Reading 2 Text exploration Background information Tea is a prominent feature of British culture and society.For a long time,the United Kingdom has been one of the world's greatest tea consumers,with an average annual per capita tea consumption of 2.06 kg.Tea,which began as a drink reserved for the upper-class in continental Europe,became popular among every social class in Great Britain throughout the course of the 18th century and has remained so. Tea drinking habits are varied in the UK.While it is usually served with milk,it is not uncommon to drink it black or with lemon,with sugar being a popular addition to any of the above.Tea is often accompanied with sandwiches,scones,cake and /or biscuits,with a popular British custom being dunking the biscuit into the tea 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit5
Reading 2 • Tea is a prominent feature of British culture and society. For a long time, the United Kingdom has been one of the world’s greatest tea consumers, with an average annual per capita tea consumption of 2.06 kg. Tea, which began as a drink reserved for the upper-class in continental Europe, became popular among every social class in Great Britain throughout the course of the 18th century and has remained so. • Tea drinking habits are varied in the UK. While it is usually served with milk, it is not uncommon to drink it black or with lemon, with sugar being a popular addition to any of the above. Tea is often accompanied with sandwiches, scones, cake and / or biscuits, with a popular British custom being dunking the biscuit into the tea. 新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 5 Background information Text exploration
Reading 2 Text exploration Background information Pre-reading questions Text Structure exploration Text reading Vocabulary 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit5
Text exploration 新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 5 Vocabulary Text reading Structure Background information Reading 2 Text exploration Pre-reading questions
Reading 2 Text exploration Pre-reading questions How many types of tea do you know in China?In China, folklore relates each type of tea to certain human characteristics. Do you agree? 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit5
Reading 2 How many types of tea do you know in China? In China, folklore relates each type of tea to certain human characteristics. Do you agree? 新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 5 Pre-reading questions Text exploration
Reading 2 Text exploration Sample answers There are six major types of tea in China-green tea,black tea, Oolong tea,dark tea and white tea,distinguished mainly by different methods of production. Thus it is said that green tea,simple and light,stands for scholasticism of south China;black tea,mild and reserved,is regarded as rather ladylike;Oolong tea,warm and persistent, resembles to perseverance of philosophers,dark tea,with its lingering aftertaste,symbolizes the wisdom of the elderly,and so on and so forth. 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit5
Reading 2 Sample answers There are six major types of tea in China –green tea, black tea, Oolong tea, dark tea and white tea, distinguished mainly by different methods of production. Thus it is said that green tea, simple and light, stands for scholasticism of south China; black tea, mild and reserved, is regarded as rather ladylike; Oolong tea, warm and persistent, resembles to perseverance of philosophers, dark tea, with its lingering aftertaste, symbolizes the wisdom of the elderly, and so on and so forth. 新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 5 Text exploration
Reading 2 Text exploration Background information Pre-reading questions Text exploration Structure Text reading Vocabulary 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit5
Text exploration Pre-reading questions 新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 5 Vocabulary Background information Reading 2 Text exploration Text reading Structure