Transcript 1. What is the video about?

九年级全一册
•Unit6
• When was it invented?
• Period 3 SectionA 3a-3b
• 谭远清
Let’s enjoy a video.
Answer the questions according
to the video.
1. What is the video about?
It’s about the tea culture in China.
2. Who is the writer of Cha Jing?
Lu Yu.
Read the passage quickly and
3a
match each paragraph with its
main idea.
Para. 1
Lu Yu and his book Cha Jing
Para. 2
How tea spread to other countries
Para. 3
How tea was invented by accident
偶然；意外地
Read the passage again and
3b
answer the questions.
1. When was tea first drunk?
It
was first drunk about 5,000 years ago.
___________________________________
2. How was tea invented?
___________________________________
It was invented by accident.
3. Who is called “the saint of tea”?
n. 圣人，圣徒
Lu Yu.
___________________________________
4. What is Cha Jing about?
The book describes how tea plants were
____________________________________
grown and used to make tea. It also
____________________________________
discusses where the finest tea leaves were
____________________________________
produced and what kinds of water were
____________________________________
used.
____________________________________
5. When was tea brought to other countries?
Tea was brought to Korea and Japan
____________________________________
during the 6th and 7th centuries. It was
____________________________________
brought to England at around 1660.
____________________________________
Fill in the blanks with the proper forms
according to the first paragraph.
Tea (after water), the most popular drink in
the world ___________
was invented (invent) by accident. It
is believed that tea was
_________
drunk (drink) 5,000
years ago. It ______
is said (say) that a Chinese ruler
called (call) Shen Nong was the first
______
_________
to discover (discover) tea as a drink. One day
Shen Nong __________
was boiling (boil) drinking water
v. 煮沸，烧开
n. 统治者，支配者
over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea
plant ____
fell (fall) into the water and
remained there for some time. It produced
________
v. 保持不变
(produce) a nice smell so he ______
tasted (taste)
n. 气味
the brown water. It was quite delicious, and
so, one of the world’s favorite drinks
____________
was invented (invent).
Fill in the blanks with the proper forms
according to the second paragraph.
Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, ____________
mentioned
(mention) Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing
a few thousand years later. The book
describes how tea plants ___________
were grown and
used to make tea. It also discusses where
the finest tea leaves ______________
were produced
(produce) and what kinds of water
_________
were used (use).
Fill in the blanks with the proper forms
according to the third paragraph.
People believed that tea _____________
was brought
(bring) to Korea and Japan during the 6th
and 7th centuries. In England, tea
_____________
didn’t appear (not appear) until around
1660, but in less than 100 years, it had
become the national drink. The tea trade
took
from China to Western countries ______
(take) place in the 19th century.
This ________
helped (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 ____
are (be)
without doubt the ones who best
毫无疑问；的确
__________
understand (understand) the nature of
tea.
Complete the sentences with the
3c
correct forms of the verbs in the box.
invent, drink, bring, produce, trade
1. One of the world’s favorite drinks was
_________
invented by accident.
2. Tea was first ________
drunk by Shen Nong
5,000 years ago.
invent, drink, bring, produce, trade
produced when the
3. A nice smell was _________
tea leaves dropped into the hot water.
4. Tea was ________
brought to Korea and
Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.
5. Tea is now ______
traded between many
different countries.
1. by accident
偶然；意外地
e.g. The little girl knocked the glass
by accident.
小女孩不小心碰落了玻璃杯。
2. ruler n. 统治者；支配者
rule (统治) + (e)r → ruler 统治者
e.g. The new nation needed a
modern-minded ruler.
这个新兴国家需要一位现代头脑
的统治者。
3. boil v. 煮沸；烧开
e.g. Boil the potato for 20
minutes. 把土豆煮20分钟。
4. remain v. 保持不变；剩余
① 作连系动词，后跟名词、形容词、不定
式、分词等做表语。指保持某种状态。
e.g. Peter become a manager, but Mike
remained a worker.
彼得成为经理，可迈克仍是工人。
② 作不及物动词，意为“剩余”。
e.g. Only a few leaves remained on the
tree.
树上仅剩下几片叶子。
5. smell n. 气味
e.g. The apples give off a sweet smell.
苹果发出非常甜的味道。
v. 发出气味；闻到
e.g. I can smell some nice noodle soup.
我能闻到香喷喷的面汤味。
6. national adj. 国家的; 民族的
nation (国家) + al → national
e.g. The group of dancers wore
national dress.
那群跳舞演员穿着民族服装。
7. without doubt 毫无疑问；的确
e.g. Li Na, without doubt, is the
best tennis player in China.
毫无疑问，李娜是中国最优秀的
网球运动员。
8. take place
发生；出现
① 是不及物动词，不能用于被动语态；
常指事先安排或事发有因的事情。
e.g. Her sister’s marriage took place at
8:00 today.
她姐姐的婚礼今天八点举行。
② 辨析：happen则常指偶然发生的事情
e.g. I happened to see Peter on my way
to the museum.
在去博物馆的路上我碰巧遇到皮特。
9. It is said that a Chinese ruler called
Shen Nong was the first to discover
tea as a drink. 据说有一位叫作神农
的中国统治者最早发现了茶可以饮用。
It is said that…是个常见句式，表示“据
说……”, that后面接完整的句子。
e.g. It is said that thirteen is an unlucky
number in many Western countries.
据说在许多西方国家13是个不吉利
的数字。
本单元还有一个类似的句式:
It is believed that…，意思是“人们认
为……”, 其后同样接完整的句子。
e.g. It is believed that tea was brought to
Korea and Japan during the 6th and
7th centuries.
人们认为，茶在六至七世纪传到了
朝鲜和日本。
10.《茶经》是我国唐代一部有关茶叶
及品茶的专著，作者陆羽。该书共
分三卷十节，全面叙述了茶叶生产
的历史，源流，生产技术以及饮茶
技艺和茶道原理，享有 “茶叶百科
全书”之美誉。
一、选词填空。
smell, remain, ruler, boil, national
1. October 1st is ________
National Day in China.
2. Humans are the rulers
_____ of the earth.
smells terrible.
3. When fish goes bad, it ______
4. They _________
remained in that forest for a year.
boils at 100℃.
5. Water _____
二、根据汉语提示完成句子。
1. I found the key __________
by accident (偶然) when I
was cleaning the house.
2. The May 4 Movement _________
took place (发生)
in Beijing in 1919.
3. He’ll succeed ____________
without doubt (毫无疑问)
this time.
4. ____________
It is said that (据说) Shen Nong was the
first to discover tea as a drink.
5. Tea _____________
was brought to (被带到) Korea and
Japan during 6th and 7th centuries.
1. Read the passage after school.
2. Make sentences with these words:
by accident, it is believed that, take
place, without doubt, be used for,
fall into