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1、Afternoon Tea -2:00pm to 5:00pm This is a small meal snack OriginationThe custom of afternoon tea originated in England in the 1840s. At the time, the various classes in England had a divergence(分歧) in their eating habits. 第1页/共19页第一页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。The upper classes typically ate luncheon at about m

2、idday and dinner at 8:00 pm or later, while the lower classes ate dinner at about 11:00 am and then a light supper at around 7:00 pm. For both groups, afternoon tea filled a gap in the meals. The custom spread throughout the British Empire and beyond in succeeding decades.第2页/共19页第二页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。C

3、ontentTraditionally, loose tea is brewed in a teapot and served with milk and sugar. The sugar and caffeine of the concoction provided fortification against afternoon doldrums(精神不振) for the working poor of 19th and early 20th century England who had a significantly lower calorie count and more physi

4、cally demanding occupation than most westerners today. 第3页/共19页第三页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。Freshly baked scones served with cream and jam (Known as a cream tea)第4页/共19页第四页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。 Afternoon tea sandwiches - thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off. 第5页/共19页第五页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。Assorted pa

5、stries 什锦糕点 第6页/共19页第六页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。In hotels and tea shops the food is often served on a tiered stand; there may be no sandwiches, but bread or scones with butter or margarine(人造黄油) and optional jam or other spread, or toast, muffins or crumpets.第7页/共19页第七页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。第8页/共19页第八页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分

6、。Afternoon Tea todayAfternoon tea is not common these days because most adults go out to work. Changes in social customs and working hours mean that most 21st Century Britons will rarely take afternoon tea, if at all. However, you can still have Afternoon tea at the many tea rooms around England.第9页

7、/共19页第九页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。High Tea -5:00pm to 7:00pmAn early evening meal , largely followed by a lighter meal later in the evening. Origination High tea was eaten by middle to upper class children (whose parents would have a more formal dinner later) or by labourers, miners and the like when they came

8、 home from work.第10页/共19页第十页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。 The term was first used around 1825 and high is used in the sense of well-advanced (like high noon, for example) to signify that it was taken later in the day. 第11页/共19页第十一页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。Content Traditionally eaten early evening, High tea was a substantia

9、l meal that combined delicious sweet foods, such as scones, cakes, buns or tea breads, with tempting savouries(开胃菜), such as cheese on toast(干酪土司), toasted crumpets, cold meats and pickles on toast(冷盘和腌汁士) or poached eggs on toast(荷包蛋多士). 第12页/共19页第十二页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。第13页/共19页第十三页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。High

10、Tea todayThis meal is now often replaced with a supper due to people eating their main meal in the evenings rather than at midday.第14页/共19页第十四页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。DistinguishmentAfternoon tea was served in the garden where possible; otherwise it was usually taken in a day room, library or salon where low

11、 tables (like a coffee table) were placed near sofas or chairs generally (hence the fallacy about it being low tea). 第15页/共19页第十五页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。The term “high tea” was used as a way to distinguish it from afternoon tea. Though it is often stated that the words low and high refer to the height of th

12、e tables from which either meal was eaten, the term for the later meal actually relates to the usage of high as the meaning of the most important part of a particular time.第16页/共19页第十六页，编辑于星期五：九点 五十分。ConclusionNowadays, a formal afternoon tea is usually taken as a treat in a hotel or tea shop. In everyday life, many Britons take a much simpler refreshment consist