Chinese tea 中國茶

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本篇適合：朗讀、挑戰(zhàn)

中國是茶的故鄉(xiāng)，茶在中國人的生活中一直扮演著非常重要的角色。中國的茶文化流傳了數(shù)千年，對世界飲食文化產(chǎn)生了十分重要的影響。那么，關(guān)于中國茶的歷史典故，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(nóng)業(yè)）， was the first to discover tea. In the book Herbal Classic（《本草經(jīng)》）， it says that Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs（藥草） and he was hit by 72 poisons（毒藥） 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（世紀(jì)）.

The Classic of?tea

More than 1，200 years ago， China produced（產(chǎn)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（孤兒） and was raised （養(yǎng)育） by a monk（和尚） in a temple（寺廟）. And one of Lus jobs was to make tea for the monks.

One day， Lu made tea with water from a hidden（隱蔽的） 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.

判斷對錯(cuò)。正確的填T，錯(cuò)誤的填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：

在中國，茶是人們生活中一個(gè)重要組成部分。中國人喜歡在家中、在餐館以及茶室里喝茶。

最開始，茶被用作藥物，后來茶被用來與其他食物同煮，成為健康飲食的一部分。在明朝時(shí)，人們開始用熱水沖泡茶葉。

起源

中國人相信，農(nóng)業(yè)之神“神農(nóng)”是最先發(fā)現(xiàn)茶的人。據(jù)《本草經(jīng)》記載：“神農(nóng)嘗百草，日遇七十二毒，得茶而解之。”《本草經(jīng)》寫于公元一世紀(jì)。

《茶經(jīng)》

1200多年前，世界上第一本關(guān)于茶的著作——《茶經(jīng)》在中國問世。這本書的作者是陸羽。相傳陸羽一出生就是個(gè)孤兒，由寺院里的一位僧人撫養(yǎng)長大。陸羽的一項(xiàng)工作就是為僧人們泡茶。

一天，陸羽從寺院外一處隱蔽的山泉取來泉水，用于泡茶。寺院的住持對這種茶非常喜愛。從此，陸羽開始對茶感興趣。21歲時(shí)，陸羽決定寫一本關(guān)于茶的書，于是他開始到全國游歷。游歷了十多年之后，陸羽開始寫作他的這一傳世之作。