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课件网) READING CLUB TEATIME MORE THAN JUST A NICE WARM DRINK There's more to teatime than just a nice warm drink. Different cultures combine tea with different foods or snacks, turning teatime into a social occasion.下午茶不仅仅是一杯热饮。不同的文化将茶与不同的食物或小吃结合在一起，将下午茶时间变成了一种社交场合。 Afternoon Tea People believe that an English Duchess first introduced the idea of afternoon tea Her name was Anna Russell(1783-1857)and she was the 7t Duchess of Bedford.人们认为，一位英国公爵夫人最早提出了下午茶的概念。她的名字叫安娜·拉塞尔（1783-1857），是贝德福德第七代公爵夫人。 In the 18t and 19t" centuries, most English people ate only two main meals each day -breakfast in the morning and a large supper which wasn't usually served until seven o'clock in the evening.在18世纪和19世纪，大多数英国人每天只吃两顿大餐———早上的早餐和一顿通常要到晚上七点才供应的丰盛晚餐。 As a result, people often got very hungry during the long break between these two meals. The Duchess came up with 因此，在这两顿饭之间的长时间休息期间，人们经常感到非常饥饿。公爵夫人想出了什么？ a clever idea to solve this problem. She invited some of her friends to join her for an afternoon meal. The meal was held between four and five o'clock. 解决这个问题的聪明主意。她邀请了一些朋友和她一起吃下午饭。宴会在四点到五点之间举行。 It included cakes and sandwiches, and tea was served to wash down the food.它包括蛋糕和三明治，还端上了茶来清洗食物。 To make the afternoon meal more important, she used cups and plates made from fine china, and teapots, knives, forks and spoons made from silver. 为了让下午的饭菜更加重要，她用了精美瓷器制成的杯子和盘子，以及用银制成的茶壶、刀叉和勺子。 Afternoon tea parties soon became popular social occasions, which is a trend that continues today. They still play an important part in the social life in modern Britain.下午茶派对很快成为流行的社交场合，这一趋势一直延续到今天。他们仍然在现代英国的社会生活中扮演着重要的角色。 Yum Cha Going for yum cha or dim sum is a practice that has become increasingly popular in the western world – but what does it mean 吃茶或点心在西方世界越来越流行，但这意味着什么？ Yum cha literally translates to "drink tea", and it is the practice of going to a restaurant to eat dim sum -- bite-sized portions of food, usually steamed or fried. Yum cha的字面意思是“喝茶”，它是去餐馆吃点心的做法，点心是一口吃下的食物，通常是蒸的或炸的。 People in southern China go to yum cha with family and friends - it is a time to relax and catch up in a laid-back' environment 中国南方的人们与家人和朋友一起去饮茶，这是一个放松和休息的时间。 The most popular time to go for yum cha is late morning -- or what is known in the West as brunch.最受欢迎的时间是早上晚些时候，也就是西方所说的早午餐。 In fact some say that brunch was inspired by yum cha. 事实上，有人说早午餐的灵感来自于yum-cha。 It is believed that the custom began thousands of years ago when teahouses started cropping up a ... ...
