Howdoyoulikeyourtea?BBC英語(yǔ)六分鐘練起來（2023.03.08）Transcript

Note:Thisisnotaword-for-wordtranscriptAlice

Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish.I'mAlice…Neil

AndI'mNeil…Um…Alice.What'sthis?Alice

It'sacupoftea,Neil.Wouldyoulikesome?Neil

Oh,Ican'tdrinkthat!Youdidn’tlettheteabrewforlongenough.Andyouforgottoaddsugar.Alice

Well,makeityourselfnexttime!Andwhenyou

brew

acupoftea,bytheway,youaddboilingwatertotealeavesorateabagandallowtheflavourtodevelop.Neil

I'msorry,Alice.Ididn’tmeantoberudeaboutyourtea.ButIdolikeitverystrongandsweet.Alice

Teaisthesubjectoftoday'sshow.AndNeil,Ithinkyou'dlikethewaytheyserveteainIndia.Theydrink

chai

–astrongblackteaservedwithlotsofmilk,sugarandspices.Neil

Mmm…thatdoessoundgood.Iquitefancyacupof

chai

now.Alice

DidyouknowthatitwastheBritishwhointroducedteatoIndia?Neil

No,Ididn't,Alice.Thisisveryinteresting…I'mproudofourhabitofhavingteaallthetimeandteabagsaregreat!Amarvellouslittleinvention!Alice

Yes,Iagree.Well,that'smyquestionforyoutoday.Wherewastheteabaginvented?Wasitin…

a)China

b)theUS

Orc)BritainNeil

Hmm.IbuyalotofteabagsbutIdon'tknowtheirhistory.SoI'mgoingtoguessc)Britain.Alice

Well,we'llfindoutifyouchosetherightanswerlateron.Let'slistennowtoProfessorMarkmanEllistalkingabouttheChineseteaplant.He'sahistorianatQueenMary,UniversityofLondon.INSERT

ProfessorMarkmanEllis,historian,QueenMary,UniversityofLondon

TeaisashrubthatgrowsnaturallyinthemountainousareasofChinaandseveralthousandyearsago,nooneknowshowexactly,there…Imean…therearestories…itbecameclearthatifyouconsumedtheleavesofthisplantespeciallytheyoungerleaves,thenithadaninterestingeffectonyou.Andthateffectcouldbethoughtofasmedicinaloritcouldbethoughtofasjustkindofsanative–makingyoufeelabitbetterthanyouusedtofeel.Alice

ProfessorMarkmanEllistellsusthatpeopleinAncientChina

consumed

–orate–leavesfromtheteaplantandithadaninterestingeffectonthem.Neil

ProfessorEllissaysteahasa

sanative

effect–makingyoufeelbetter–soImighttrymunchingafewleaveslateron.Alice

Alrightthen.ApparentlytheChinesestarteddrinkingteabecauseofits

medicinal

–orhealing–qualities.Andthey'vebeendrinkingteaforthousandsofyears!WellweBritishmayloveagoodcupoftea–butwehaven’tbeenbrewingitfornearlysolongastheChinese.Neil

ButrememberthatteaactuallygrowsinChina,Alice.Wedon'tgrowitinBritain.Alice

Goodpoint,Neil.Whichbringsmebacktowhatweweretalkingaboutearlier.Inthe19thcenturytheBritishstartedtogrowteainIndiainordertocompetewithChineseteaproduction.WhenteafirstarrivedinBritaininthe17thcenturyitwasincrediblyexpensiveandonlytheelitecouldaffordtodrinkit.Neil

Elite

meansasmallgroupofpeopleinsocietywhohavemoneyandpower.Well,theoppositeistruetoday–everyonedrinkstea!Andcheapteabagsmakereallystrongtea–justthewayIlikeit!Alice

[noiseofdisgust]Oh,it'snotforme!Iliketeawithadelicateflavour–LapsangSuchongismyfavouritewithitsevocativefragrance.Neil

Notteabags,then?Alice

No,Neil.Lapsangisdifferentfromothertypesofteabecausetheleavesaresmoke-driedoverpinewoodfiresgivingtheteaitsdistinctivesmokyflavour.Neil

YousoundlikeaTVadvert–Icanjustseethemistymountainsandfieldsoftea…Canyoutelluswhat

evocative

means?Alice

Itmeansmakingyouimaginesomethingpleasant.Andforsomepeopleteadrinkingisaspiritualexperience.Let’slistentoBBCreporterMikeWilliamslearningabouttheAsiancustomoftheteaceremony.INSERT

MikeWilliamsandhisChinesehost

CH:

Pleaseenjoyamouthfulofgreentea.

MW:

Thankyou...Thatwasabitlessthanamouthful.It'saveryverysmallamount,isn'tit?

CH:

It'sabout20ml.It'sthewaytoappreciateteainverysmallquantitiessoyoucanconcentrateandcultivateyourmindfulnessindrinkingthetea.

MW:

Mindfulness?Whatdoyoumeanbymindfulness?

CH:

TeaceremonyhassomeofitsorigininBuddhism.TheJapaneseteaceremonyforexamplehasalotofZenBuddhisminfluence.Mindfulnessistheconcentrationandfocusonthenow–forgetaboutthepast,forgetaboutthefuture,andenjoythisspecificmoment.Andthat'swhatIcallmindfulness.Neil

Sotheydon'tusemugsintheteaceremony.It's20millilitresoramouthfulofgreentea.Alice

That'sright.Drinkingjusta

mouthful

–orasmallamount–helpsyouconcentrateandcultivatemindfulness.Asthespeakerexplains,

mindfulness

meanslivinginthemomentandforgettingaboutthepastandfuture.Neil

Well,forgivemeforthinkingaboutthepast–buthowabouttheanswertotoday’squizquestion?Alice

OKthen.Iasked:Wherewastheteabaginvented?Wasitin…

a)China?,

b)theUS?OR

c)Britain?Neil

AndIsaidc)Britain.AndImustberight.Alice

Well,I'mafraidyou'rewrong,Neil!Itwasb)theUS.Teabagsfirstappearedcommerciallyinthefirstdecadeofthe20thcenturyandweresuccessfullymarketedbyThomasSullivan,ateamerchantfromNewYork,whoshippedhisteabagsaroundtheworld.Neil

Really?TeabagsareolderthanIthought!Now,canyoutellusthewordsweheardtoday?Alice

Theyare:

brew

consumed

sanative

medicinal

elite

evocative

mouthful

mindfulnessNeil

Well,that'stheendoftoday's6MinuteEnglish.Youcangoandputthekettleonnowforanicebrew.Pleasejoinusagainsoon!Both

Bye.

Vocabularybrew

(inthiscontext)addboilingwatertoteaandallowtheflavourtodevelopconsumed

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makingyoufeelbettermedicinal

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asmallgroupofpeopleinsocietywhohavemoneyandpowerevocative

