2014_2015学年九年级英语人教版新教材课文第六单元译文.docVIP

.专业.专注. . word可编辑 . Unit 6 An Accidental Invention（一个偶然的发明） 偶然的 发明 Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by 知道 茶 最 受欢迎的 饮料 世界 （仅次于水） 被 发明 accident ? Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5,000 years ago. It is said that a 偶然 很多 人 相信 茶 首次 饮用 大约 年 前 据说 Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink, One day Shen Nong 中国的 统治者 叫做 神 农 第一个 发现 茶 作为 饮料 一 天 神 农 was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water 正在烧 开 水 在…上面 篝火 一些 树叶 从 茶 树 掉 进 水 and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water. It was 停留 那儿 一段时间 产生 好的 味道因此 尝 棕色的 水 quite delicious, and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented. 十分 美味 于是 之一 世界的 最受欢迎的 饮料 被 发明 了 A few thousand years later, Lu Yu, “ the saint of tea”, mentioned Shen Nong in his book 几 千 年 以后 陆 羽 茶圣 提到 神 农 他的 书 Cha Jing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also 《茶经》 这本书 描述 如何 茶 树 被 种植 用来 制作 茶 也 discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used. 讨论 哪里 最好的 茶 叶 生产 什么 种类 水 被 使用 It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In 相信 茶 被 带到 韩国 日本 在…期间 世纪 England, tea didn’t appear until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the 英国 茶 直到 出现 才 大约 少于 年 变成 national drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in t