Unit 1 Reading Club 1 课件 2021-2022学年高中英语北师大版(2019)必修第一册

Reading Club 1 Teatime What are they doing? What do you know about English food and drinks? Tea culture in Britain Coffee culture Chinese tea culture One thing that Britain and Chinese culture share is a love for fine tea. Today when we think of Western tea culture, we often think of the English and beautiful china (瓷器) tea cups. Read the passage and answer the following questions. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the English ate only two main meals each day — breakfast and a heavy supper that would last several hours in the evenings. As a result, people often got hungry during the long wait between these two meals. To solve this problem, the Duchess came up with the clever idea of inviting some friends to join her for an afternoon meal between four and five o’clock. 1. Why did the Duchess invite friends to come for tea in the afternoon? In order to make this afternoon tea important, fine china cups and plates and silver teapots, k