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Laura: The tea smells good. What tea is it?

Benjamin:It’s a special green tea named Longjing Tea from Zhejiang province.

Laura:What’s special about it except its pleasant smell?

Benjamin:You can see that it keeps the original color of the tea leaves very well.

Laura:They must have some special methods to do this during the process.

Benjamin:Probably. I love green tea. It’s one of my daily necessities.

Laura:Then, do you have “tea time” every day? I mean, do you drink tea at a settled time?

Benjamin:Not really. But I really love to have after-meal tea.

Laura:What’s the advantage about tea?

Benjamin:There are a lot of them. In hot or warm days, tea helps to dispel the heat and brings on an instant cool with a feeling of relaxation. Moreover, the tea leaves contain a number of chemicals which are good for people’s health.

Laura:Does that mean the stronger the better?

Benjamin:No. Constant drinking of over-strong tea would do harm to people’s health. So don’t make your tea too strong.

Laura:Got it. What’s the proper time for tea?

Benjamin:It’s fine for most time of the day. But don’t have tea before bedtime.

Laura:Why?

Benjamin:It will give rise to occasional insomnia. OK, let’s enjoy the tea before it gets cold.

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羅拉：這茶真好聞。是什么茶呢?

本杰明：這是一種特殊的綠茶，名叫龍井茶，來自浙江省。

羅拉：除了清新的香味，它還有什么特別的嗎?

本杰明：你可以看到它很好地保持了茶葉原來的顏色。

羅拉：他們一定是在生產過程中用了特殊的方法。

本杰明：很有可能。我喜歡綠茶。它是我日常的必需品。

羅拉：那么，你每天有喝茶的時間嗎?我是想問，你會在固定的時間喝茶嗎?

本杰明：那倒不是。不過我特別喜歡在飯后喝茶。

羅拉：茶的好處是什么?

本杰明：這可多了。在天熱的時候，茶可以驅熱，立刻會帶來一種涼爽而輕松的感覺。而且，茶葉中含有很多有益于人體健康的化學成分。

羅拉：那是不是茶泡得越濃就越好呢?

本杰明：不是。常喝過濃的茶對身體有害。所以別把茶泡得太濃了。

羅拉：知道了。喝茶的適當時間是什么時候?

本杰明：一天中大多數時間都可以。但是睡覺前別喝茶。

羅拉：為什么?

本杰明：那會增大偶然失眠的幾率。好了，我們快喝茶吧，別等它涼了。

經典背誦 Recitation

Benjamin: I love drinking tea. And my favorite tea is a special green tea named Longjing Tea from Zhejiang province. Its smell is very pleasant and it keeps the original color of the tea leaves very well. It’s said that there are a number of chemicals in the tea leaves, which are good for people’s health. But it doesn’t mean the stronger the better. And it’s also very important to have tea at proper time.

生詞小結

province n. 省

process n. 過程

settled adj. 固定的

dispel vt. 驅散

chemical n. 化學成分

constant adj. 經常的

occasional adj. 偶然的

insomnia n. 失眠

詞匯擴展 Vocabulary Builder

關于茶的詞匯

基礎詞匯

black tea 紅茶

green tea 綠茶

herb tea 涼茶

iced tea 冰茶

Kungfu tea 功夫茶

lemon tea 檸檬茶

puli tea 普洱茶

rose tea 玫瑰花茶

提高詞匯

almond tea 杏仁茶

chrysanthemum tea 菊花茶

iron goddess 鐵觀音

malt tea 麥芽茶

oulung 烏龍茶

ptisan 大麥茶

scented tea 花茶

white gourd tea 冬瓜茶

Do it together 家庭總動員

兩人一組，一方隨機大聲讀出上面詞匯的中文和英文，另一方用該詞匯填入下面的句子，大聲朗讀并將句子翻譯成中文。

The ( ) smells good.

[例] 家長讀 black tea 紅茶

孩子讀The black tea smells good. 紅茶很好聞。