Unit6 When was it
invented?
Sect ionA 3a-3c
难点名称:Students can describe the history of
tea by themselves and how tea was invented,
introduced and spread to other countries.
Lead-in:
What's your favorite drink?
3
How many kinds of tea do you know?
green tea white tea Wulong tea
black tea Pu'er tea scented tea
An Accidental Invention
Look at the title and picture,the
passage is about_______tea
Reading skills(阅读策略)
Look at the title and
picture first,
This can help you get the
main idea.
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Pre-reading:
Fast reading
(Read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with its
main idea.)
Paragraph 1 Lu Yu and his book Cha Jing
Paragraph 2 How tea spread to other countries
Paragraph 3 How tea was invented by accident
Pay attention to the
beginning or the ending
sentences of each
paragraph. Don’t read word
by word .
Reading skills(阅读策略)
Did you know that
tea,the most popular
drink in the world(after
water),was invented by
accident?
A few thouand years
later,LuYu,“the saint of
tea”,mentioned Shen
Nong in his book Cha
Jing.
It is believed that tea
was brought to Korea
and Japan during the 6th
and 7th centuries.
1. 偶然、意外
2.发生
3. 毫无疑问
4. 据说
5. 在篝火上
6.几千年之后
by accident
take place
without doubt
It is said that
over an open fire
a few thousand years later
less than
tea culture
fall into water
make tea
the saint of tea
the popularity of tea
Read the text carefully and underline the
follwing expresstions.
7. 少于
8.茶文化
9. 落入水中
10. 泡茶
11.茶圣
12.茶的普及
tea
2.when
5.how
process
3.where
nearly 5,000 years ago
a Chinese ruler Shen Nong
by accident
First, …
Then, …
…
Next, …
At last, …
Detailed reading (Read Para.1 carefully and fill in the mind map.)
…was boiling drinking water…
some leaves … fell into … ,
and remained … for…
… produced …
…tasted it.
4.who
1.what the invention of tea
In China
Detailed reading (Read
Para.2 carefully and answer the
questions.)
4、What's this book about?
A few thousand years later, ,
“the saint of tea” , mentioned
in his book
The book
It also
Lu Yu
Shen Nong Cha Jing.
describes
kinds of water were used.
1、What does this paragraph mainly
talk about ?
2、Who write this book?
3、Who was mentioned in this book?
discusses
how tea plants
were grown and used to make tea.
where the finest
tea leaves were produced and what
It is believed that tea was brought to
In
, tea didn't appear ,
but less than 100 years later, it had become the
national drink. The tea trade from China to
took place
This helped 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 are without doubt the ones
who best understand the nature of tea.
When was tea brought
to these places?
Korea and Japan?
England?
Western countries?
Detailed reading (Read Para.3 carefully and
answer the questions.)
How many places are mentioned
in this paragraph?
What are they?
阅读技巧3
Scanning(查读):
根据关键词找细节信
息
Korea and
Japan
England
during the 6th and 7th centuries.
until around 1660
Western countries in the 19th century.
After-reading (complete the sentences with the correct forms of the
verbs in the box.)
1.One of the world’s favorite drinks
___________(invent) by accident.
2.Tea was first __________(drink) by Shen Nong
about 5000 years ago.
3. A nice smell ____________(produce) when the
tea leaves dropped into the hot water.
4. Tea ___________(bring) to Korea and Japan
during the 6th and 7th centuries.
5.Tea is _________(trade) between many
different countries.
was invented
drunk
was produced
was brought
traded
invent
drink
bring
produce
trade
The passage talks about the invention of the _______. In the
first paragraph, it mainly tells how tea was invented___
________and ____it was invented by.In the second
paragraph,It introduces Lu Yu,the saint of tea and his book
____ ____.It not noly describes how tea plants
__________(grow) and used to make tea,but also discusses
where the finest tea leaves_____________ (produce) and
what kinds of water__________ (use). In the last paragraph,
it introduces when tea to other countries.
tea
accident who
Cha Jing
was spread
were grown
were produced
were used
by
The core spirit
of tea culture:
harmonious(和)
Homework
1、
2、
Learn the new
words and phrases
by heart.
Review the
passage we have
learnt today.