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Unit 6
When was it invented?
Do you like drinking tea?
What do you know about tea?
There are different types of tea, like …
Let’s watch a video and know more about tea!
Read the title and look at the picture and then predict
(预测) what the passage is about.
An Accidental Invention
adj. 意外的,偶然的
偶然,意外地
It means tea was invented by accident.
It may be about how tea was invented and became popular.
Pre-reading
Read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea.
Lu Yu and his book Cha Jing
How tea spread to other countries
How tea was invented by accident
Careful reading: Read Para.1 and finish the chart.
Who
When
How
①Tea leaves fell into the water and remained in the water.
Shen Nong
About 5000 years ago
②Shen Nong tasted the brown water and it tasted delicious.
③Shen Nong was boiling water over an open fire.
A nice smell was produced.
③
①
②
④
Who _____________
“the________ of tea”
the__________ of the book Cha Jing
What
describes how tea plants________ _________
how tea plants________ _______ to make tea
discusses where the finest tea leaves______ _________.
what kind of water________ _________.
Read Para.2 and fill in the chart.
sage
writer
were grown
were used
were produced
were used
Lu Yu
《茶经》是唐代陆羽创作的茶学专著,是中国乃至世界现存最早、最完整、最全面介绍茶的专著。该书共分三卷十节,全面叙述了茶叶生产的历史、源流、生产技术以及饮茶技艺和茶道原理,享有 “茶叶百科全书”之美誉。
《茶经》
Read Para.3 and mark the map.
Korea,Japan
the 6thand 7thcenturies
around 1660
the 19thcentury
England
Western
Countries
Tea Trade
It helped to spread the popularity of the tea and
the tea plant to more places around the world.
It makes the world smaller.
Now
Time
Listen and read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. When was tea first drunk?
2. How was tea invented?
It was first drunk about 5,000 years ago.
Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the boiling water when Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire. It produced a nice smell and tasted delicious. This is how tea was invented.
3. Who is called “the sage of tea”?
4. What is Cha Jing about?
5. When was tea brought to other countries?
Lu Yu is called “the sage of tea”.
It describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea.
It was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries and to England around 1660.
1. One of the world’s favorite drinks was _________ by accident.
2. Tea was first ________ by Shen Nong about 5,000 years ago.
3. A nice smell was _________ when the tea leaves dropped into the hot water.
4. Tea was ________ to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.
5. Tea is now ________ between many different countries.
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box.
invent, drink, bring, produce, trade
invented
drunk
traded
produced
brought
1. Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident?
你知道茶,作为世界上最受欢迎的饮料(仅次于水),是一项偶然的发明吗?
e.g. The little girl knocked the glass by accident.
小女孩不小心碰落了玻璃杯。
We met by accident at the airport.
我们在机场不期而遇。
by accident 偶然;意外地
Language points
2. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink.
据说一位叫作神农的中国统治者最早发现了茶可以饮用。
It is said that ... 据说……
it是形式主语,真正主语是that引导的从句。
It is believed that ... 人们认为……/有人相信……
It’s reported that ... 据报道……
It is well-known that… 众所周知……;大家知道……
e.g. He was the ruler of the country.
ruler n. 统治者;支配者
rule (v. 统治) + (e)r → ruler 统治者
e.g. It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.
人们认为,茶在六至七世纪传到了朝鲜和日本。
It is said that thirteen is an unlucky number in many Western countries.
据说在许多西方国家13是个不吉利的数字。
e.g. I was the first to get to the top of the mountain.
我是第一个到达山顶的人。
Sally and Jim were the first one to arrive.
Sally和Jim是最先到的。
called = named 叫…… +名字
e.g. Do you know the boy called/named Li Dong?
你认识这个叫李东的男孩吗?
the+序数词+ to do sth. 第几个做……事的人
invent, find, discover
【语境应用】用invent, find或discover的适当形式填空。
1) Who ________ the first mobile phone?
2) Susan ________ her purse under the bed yesterday.
3) Who __________ this kind of metal first?
discovered
invented
found
invent 发明;创造。指创造出世界上原本不存在的事物。
find 找到;发现。强调寻找后的结果,也可表示无意的发现。
discover 发现。指发现本来就存在但尚未被人所知的事物。
3. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time.
