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Date: Oct 19 2015

Themes: Family, Food, Friend

Grammar: Simple Present Tense

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Except for water, tea is consumed more than any other beverage in the world. People have been drinking tea for thousands of years as part of social rituals and for its medicinal effects. Tea is a drink with a long, rich tradition.

Not much has changed in today’s world. When hosting guests, we offer them coffee or tea. Friends meet for tea to study and catch up. Teas are used to treat anything from stomach pain to insomnia to even cancer. Tea is definitely here to stay.

Read on to learn what tea means to Greta and Lily in this English lesson about an internationally beloved beverage.

除了饮用水以外,茶是全球饮用最多的饮料。人们饮茶已有几千年的历史,茶不仅是社交仪式的组成部分,还具有药用功效。饮茶已经成为一种历史悠久的传统。

这一传统在当今社会也并未发生太大的改变。我们通常用咖啡或茶招待客人。以茶会友,相互学习,相互促进。茶可用于治疗任何身体不适,包括胃痛、失眠,甚至癌症。茶文化还一定会继续流行下去。

在本节以全球备受喜爱的饮料为话题的英语课上,阅读了解茶对格里塔和莉莉的意义。

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Greta

Greta

Lily

Lily

Greta:  Lily, are you a coffee or a tea person?

Lily:  Totally tea. How about you?

Greta:  You know, I’m both, but if it’s after 10am, it’s tea.

Lily:  Yeah, tea is a good staple to have in your beverage repertoire. Yes, exactly! Because it doesn’t get you all hyped-up like coffee does.

Greta:  And I appreciate all the tradition around it. The “high teas”, and having tea and a biscuit, and teapots. There’s just so much more tradition surrounding it than coffee. The beautiful teapots and teacups, and the tiny little sugar cubes and all of that… it’s more fun.

Lily:  And there are so many different varieties, too. No matter what, you can always find something that suits you, right?

Greta:  That’s true. I wonder if that’s where the saying “It’s not my cup of tea” comes from. So, my favorite black tea is orange spice, and I also really like Lady Grey.

Lily:  Lady Grey is good. I like chai a lot.

Greta:  I also love the herbal teas, especially in the evening. I’m a big fan of Lemon Zinger, and peppermint is kind of my go-to, I-don’t-feel-good tea.

Lily:  And chamomile is good if you want to get to sleep.

Greta:  Yeah.

 

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Lily and Greta are discussing what they like about tea. Lily appreciates all of the varieties of tea that she can drink. Greta enjoys some of the traditions of tea, like British “high teas” and using fancy teapots and teacups.

Greta drinks different teas at certain times of the day. She prefers herbal teas at night, for example. Lily points out that chamomile is helpful when you want to fall asleep. Their conversation shows some of the ways and reasons that people drink tea.

Is drinking tea a tradition in your family? Why do you drink tea? For your health, for the taste, or perhaps for other reasons?

 

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I like tea, especially green tea
with my mum it has another taste!

04:47 PM Jun 22 2013 |

1 person likes this

bienemaja

bienemaja

Andorra

I drink more tea than coffee, but my family prefers coffee.


I drink green tea for my health.

01:17 PM Jun 22 2013 |

1 person likes this

nh_sxw

nh_sxw

China

It your know, is habit for people to drink tea, which defer to local cuture, family curture , in my opinion, it is neutral on tea personally, have pros and cons, due to different time, different volume to have, I think a little bit tea drinked is beneficial to people.

12:26 PM Jun 22 2013 |

1 person likes this

njoshmat

njoshmat

Saudi Arabia

thge reason I’m attached to tea is My mommy. She makes the best and has taught Me the best. Now I can make My loved ones the best.


and at the end it makes us feel the best :) 

11:23 PM Jun 21 2013 |

noo smile

noo smile

Egypt

it’s a favorite drink in world and national drink in Egypt & i love this drink make me active 

10:36 PM Jun 21 2013 |

1 person likes this

MAHSA1995

MAHSA1995

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

i have always loved tea,since my childhood!i cant imagine a day without tea!it makes me feel calm,happy and every possitive sence  in the world!i guess it is some thing to feel better and the advantage is that it is not harmful  when it is used logically!unfortunately,i mostly get into trouble because i overuse it!

07:29 PM Jun 21 2013 |

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Jasonlongo

Jasonlongo

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The

I really like tea at 9:00, because you know it cures stomach pain and so on. I like it !!!

06:34 PM Jun 21 2013 |

2 people like this

Ngubo Sixtus

South Africa

i do like chinese tea because it is kind of medicinal in healthy.

06:23 PM Jun 21 2013 |

1 person likes this

3emma3

3emma3

Iraq

Actually i don’t care much about tea but it is a ritual we have to do after every meal. If we dont do it we feel that we lost something. In summer it is very hot and even some people prefer having a cup of tea more than any other cold beverage. 

06:16 PM Jun 21 2013 |

nourelyakine

Algeria

It ’s a great tradition , we love tea because a lot of reasons one of them is makes us togather in my family changing the diffirent subjects . We prefer the green tea but some times we make the red one when we want to change .


In our parties we present it as a principle drink withe Peanuts, nuts and sweets.

05:40 PM Jun 21 2013 |

Asined

Albania

I am from Albania.Tea it’s not a tradition drink,but people use it especially in sunny days because of high temperatures  there.I drink tea sometimes,green tea it’s my favorite.It tastes good and what i have read it’s so good for helath

04:12 PM Jun 21 2013 |

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kk1994499

kk1994499

Iraq

i like tea 

02:03 PM Jun 21 2013 |

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DarknessLight

Germany

Tea is very tranditional here. When you go to visit people tea is always served, like some kind of welcome, and is a proof of the family’s generosity.


 I like tea with milk, that way I can drink it with some cookies or biscuits, sometimes for breakfast or as an evening snack. So it usually saves me from extreme hunger when I can’t find anything to eat! 

01:12 PM Jun 21 2013 |

haitham4vip

Egypt

there in Egypt we have it in black and green and some time brown with milk

11:41 AM Jun 21 2013 |

naira71

naira71

Azerbaijan

drinking tea ia a good tradition in our country indeed.And we like to drink tea after lunch,dinner,supper.Tea ia a healthfull beverage and I think tea drinking is popular in many countries.

11:36 AM Jun 21 2013 |

ghost.w0506

Germany

i like green tea too


I learned that way of drinking tea in Usbekistan


wowow


great


don t like to miss that experience

11:14 AM Jun 21 2013 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

Both, herbal and  black tea suits me ,only that a prefer to  squizze  a lemon into the beverage . usually I  drink coffee  but in winter before going to sleep I like to drink   a nice cup  of tea  and sweeeeet dreams . Zzzzzz.

11:13 AM Jun 21 2013 |

husainaa

Bahrain

hi want leran engilsh

10:57 AM Jun 21 2013 |

dearsara

dearsara

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

i am crazy about tea.i love it very much it makes me calm . in cold weather it is great :)

09:46 AM Jun 21 2013 |

wannicho

wannicho

China

i like green tea , it is good to your health ,skin,and anti-oxidation, full of vitamins…. when u live in a city , u just feel like u r having a taste of nature

09:06 AM Jun 21 2013 |

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