“There is a long, long story     1     Tai Chi and me,” says Jose Gago, 61, a Spanish man who has taught Tai Chi in his hometown for almost 36 years.

Although the first martial arts school     2     (found) in 1982 in Ourense, Spain, Jose did not make the trip to Yongnian, China until 1994     3     (further) his study of Tai Chi. Since then, he     4     (travel) to China over 20 times. For Jose, Tai Chi is not     5     (simple)a sport.     6     attracts him most is the Taoist philosophy rooted in Tai Chi, of which the main elements consist in the principles of “softness, slowness, balance and rootedness”.

His martial arts school, which provides introductory programs for     7     (begin), has approximately 150 students,     8     (range) from children under the age of 5 to senior citizens over 70. He has trained thousands of students in Spain, many of     9     have won awards in a number of tournaments.

Jose's hometown has hosted a number of free Tai Chi community classes and Tai Chi is acting as an important bridge for     10     (culture) exchange.

A swing (秋千) could be important for learning, according to one girls’ school. At Brighton Girls, a private school for children     1     (age) 4-18, a swing is to be installed in the sixth-form study center after some of the teenagers asked for one.

After some research, the headmistress, Rosie McColl, said she discovered a swing would be     2     (benefit). She said, “I knew     3     student in a previous school who used to go out and swing in a park between lessons.     4     (current), what we are doing is bringing the swing into the school     5     (help) build a culture. This leads to better results     6     students in terms of both their wellbeing and academic achievement.”

Recent studies show physical activity can improve brain function as well as calming the mind and body, at a time when     7     (anxious) among teenagers is at record levels. So far, McColl’s decision     8     (support) by parents, including Sam Cartwright-Hatton, a psychologist at Sussex University,     9     wrote a letter to the government before schools returned in September calling for new, more creative lessons to help children settle back into class.

McColl advises students     10     (prepare) for exams over the Christmas holiday to find a swing in a local park between revision classes. “No one is ever too old to go on the swings, to play, to think and to dream,” she said.