Traditional1 English Tea Losing Popularity2 in UK傳統的英國茶在英國越來越不受歡迎

喬雅

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.

英國人喜歡喝茶。出于不同的原因而喝茶，是英國的傳統。人們在吃早餐時，有客人來訪時，以及工作時的茶歇時間里都會喝茶。甚至當人們談論私人問題時，都會喝一杯茶。

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，草藥、水果和其它茶比傳統的英國早茶更受歡迎。研究人員對2000 多名愛喝茶的人進行了調查。超過一半的人表示，他們最喜歡的茶不是傳統類型的。超過五分之一的人選擇綠茶作為他們最喜歡的茶。剛剛超過20%的人說伯爵紅茶是他們的首選。

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.

傳統茶的銷量在英國有所下降。三年前的一項調查發現，54%的英國人更喜歡英式早茶。新的研究表明，早茶的受歡迎程度將持續下降。研究人員在英國發現了許多關于喝茶習慣的其他情況。

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.

喝茶的最大原因是為了放松。四分之一的英國人每天最多喝10 杯。英國人喜歡喝加了牛奶和糖的茶。大約85%的喝伯爵紅茶和英式早茶的人在茶里會加牛奶。近45%的人在茶里加糖。愛吃甜食的人會在杯子里放三茶匙糖。

Notes

1. traditional 傳統的

2. popularity 流行；普及；受歡迎

3. reason 原因；理由

4. guest 客人

5. herbal 藥草的；香草的

6. sugar 食糖

7. sweeten 使變甜

8. teaspoon 茶匙；一茶匙的量