“The Tao” Exercise 1: Write full sentences from the phonetic symbols
/taʊ/ (Pinyin: Dào ) /ɪz/ /ə/ /ˌmetəˈfɪzɪkᵊl/ /ˈkɒnsept/
Tao
/faʊnd/ /ɪn/ /ˈtaʊɪzᵊm/, /kənˈfjuːʃᵊnɪzᵊm/, /ænd/
/mɔːr/ /ˈɒfᵊn/ /ɪn/ /ˈeɪnʃᵊnt/ /ʧaɪˈniːz/ /fɪˈlɒsəfi/.
/ðə/ /ʧaɪˈniːz/ /ˈkærəktə/ /trænzˈleɪts/ /æz/ “/weɪ/,”
“/pɑːθ/,” /ɔː/ “/ruːt/”.
/ɪn/ /ˈtaʊɪzᵊm/, /ðə/ /taʊ/ /wɒz/ /ði/ /ˈɒrɪʤɪn/ /ɒv/ /ðə/
Taoism
/həʊl/ /ˈjuːnɪvɜːs/.
/ˈtaʊɪsts/ /bɪˈliːv/ /ðæt/ /ðiː/ “/ˈmɪriəd/ /θɪŋz/”, /ɔːr/
/ˈevriθɪŋ/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈjuːnɪvɜːs/ /frɒm/ /ˈænɪmᵊlz/ /tuː/
/məˈtɪəriəlz/ /tuː/ /aɪˈdɪəz/, /əˈrɪʤᵊnᵊli/ /keɪm/ /frɒm/
/ðə/ /taʊ/, /ænd/ /wen/ /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɪəz/, /ɪts/
/ˈenəʤi/ (/ɔː/ qi) /ɡəʊz/ /bæk/ /tuː/ /ðə/ /taʊ/ /tuː/ /biː/
/əbˈzɔːbd/ /ænd/ /ˌriːˈbɜːθt/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /ˈdɪfᵊrᵊnt/ /fɔːm/.
“The Tao” Exercise 2: Fill in the missing vowel letters
Taoists th ght that if s me ne “forg t thems lv s”, and let go of int ntions, they w ld be able to “m ve eff rtlessly” (wu wei, or “non-action”), and be in h rmony with the Tao, like the
nim ls, pl nts, and v rything else. This harm ny is the ultimo te g l of Taoism.
“The Tao” Exercise 3: Fill in the missing consonant letters
The Tao is a osmic for e that can’t be named or de ribed, which is the a ral harmony et een all li ing ings, and the way they all o e together.
“The Tao” Exercise 4: Group words with the same vowel sounds
· /æ/:
· /i:/:
· /a:/:
· /u/:
· / ɪ /: