English Reading(The Culture of Tea)

The Culture of Tea

All around the world,people drink tea,But in different countries people have different ideas about drinking tea.For example, in China tea is served when people get together.The Chinese drink it at any time of a day,at home ,or in teahouses. And they prefer their tea plain,with nothing else in it.In England "teatime" in the late afternoon is popular.Almost everyone has a cup of tea then.The English usually make tea in a teatop and drink it with cream and sugar. They also eat cakes and cookies at teatime.The Japanese enjoy drinking tea in a very special way called"a tea ceremony".Everything must be done a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.

italicized word----(adj)斜體字

plain----(adj)清淡的

make tea----泡茶