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Unit 6 When was it invented?
Section A 3a-3c
Chinese te is without doubt/ˈdaʊt/ n.疑惑,疑问national/ˈnæʃnəl/adj.国家的,民族的 drink
It has spread /spred/v.传播to western countries.
It is tea trade /treɪd/n.贸易,交易 that helps to spread the popularity /ˌpɒpjʊˈlærəti/ n. 普及,受欢迎of tea.
How is tea produced?
Tea plants are grown on the sides of mountains.
When the tea leaves are ready, they are picked by hand.
Tea leaves are processed.
Tea leaves are packed and sent to different countries and places.
1. Why did people have the idea that put tea leaves into boiled water and let them remain in the water for a long time to drink tea?
2. Was tea invented on purpose or by accident?
boil /bɔɪl/ v. 煮沸,烧开
boiled 煮沸的
remain /rɪ'meɪn/v.保持不变,逗留
on purpose故意地
by accident偶然,意外地
accidental/ˌæksɪ'dentl/
Read the title and pridect:
1. Was tea invented on purpose or by accident?
2. What will the passage talk about tea?
It was invented by accident.
It will talk about how the tea was invented by accident.
What is the main idea of each paragraph? Match the main ideas with each paragraph.
3a
Lu Yu and his book Cha Jing
How tea spread to other countries
How tea was invented by accident
3b
Read para 1 and answer the questions.
1.When was tea first drunk?
2. Who discovered tea as a drink?
3. How was tea discovered?
It was dirst drunk about 5000 years ago.
Shen Nong discovered it.
Some tea leaves fell into the water and remained there for some time.
a ruler 统治者
the name of the book:________
3b
Read para 2 and fill in the mind maps.
1. writer:_______
2. the sage/seɪdʒ/n.圣人,智者 of tea:_________
3. mentioned __________in the book
4. describes
5. discusses
a. how tea plants___________.
b. how tea plants
_________________________.
a. where_________________were produced.
b. what kind of________were used.
Lu Yu
Cha Jing
Lu Yu
Shen Nong
were planted
were used to make tea
the finest tea leaves
water
3b
Read para 3 and T or F.
1.People in Korea and Japan could drink tea before the 6th century.
2. An English woman drank tea at home with her friends in 1659.
3. Tea didn’t become national drink until 1750.
4. The tea trade from China to European countries took place in the 19th century.
5. People around the world doubt if Chiese are the ones who best understand the nature of tea.
F
F
F
F
F
after
didnt drink
1760
western
don’t doubt
3b
Read the whole passage and answer the questions.
1. When was tea first drunk?
2. How was tea invented?
3. Who is called “the sage of tea”?
4. What is Cha Jing about?
5. When was tea brought to other countries?
Shen Nong
Some tea leaves fell into the water and remained there for some time.
Lu Yu
During 6th-7th centuries
invented
drunk
produced
brought
traded
Choose the best answers:
1. What is the most popular drink in the world?
A. tea B. milk tea C. water D. juice
2. What can we know about Shen Nong?
A. It was the ruler of the world. B. He discovered tea as a gift
C. He put some tea leaves into the water on purpose
D. He was written in the book, Cha Jing.
3. Which of the following is true?
A. Lu Yu is the main character of the book, Cha Jing.
B. We can know much about the invention of tea from the book, Cha Jing.
C. Foreigners don’t like Chinese tea.
D. The popularity of tea and tea leave have nothig to do with tea trade.
4. Where can we read the passage?
A. A science book B. An English book
C. A storybook D. A book about some inventions.
What do the words circled refer to?
1. it:____________________.
2. his:___________________.
3. It:____________________.
4. it:____________________.
5. This:__________________.
6. ones:__________________.
What do the words circled refer to?
1. it:_____________________________________________.
2. his:____________________________________________.
3. It:_____________________________________________.
4. it:______________________________________________.
5. This:____________________________________________.
6. ones:____________________________________________.
the brown water
Lu Yu’s
the book Cha Jing
tea
the tea trade from China to Western countries
Chinese people who the best understand the nature of tea
Deep thinking
1. Is it necessary to write the book, Cha Jing? Why or why not?
2. Chinese tea has spread to all parts of the world, excellent Chinese culture is known by foreigners, which is good or good for China? Why or why not?
3. As a Chinese person, how do you feel about so excellent Chnese culture? And what will you do for our culture?
Now, your best pen pal, Tom wants to know about the invention and history of tea. Can you tell him about this?
Hello, Tom. I am really happy to share our great Chinese culture--tea with you. It was invented by accident. Let me tell you how it was invented.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
You see, our Chines culture is really excellent, right? Welcome to China to enjoy our tea.
Love our excellent Chinese traditional culture!
Love our country!
Spread our great culture and learn great culture from others.
Be a great Chinese person!
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