Unit6 When was it invented ? Section A 3a-3c

What’s the most traditional drink in China? Tea has a long history. Tea was first drunk nearly 5, 000 years ago. It smells pleasant. It tastes delicious and … boiling drinking water leaves

Who was tea invented by? It was invented by the Chinese ruler called Shen Nong． Shen Nong

It was invented by accident. How was it invented? It was invented by accident. produced a nice smell fell into …and remained… boiling water over an open fire tasted the brown water —tea

Phrases have a point by accident it is said/believed that be brought to sp. take place even though without doubt 有道理 偶然；意外地 人们说/相信 被带到某地 发生；出现 即使 毫无疑问；的确

Read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea. Reading Read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Lu Yu and his book Cha Jing How tea spread to other countries How tea was invented by accident 偶然；意外地

Post reading Fill in the blanks with the proper forms according to the first paragraph. Tea (after water), the most popular drink in the world ___________ (invent) by accident. It is believed that tea _________ (drink) 5,000 years ago. It ______ (say) that a Chinese ruler ______ (call) Shen Nong was the first _________ (discover) tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong __________ (boil) drinking water was invented was drunk is said called to discover was boiling v. 煮沸，烧开 n. 统治者，支配者

remained there for some time. It ________ over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant ____ (fall) into the water and remained there for some time. It ________ v. 保持不变 (produce) a nice smell so he ______ (taste) n. 气味 the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks ____________ (invent). fell produced tasted was invented

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms according to the second paragraph. Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, ____________ (mention) Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing a few thousand years later. The book describes how tea plants ___________ and used to make tea. It also discusses where the finest tea leaves ______________ (produce) and what kinds of water _________ (use). mentioned were grown were produced were used

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms according to the third paragraph. People believed that tea _____________ (bring) to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea _____________ (not appear) until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries ______ (take) place in the 19th century. was brought didn’t appear took

This ________ (help) to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese ____ (be) without doubt the ones who best 毫无疑问；的确 __________ (understand) the nature of tea. helped are understand

Read the passage again and answer the questions. 3b 1. When was tea first drunk? ___________________________________ It was first drunk about 5,000 years ago. 2. How was tea invented? ___________________________________ Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the boiling water. It produced a nice smell and tasted delicious.

3. Who is called “the saint of tea”? _________________________________ Lu Yu is called “the saint of tea”. 4. What is Cha Jing about? __________________________________ It describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. 5. When was tea brought to other countries? __________________________________ __________________________________ It was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries and to England around 1660.

3c invented drunk produced brought traded Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. 3c invent, drink, bring, produce, trade 1. One of the world’s favorite drinks was _________ by accident. 2. Tea was first ________ by Shen Nong about 5,000 years ago. 3. A nice smell was _________ when the tea leaves dropped into the hot water. 4. Tea was ________ to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. 5. Tea is now ______ between many different countries. invented drunk produced brought traded

Language points accident n. 意外； 偶然事故 An accident happened to the washer. 冼衣机出了故障。 by accident：偶然；无意中 I met Jacob by accident in the cinema. accidental：adj.偶然的，不测的；意外的 accidentally：adv.偶然地，意外地

remain的用法 一、 用作联系动词，指某人或某事物仍保持某种状态，意为“仍然；依旧”，“留；住；待”，后面可接名词、代词、形容词、介词短语、分词作表语。 1. 接名词作表语 Peter became a manager, but Jack remained a worker. 彼得成为了一个经理，而杰克仍然是个工人。 It remained a secret. 这仍然是个秘密。

2. 接形容词作表语 Whatever achievements you’ve made, you should remain modest. 无论你取得多么大 的成就，你都该保持谦虚。 3. 接介词短语作表语 He had to remain in hospital until he was better. 他不得不一直住院直到身体好些。

二、用作不及物动词，意思是“剩下；剩 余；遗留”，此时不能用进行时态，也 没有被动语态。 After the fire, very little remained of his house. 火灾过后，他的家所剩无几。 After the earthquake, very little remained of the city of Tangshan. 地震过后，唐山这座城市所剩无几。

1.___________home, I found a book lying on the ground. in this way 这样， 用这种方法 比较: in the way 挡路 by the way 顺便说…… on the (one’s) way to … 在去……的途中 1.___________home, I found a book lying on the ground. 2. __________ , we can finish this job more quickly. 3. __________ , can you tell me the way to the hotel? 4.Don’t be___________, or the car may hit you. On my way In this way By the way in the way

Exercises 一、选词填空。 smell, remain, ruler, boil, national 1. October 1st is ________ Day in China. 2. Humans are the _____ of the earth. 3. When fish goes bad, it ______ terrible. 4. They _________ in that forest for a year. 5. Water _____ at 100℃. National rulers smells remained boils

二、根据汉语提示完成句子。 by accident 1. I found the key __________ (偶然) when I was cleaning the house. 2. The May 4th Movement _________ (发生) in Beijing in 1919. 3. He’ll succeed ____________ (毫无疑问) this time. 4. ____________ (据说) Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink. 5. Tea _____________ (被带到) Korea and Japan during 6th and 7th centuries. took place without doubt It is said that was brought to

Recite the new words and Section A 3a. 2. Preview Section A 4a-4c. Homework Recite the new words and Section A 3a. 2. Preview Section A 4a-4c.