ReadingClub1TeatimeWhataretheydoing?WhatdoyouknowaboutEnglishfoodanddrinks?TeacultureinBritainCoffeecultureChineseteaculture

OnethingthatBritainandChinesecultureshareisaloveforfinetea.TodaywhenwethinkofWesternteaculture,weoftenthinkoftheEnglishandbeautifulchina(瓷器)teacups.

Readthepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions.Inthe18thand19thcenturies,theEnglishateonlytwomainmealseachday—breakfastandaheavysupperthatwouldlastseveralhoursintheevenings.Asaresult,peopleoftengothungryduringthelongwaitbetweenthesetwomeals.Tosolvethisproblem,theDuchesscameupwiththecleverideaofinvitingsomefriendstojoinherforanafternoonmealbetweenfourandfiveo’clock.

1.WhydidtheDuchessinvitefriendstocomeforteaintheafternoon?Inordertomakethisafternoonteaimportant,finechinacupsandplatesandsilverteapots,knives,forksandspoonswereused.Soon,afternoonteapartiesbecamepopularsocialoccasions.Today,afternoonteapartiescontinuetoplayanimportantpartinthesociallifeofwealthypeopleinmodernBritain.

2.Whywasafternoonteaimportant?3.Whatdoes“Willyoucomeforcoffee?”mean?Itmeans“wouldyouliketocometomy

homeforachat?”4.Apartfromdrinkingcoffee,whatdidpeopledointhe17thcenturycoffeehouse?Inthe17thcentury,coffeehouseswerebusyandnoisyplaceswherepeoplelikemerchantsandbankerswenttodotheirbusinessaswellastodrinkcoffee.

LanguagePoints1.asaresult結(jié)果；因此Theweatherisdry.Asaresult,wehavetowaterthevegetablegarden.天氣干燥，因此，我們不得不給菜地澆水?！就卣埂縜saresultof

由于；因?yàn)椤慕Y(jié)果resultfrom

因……引起；起因于……resultin

導(dǎo)致；致使；造成……的結(jié)果【即時(shí)練習(xí)】用result構(gòu)成的短語完成句子。1.Hewaslate_______________thesnow.2.Stressandtirednessoften_________alackofattention.3.Hedidn’tworkhard.__________,hefailedhisexam.4.Theseproblems_________pasterrors.asaresultof

resultinAsaresultresultfrom2.comeupwith想出（計(jì)劃、回答）DayafterdayIkeptcomingupwithsolutions,butnoneofthemworked.一天又一天，我不斷地想出辦法，但沒有一個(gè)起作用。【拓展】

putupwith

容忍；忍受catchupwith

跟上；趕上keepupwith

跟上___________________厭倦___________________以……結(jié)束___________________和……合作

【典例】Driverlesscarsmayendupwithaformofpublictransportratherthanvehiclesyouown.無人駕駛汽車可能最終成為一種公共交通工具，而不是私家車。befedupwithendupwithteamupwithJackMa’scompanyteamedupwiththeorganizationtoraisemoneyforthemotherwhosedaughtersufferedfromadeadlydisease.馬云的公司與該組織合作，為那位女兒患上致命疾病的母親籌集資金。3.aswellas同……一樣；也；和Itisimportantforyouaswellasforme.它對(duì)你我同樣重要。

Hegrowsflowersaswellasvegetables.他既種花也種蔬菜。注意：aswellas連接兩個(gè)名詞作主語時(shí)，謂語動(dòng)詞的單復(fù)數(shù)形式與前面的名詞的單復(fù)數(shù)一致。如：Peteraswellashisfriendslikeslisteningtomusic.彼得和他的朋友都喜歡聽音樂。DiscussionHistory,dailylife,famousteas,offertea

toguests,andbeautifulchinacups.WhatdoyouknowaboutteainChineseculture?

TheChinesehaveasaying,“Firewood,rice,oil,salt,sauce,vinegarandteaarethesevennecessitiestobeginaday.”Thoughteaisthelastonthelist,westillcanseetheimportanceofteainthedailylife.

AsimplemealinChineseisCuChaDanFan,namelycoarseteaandtastelessdinner.Evenasimplemealisfinishedoffwithtea,soitsimportanceisobvious.FortheChinese,teadrinkingandteatastingarenotthesame.

Teadrinkingisforrefreshment.Teatastinghasculturalmeaning.Te