茶树上有几片叶子掉入水里并停留了一段时间。
以-f/-fe结尾的名词变为复数,一般把-f或-fe变成-v再加-es
knife- knives leaf - leaves
wife - wives life - lives
shelf - shelves thief - thieves
wolf - wolves half - halves
leaves — leaf 的复数,树叶
e.g. Lily remained here the whole day.
My grandfather would like to remain in the countryside.
My uncle remains a fisherman now.
Our shop remains open till later in the evening.
remain v. (继续)待在某处。后常接副词或介词短语。
(继续)保持,仍然。后常接名词或形容词。
【语境应用】用remain翻译下列句子。
1) 我们将在上海待到八月。
We’ll remain in Shanghai till August.
2) 在四月份,天气仍然很冷。
The weather remains cold in April.
3) 他们仍然是好朋友。
They remain good friends.
some times, some time sometimes, sometime
单词 含义
some times some一些, time次数, some times几次。
some time some一些, time时间, some time 一段时间。
sometimes adv. 有时; 不时; 间或。多用于一般现在时。
sometime adv. 在某一时候。表示的时间不确定。
【语境应用】用some times, some time, sometimes或sometime
填空。
1) Mona said she would visit her aunt ____________ next month.
2) The park is a great place. I have been there ____________.
3) Ann usually goes to work by bike, but ____________ by bus.
4) Leila has stayed in the mountains for ____________. She will stay there for another month.
some time
sometime
some times
sometimes
4. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water.
它散发出怡人的香味,于是神农品尝了这褐色的水。
smell n. 气味;嗅觉
v. 发出……气味;闻到
Linking Verb 闻起来 (常与形容词连用)
类似系动词:
look (看起来);sound (听起来);taste (尝起来);feel (摸起来)等。
【语境应用】
I. 写出划线单词的词性及汉语意思。
1) The flowers smell nice. ________________
2) The smells from the kitchen filled the room. ______________
3) Can you smell anything unusual? _______________
动词;闻到
系动词;闻起来
名词;气味
II. 完成句子。
4) 妈妈,这牛奶闻起来酸了。
Mom, the milk ______________.
5) 这首歌听起来很优美。
This song __________________.
sounds beautiful
smells sour
5. In England, tea didn’t appear until around 1660.
在英国,大约直到1660年茶才出现。
until用于否定句中:not ... until ...直到……才……, 动词多为短暂性动词。
until也可以用于肯定句中:直到……为止, 动词多为延续性动词。
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) 他们昨晚直到十一点才上床睡觉。
They ___________________________ 11 o’clock last night.
2) 天黑之前Sam不会回来。
Sam _____________________________ it is dark.
3) Tina昨天一直睡到上午九点。
Tina _____________________ yesterday.
slept until 9:00 a.m.
didn’t go to bed until / before
won't come back before / until
6. The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century.
从中国到西方国家的茶叶贸易始于19世纪。
take place 发生;举行;出现
不及物短语动词,不用于被动语态中。指经过酝酿的事情的发生。
happen vi. 发生 (不用于被动语态)
(指偶然的、未能预见的客观情况的发生)
事情 + happen + to sb. 表示某人发生某事
【语境应用】根据汉语提示完成句子(每空一词)。
1) 我们不知道旅馆里发生了什么。
We don't know what _______ _______ in the hotel.
2) 你发生了什么事?
________ __________ to you?
3) 舞会将于星期六晚上举行。
The dance _______ _______ _______ on Saturday night.
will take place
took place
What happened
7. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.
虽然现在有很多人都了解一些茶文化,但毫无疑问,中国人才最了解茶之本质(精髓)。
e.g. I doubt the truth (真实性) of the news.
They doubt us.
doubt v. 怀疑
肯定句中,doubt后常接if或whether引导的宾语从句。
否定句和疑问句中,doubt后常接that引导的宾语从句。
doubt n. 疑惑;疑问
There is / was no doubt that ... 毫无疑问/无疑……
no doubt 无疑地,肯定地
without (a) doubt 毫无疑问
e.g. There is no doubt that his dream has come true.
No doubt, I have learned a lot from him.
He will come on time without doubt.
e.g. We doubt whether he is lying.
I don’t doubt that he will be very angry.
Do you doubt that Cindy will win the match tomorrow?
by accident
It is said/believed that
fall into
be brought to somewhere
take place
help to do sth.
help sb. (to) do sth.
=help sb. with sth.
even though
without doubt
偶然;意外地
据说……/相信……
落入
被带到某地
发生;出现
帮助做某事
帮助某人做某事
即使
毫无疑问;的确
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