中国茶

by WJ

中国茶

Chinese Tea

by WJ

说到茶，很多同学都见过、喝过吧？中国是茶的故乡，茶在中国人民的生活中一直扮演着非常重要的角色。不光如此，中国茶文化流传了数千年，对世界饮食文化也产生了十分重要的影响。而关于中国茶的一些历史典故，同学们又了解多少呢？

本篇适合：朗读、挑战

In China, tea is an important part of people’s lives. Chinese people like drinking tea at home, restaurants and teahouses（茶室）.

At the very beginning, tea was used as medicine（药物）and then cooked with other foods as part of a healthy diet（饮食）. During（在……期间）the Ming Dynasty（朝代）, people began soaking（浸泡）tea-leaves with hot water.

The Origin（起源）

Chinese people believe that Shennong, the God of Agriculture（农业）, was the first to discover（发现）tea. In the book Herbal Classic（《本草经》）, it says that“Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs（药草）and he was hit by 72 poisons（毒药）in a day. But he used a certain（某一种）kind of tree leaf to cure（治愈）himself and it was the tea tree.” This book was written in the 1st century（世纪）.

The Classic of Tea（《茶经》）

More than（超过）1,200 years ago, China produced（产生）the world’s first work about tea—The Classic of Tea. The book was written by Lu Yu. It is said that Lu was born an orphan（孤儿）and was raised（养育）by a monk（和尚）in a temple（寺庙）. And one of Lu’s jobs was to make tea for the monks.

One day, Lu made tea with water from a hidden（隐蔽的）spring（山泉）outside the temple. The master monk loved the tea very much. Then Lu became very interested in tea. At the age of 21, Lu decided（决定）to write a book about tea, so he began to travel all around the country. It took him more than 10 years to complete（完成）his travels. He then began to write his great book.

判断对错。正确的填T，错误的填F。

( ) Chinese people like drinking tea at home, restaurants and teahouses.

( ) At the very beginning, tea was used as food.

( ) The book Herbal Classic was written in the 1st century.

( ) Lu Yu was born an orphan.

( ) At the age of 21, Lu Yu began to write a book about tea.