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Tutoring and Teaching Innovation for Vocational English Speaking Competition
高职英语口语大赛辅导及教学创新

天的到来惊醒了蛰伏的昆虫和动物，小满则意味着农作物开始饱满，趋于成熟。
二十四节气不仅有指导农业和生活的实用价值，也形成了丰富的民俗内涵，
在节日庆祝、饮食习惯、养生习俗和文化艺术等方面都有生动的体现。2016 年

二十四节气被正式列入联合国教科文组织人类非物质文化遗产名录。
（十三）中国故事·中医 Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), created by the Han Chinese, is a study
of physiology, pathology, and diseases prevention and diagnosis. Such a profound
influence did TCM have that the growth of traditional Japanese and Korean medicine

was based on TCM.
TCM came into being in the primitive society, and its theory was formed during
the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-476 BC) and the Warring States Period (475

BC-221 BC). TCM made great progress in the Song Dynasty (960 AD-1279 AD), and
its theories became increasingly systematic and normalized. During the Ming (1368
AD-1644 AD) and Qing (1636 AD-1912 AD) Dynasties, TCM tended to be scientific.
At that time, medical professionals improved the theory of TCM despite enormous
pressure and difficulties.

TCM focuses on yin, yang and five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth),
and views people as a combination of qi(the vital fluids and the energy itself that flows
through human bodies), shape, and spirit. Through four methods of diagnosis, namely

observation, auscultation, inquiry, and pulse-feeling, doctors are able to know the
nature, location, cause, and mechanism of the disease, and feel the changes in organs,
channels, and joints. Through the above systematic examination, whether the disease is
positive or negative can be judged and what exactly the disease is can be determined,
so the specific treatment follows. Various techniques, including Chinese herbs,

acupuncture, massage, cupping, and diet therapy, can be employed to balance yin and
yang inside the patient, who will then get well gradually.
In modern times, the trend of learning from the West once made TCM unpopular.

However, it is making a comeback now. TCM in today’s society not only inherits
and develops the traditional customs, but also stresses the good use of advanced
technology and absorb other countries’ essence of medicine. Thanks to the publicity by

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