃了古典的传统。

the traditional breakfast is congee,
传统的早餐一般包括粥，

It indicates the antiquity of the tradition.
这表明该传统源远流长。

crepe de chine yarn
双绉纱

The old prefessor came back to Chine in 1949 when the mainland had just been liberated .
这位老教授是在1949年回到中国的,当时大陆刚解放。

Chining and embossing operations particularly require heavy pressures in order to force the metal into the design on the face of the tools.
压花、压币工序特别需要高压来强使金属形成工具面的图形。