Traditional1 English Tea Losing Popularity2 in UK传统的英国茶在英国越来越不受欢迎

乔雅

British people are big tea drinkers. It is a tradition in Britain to drink teafor different reasons3. People have it for breakfast， for when guests4 visit， andfor tea breaks at work. People even have a cup of tea when they talk abouttheir own problems.

英国人喜欢喝茶。出于不同的原因而喝茶，是英国的传统。人们在吃早餐时，有客人来访时，以及工作时的茶歇时间里都会喝茶。甚至当人们谈论私人问题时，都会喝一杯茶。

A new research shows that herbal5， fruit and other teas have become morepopular than traditional English breakfast tea. Researchers did a survey of morethan 2，000 tea lovers. Over half of people said their favorite tea was not thetraditional type. Over a fifth of people chose green tea as their favorite tea. Justover 20% said Earl Grey was their number one.

一項新研究表明，草药、水果和其它茶比传统的英国早茶更受欢迎。研究人员对2000 多名爱喝茶的人进行了调查。超过一半的人表示，他们最喜欢的茶不是传统类型的。超过五分之一的人选择绿茶作为他们最喜欢的茶。刚刚超过20%的人说伯爵红茶是他们的首选。

Sales of traditional tea in the U.K. have gone down. Three years ago， a surveyfound that 54% of British people loved English breakfast tea better. The newresearch shows that breakfast tea will keep going down in popularity. Theresearchers found many other things about tea-drinking habits in the U.K.

传统茶的销量在英国有所下降。三年前的一项调查发现，54%的英国人更喜欢英式早茶。新的研究表明，早茶的受欢迎程度将持续下降。研究人员在英国发现了许多关于喝茶习惯的其他情况。

The biggest reason for drinking tea was to relax. A quarter of Britons drinkup to 10 cups a day. British people love drinking tea with milk and sugar6.Around 85% of people who drink Earl Grey and English breakfast tea put milk init. Nearly 45% of people sweeten7 their tea with sugar. People with a sweet toothput three teaspoons8 of sugar in their cup.

喝茶的最大原因是为了放松。四分之一的英国人每天最多喝10 杯。英国人喜欢喝加了牛奶和糖的茶。大约85%的喝伯爵红茶和英式早茶的人在茶里会加牛奶。近45%的人在茶里加糖。爱吃甜食的人会在杯子里放三茶匙糖。

Notes

1. traditional 传统的

2. popularity 流行；普及；受欢迎

3. reason 原因；理由

4. guest 客人

5. herbal 药草的；香草的

6. sugar 食糖

7. sweeten 使变甜

8. teaspoon 茶匙；一茶匙的量