makingyouimaginesomethingpleasantmouthful

asmallamountmindfulness

livinginthemomentandforgettingaboutthepastandfutureTranscript（雙語(yǔ)版）Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish.I’mAlice...大家好，歡迎收聽六分鐘英語(yǔ)。我是愛麗絲。AndI’mNeil…Um…Alice.What’sthis?我是尼爾。愛麗絲，那是什么?It’sacupoftea,Neil.Wouldyoulikesome?是一杯茶。你要來一杯嗎？Oh,Ican’tdrinkthat!Youdidn’tlettheteabrewforlongenough.Andyouforgottoaddsugar.不了，我不喝茶！你泡茶的時(shí)間還不夠長(zhǎng)！而且你忘了加糖!Well,makeityourselfnexttime!Andwhenyoubrewacupoftea,bytheway,youaddboilingwatertotealeavesorateabagandallowtheflavourtodevelop.好吧，下次你自己沏吧。順便說一下，如果你想泡杯茶，要用沸水沖泡茶葉或茶包，讓茶的香味充分散發(fā)。I’msorry,Alice.Ididn’tmeantoberudeaboutyourtea.ButIdolikeitverystrongandsweet.不好意思，愛麗絲。我無意冒犯你，評(píng)判你泡的茶。但我喜歡很濃很甜的茶。Teaisthesubjectoftoday’sshow.AndNeil,Ithinkyou’dlikethewaytheyserveteainIndia.Theydrinkchai–astrongblackteaservedwithlotsofmilk,sugarandspices.茶就是今天節(jié)目的主題。尼爾，我想你會(huì)喜歡印度沏茶的方式。他們喝的印度奶茶是一種濃郁的黑茶，里面加了大量奶、糖和香料。Mmm…thatdoessoundgood.Iquitefancyacupofchainow.恩，這聽上去不錯(cuò)。我現(xiàn)在很想喝一杯印度奶茶。DidyouknowthatitwastheBritishwhointroducedteatoIndia?你知道是英國(guó)把茶葉引入印度的嗎？No,Ididn’t,Alice.Thisisveryinteresting…I’mproudofourhabitofhavingteaallthetimeandteabagsaregreat!Amarvellouslittleinvention!這我不知道。這挺有意思的。我一直為我們飲茶的習(xí)慣而感到驕傲，茶包好棒！這個(gè)小發(fā)明太棒了！Yes,Iagree.Well,that’smyquestionforyoutoday.Wherewastheteabaginvented?Wasitin…a)Chinab)theUSOrc)Britain我也這么認(rèn)為。這也是今天我要問你的問題。茶包是哪個(gè)國(guó)家發(fā)明的？a)中國(guó)b)美國(guó)還是c)英國(guó)？Hmm.IbuyalotofteabagsbutIdon’tknowtheirhistory.SoI’mgoingtoguessc)Britain.我買了很多茶包，但是關(guān)于它的歷史我并不了解。我猜是c)英國(guó)。Well,we’llfindoutifyouchosetherightanswerlateron.Let’slistennowtoProfessorMarkmanEllistalkingabouttheChineseteaplant.He’sahistorianatQueenMary,UniversityofLondon.之后我們?cè)倏茨氵x的是否正確?，F(xiàn)在我們來聽聽MarkmanEllis教授講述中國(guó)的茶樹。他是倫敦大學(xué)瑪麗皇后學(xué)院的歷史學(xué)家。TeaisashrubthatgrowsnaturallyinthemountainousareasofChinaandseveralthousandyearsago,nooneknowshowexactly,there…Imean…therearestories…itbecameclearthatifyouconsumedtheleavesofthisplantespeciallytheyoungerleaves,thenithadaninterestingeffectonyou.Andthateffectcouldbethoughtofasmedicinaloritcouldbethoughtofasjustkindofsanative–makingyoufeelabitbetterthanyouusedtofeel.茶屬于灌木，生長(zhǎng)于中國(guó)的山區(qū)，幾千年前沒有人確切知道茶葉的故事，之后人們?cè)絹碓角宄绻嬘眠@種植物的葉子，尤其是嫩葉，會(huì)對(duì)身體有益。這也可以稱為一種藥效，簡(jiǎn)單說就是有益健康，使你比之前感覺更好。ProfessorMarkmanEllistellsusthatpeopleinAncientChinaconsumed–orate–leavesfromtheteaplantandithadaninterestingeffectonthem.MarkmanEllis教授告訴我們中國(guó)古代的人們就已經(jīng)飲用茶樹的茶葉，這還對(duì)他們的身體有益。ProfessorEllissaysteahasasanativeeffect–makingyoufeelbetter–soImighttrymunchingafewleaveslateron.MarkmanEllis教授說茶葉有益健康，讓你感覺更好，一會(huì)我要嚼幾片茶葉試試。