Unit 6 When was it invented Period 2

Unit 6 When was it invented? Period 2 reading

Pre-learning New words. saint/seint/ n. 圣人；圣徒. national adj. 国家的，民族的. trade n. 贸易，交易；v 做买卖. take place 发生；出现. Popularity n. 受欢迎，普及. doubt /daut/ n. 疑惑；疑问 v. 怀 疑 • without doubt 毫无疑问；的确

What will you do if you are really thirsty? You’d like to drink these drinks. v. 喝；饮 n. 饮料

What kinds of tea do you know? Pre-learning 1. Green tea 2. Black tea 3. Wu long tea 4. Compressed tea（砖茶） 5. Scented tea 6. （花茶）

Pre-learning What are the effects (功效）of tea? 1. Make you more beautiful 2. Keep cancer from you 3. Help you lose weight 4. Make your mind clear 5. ……. .

Pre-learning Let’s enjoy.

3 a Reading Read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with it’s main idea. Paragraph 1 Lu Yu and his book Cha Jing Paragraph 2 How tea spread to other countries Paragraph 3 How tea was invented by accident

3 b Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1. When was tea first drunk? It was first drunk about 5, 000 years ago. __________________ 2. How was tea invented? __________________ It was invented by accident. 3. Who is called “the saint of tea”? n. 圣人，圣徒 Lu Yu. __________________

4. What is Cha Jing about? The book describes how tea plants were __________________ grown and used to make tea. It also __________________ discusses where the finest tea leaves were __________________ produced and what kinds of water were __________________ used. __________________ 5. When was tea brought to other countries? Tea was brought to Korea and Japan __________________ during the 6 th and 7 th centuries. It was __________________ brought to England at around 1660. __________________

Fill in Post-Reading the blanks with the proper forms according to the first paragraph. Tea (after water), the most popular drink in the world ______ was invented (invent) by accident. It is believed that tea was _____ drunk (drink) 5, 000 years ago. It ______ is said (say) that a Chinese ruler called (call) Shen Nong was the first _________ to discover (discover) tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong _____ was boiling (boil) drinking water v. 煮沸，烧开 n. 统治者，支配者

over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea fell (fall) into the water and plant ____ remained there for some time. It produced ____ v. 保持不变 (produce) a nice smell so he ______ tasted (taste) n. 气味 the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks ______ was invented (invent).

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms according to the second paragraph. mentioned Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, ______ (mention) Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing a few thousand years later. The book describes how tea plants ______ were grown and used to make tea. It also discusses where the finest tea leaves _______ were produced (produce) and what kinds of water _____ were used (use).

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms according to the third paragraph. was brought People believed that tea _______ (bring) to Korea and Japan during the 6 th and 7 th centuries. In England, tea _______ didn’t appear (not appear) until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink. The tea trade took from China to Western countries ______ (take) place in the 19 th century.

This ____ helped (help) to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese ____ are (be) without doubt the ones who best 毫无疑问；的确 _____ understand (understand) the nature of tea.

3 c Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. invent, drink, bring, produce, trade invented 1. One of the world’s favorite drinks was____ by accident. drunk by Shen Nong 5, 000 years 2. Tea was first ____ ago. produced when the tea leaves 3. A nice smell was _____ dropped into the hot water. brought to Korea and Japan during the 4. Tea was_____ 6 th and 7 th centuries. traded between many different 5. Tea is now ____ countries.

Who was tea invented by? It was invented by the Chinese ruler called Shen Nong． Shen Nong

How was it invented? It was invented by accident. produced a nice smell fell into …and remained… boiling water over an open fire tasted the brown water —tea