英国和下午茶

TheEnglishandAfternoonTea

1、TheSituation

2、TheOrigin

3、MoreDetails…TheCurrentSituation

Englishpeoplehavethehabitofdrinkingtea.ThereisatimeforteainthemorningandtheafternoononthatiscalledTeaBreak.DuringtheTeaBreakalltheworkisdropped.Accordingtostatisticsn.统计

Englishpeopleconsumeone-fourthofteaintheworldeveryyearthatisknownasthebiggestteaconsumption.TeaintheUKisveryimportant.So,wecandrawaconclusion.Therearesomesentencesabouttea.

Ifyouarecold,teawillwarmyou；

Ifyouaretooheated,itwillcoolyou；

Ifyouaredepressed,itwillcheeryou；

Ifyouareexhausted,itwillcalmyou.—byWilliamGladstone如果你感到冷,茶将会温暖你；如果你感到太热,茶会帮助你凉快下来；如果你感到沮丧,茶将会鼓励你；如果你感到疲惫,茶会帮助你冷静下来。

Therearesomewordsabouttea.sb’scupoftea(某人的一杯茶）正中下怀，正中口味ateahound指爱交际的男子，爱和女人交际的男子taketeawithsb(口语)与某人打交道;与某人发生冲突foralltheteainChina指无论如何（也不……）

Iwouldn’tdoyourjob.NotforalltheteaintheChina.我才不做你的那份工作。有天大的好处也不干。to

afternoonteaTheOriginofAfternoonTeaThecustomoftakingafternoonteaisbelievedtohavebeenfirstintroducedinEnglandin1840byAnna,theSeventhDuchessofBedford.Atthattimelunchwastakenearlyanddinnerwasnotservedintheeveninguntilabout9pm.TheDuchessapparentlybecamehungryintheafternoonandaskedforsometea,breadandbutterandcaketobebroughttoherroom.ThissoonbecameahabitandtheDuchessstartedtoinvitefriendsroundtojoinher.

一般认为，英国下午茶的传统是维多利亚女王时代1840年期间由贝德芙公爵夫人安娜女士所开创的。那时候，午餐开始得很早，而通常直到晚上9点人们才开始吃晚餐。公爵夫人每到下午便感到百无聊赖甚至饥肠辘辘，便让女仆准备一些差点，面包，黄油以及蛋糕送往她的房间。很快，喝下午茶便流行起来。公爵夫人也开始邀请她的朋友共饮下午茶。Thereareseveralnamesfor

afternoontea.So,howtotellthemapart?Creamtea/Devonshiren.德文郡

tea/

Cornish康沃尔郡的

creamtea英式奶油奶茶点

shepherd’spie肉馅土豆馅饼

macaronicheese(面点)干酪通心粉布丁

coldcuts冷肉切片(指冷吃的熏肉或干酪等)And,thenextoneis…LowTeaAfternoontea/Lowtea

typicallyeatenbetween3pmand5pm.

Eatthree-layer

fingerfoods

小点心Appreciateteaware

茶器DrinkteaEssential“three-layer”form：thefirstisteasandwich；thesecondistraditionaldessertscones;thethirdiscakeandfruittart.Somehorns牛角面包

,raisinbread葡萄干面包,caviar鱼子酱andotherfoodwillbesetupEatenfrombottomtotopTeaware1、Traditionally,

looseteaisbrewedv.

沏（茶）；

煮（咖啡）

ina

teapot

andservedwithmilkandsugar.2、Englishafternoontea：

IndiaDarjeelingblacktea印度的大吉岭红茶andEarlGreytea