Chinese tea 中国茶

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本篇适合：朗读、挑战

中国是茶的故乡，茶在中国人的生活中一直扮演着非常重要的角色。中国的茶文化流传了数千年，对世界饮食文化产生了十分重要的影响。那么，关于中国茶的历史典故，你又了解多少呢？

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

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

The Origin 起源

Chinese people believe that Shennong， the God of Agriculture（農业）， was the first to discover 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 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

More than 1，200 years ago， China produced（产生） the worlds 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 Lus 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 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.

Keys： T F T T F

中文大意：

在中国，茶是人们生活中一个重要组成部分。中国人喜欢在家中、在餐馆以及茶室里喝茶。

最开始，茶被用作药物，后来茶被用来与其他食物同煮，成为健康饮食的一部分。在明朝时，人们开始用热水冲泡茶叶。

起源

中国人相信，农业之神“神农”是最先发现茶的人。据《本草经》记载：“神农尝百草，日遇七十二毒，得茶而解之。”《本草经》写于公元一世纪。

《茶经》

1200多年前，世界上第一本关于茶的著作——《茶经》在中国问世。这本书的作者是陆羽。相传陆羽一出生就是个孤儿，由寺院里的一位僧人抚养长大。陆羽的一项工作就是为僧人们泡茶。

一天，陆羽从寺院外一处隐蔽的山泉取来泉水，用于泡茶。寺院的住持对这种茶非常喜爱。从此，陆羽开始对茶感兴趣。21岁时，陆羽决定写一本关于茶的书，于是他开始到全国游历。游历了十多年之后，陆羽开始写作他的这一传世之作。