Alrightthen.ApparentlytheChinesestarteddrinkingteabecauseofitsmedicinal–orhealing–qualities.Andthey’vebeendrinkingteaforthousandsofyears!WellweBritishmayloveagoodcupoftea–butwehaven’tbeenbrewingitfornearlysolongastheChinese.好吧。顯然中國(guó)人飲茶是因?yàn)槠渌幮?。他們飲茶已?jīng)有幾千年歷史了。英國(guó)人喜歡喝好茶，但是我們飲茶的歷史沒有中國(guó)那么悠久。ButrememberthatteaactuallygrowsinChina,Alice.Wedon’tgrowitinBritain.但是要記住茶樹實(shí)際上生長(zhǎng)于中國(guó)。英國(guó)并沒有種植茶樹。Goodpoint,Neil.Whichbringsmebacktowhatweweretalkingaboutearlier.Inthe19thcenturytheBritishstartedtogrowteainIndiainordertocompetewithChineseteaproduction.WhenteafirstarrivedinBritaininthe17thcenturyitwasincrediblyexpensiveandonlytheelitecouldaffordtodrinkit.沒錯(cuò)。這也是我們之前談?wù)摰?。十九世紀(jì)英國(guó)開始在印度種植茶葉，為了跟中國(guó)茶葉相競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。當(dāng)茶葉十七世紀(jì)第一次引入英國(guó)時(shí)，價(jià)格非常昂貴，只有社會(huì)名流才能負(fù)擔(dān)得起。Elitemeansasmallgroupofpeopleinsocietywhohavemoneyandpower.Well,theoppositeistruetoday–everyonedrinkstea!Andcheapteabagsmakereallystrongtea–justthewayIlikeit!社會(huì)名流是指社會(huì)中一小群有錢有勢(shì)的人。但現(xiàn)在情況完全不一樣了，每個(gè)人都喝得起茶！便宜的茶包茶香濃郁，這種是我喜歡的！Oh,it’snotforme!Iliketeawithadelicateflavour–LapsangSuchongismyfavouritewithitsevocativefragrance.這不適合我。我喜歡香氣清淡的茶，正山小種紅茶是我最喜歡的，帶有令人回味的香氣。Notteabags,then?不是茶包？No,Neil.Lapsangisdifferentfromothertypesofteabecausetheleavesaresmoke-driedoverpinewoodfiresgivingtheteaitsdistinctivesmokyflavour.不是。正山小種和其他茶葉不同，其茶葉經(jīng)松木火熏制，因此具有獨(dú)特的煙熏味道。YousoundlikeaTVadvert–Icanjustseethemistymountainsandfieldsoftea…Canyoutelluswhatevocativemeans?你說得像是電視廣播，我仿佛能看見煙霧蒙蒙的山脈和層層疊疊的茶田。你能告訴我令人回味是什么意思嗎？Itmeansmakingyouimaginesomethingpleasant.Andforsomepeopleteadrinkingisaspiritualexperience.Let’slistentoBBCreporterMikeWilliamslearningabouttheAsiancustomoftheteaceremony.這是指能讓你聯(lián)想起愉快的事。對(duì)于一些人來說，喝茶是一種精神享受。我們聽聽BBC記者M(jìn)ikeWilliams講述亞洲茶道禮儀。Pleaseenjoyamouthfulofgreentea.請(qǐng)品嘗一口綠茶。Thankyou...Thatwasabitlessthanamouthful.It’saveryverysmallamount,isn’tit?謝謝。這還不夠一口喝的。這量太少了。It’sabout20ml.It’sthewaytoappreciateteainverysmallquantitiessoyoucanconcentrateandcultivateyourmindfulnessindrinkingthetea.這大概20毫升。品茶就是喝一點(diǎn)，這樣你能集中精力品味茶，通過喝茶正念。Mindfulness?Whatdoyoumeanbymindfulness?正念？這是什么意思？TeaceremonyhassomeofitsorigininBuddhism.TheJapaneseteaceremonyforexamplehasalotofZenBuddhisminfluence.Mindfulnessistheconcentrationandfocusonthenow–forgetaboutthepast,forgetaboutthefuture,andenjoythisspecificmoment.Andthat’swhatIcallmindfulness.茶道和佛教有些淵源。日本茶道深受禪宗佛教影響。正念是指專心，關(guān)注現(xiàn)在，忘記過去，忘記未來，享受當(dāng)下。這就是我說的正念。Sotheydon’tusemugsintheteaceremony.It’s20millilitresoramouthfulofgreentea.茶道中不使用馬克杯。杯子只盛20毫升或一口量的綠茶。That’sright.Drinkingjustamouthf