1、Unit 6 When was it invented?(2)This information comes from Yang Xuehuiat Shili high school in Xihe, Gansu.一次偶然的發明An Accidental Invention你知道茶，世界上最受歡迎的飲料是偶然發明的嗎？Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world, was invented by accident? 許多人認為茶是大約5000年前最早飲用的。 Many people believe that tea was

2、first drunk about 5,000 years ago.據說一位名叫神農的中國統治者首次發現茶可以作為一種飲料。It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was first to discover tea as a drink. 有一天神農在戶外正燒開水。One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire.茶樹上的幾片葉子落入熱水里， Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water,留在熱水里一會兒，an

3、d remained there for some time.水里散發出一股怡人的香味， It produced a nice smell, 于是他品嘗了這棕色的水。so he tasted the brown water.水非常香醇。It was quite delicious, 就這樣，世界上最喜歡的飲料之一發明了。and so, one of the worlds favorite drinks was invented. 數千年之后， A few thousand years later, “茶圣”陸羽在他的茶經一書中提到了神農。Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, m

4、entioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing. 該書描述了如何種植茶樹與泡茶。The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. 它還討論了優質茶葉在哪里生產以及使用何種水泡茶。It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.人們認為茶是在公元六至七世紀傳播到了朝鮮和日本。It is believed that tea was brought

5、 to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. 在英國，茶直到約1660年才出現， In England, tea didnt appear until around 1660, 但不到100年，茶已成為國內飲料。but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink.中西方的茶葉貿易始于19世紀。The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century. 茶葉貿易有助于把茶葉和茶樹傳播到全世界更多的地方。This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world.盡管很多人現在了解茶文化， Even though many people now know about tea culture, 但毫無疑問，中國人才是最了解茶本質的人。the Chinese are without doubt the ones who