九年级全一册

•Unit6

•When was it invented?• Period 3 SectionA 3a-3b

• 谭远清

Let’s enjoy a video.

It’s about the tea culture in China.

Lu Yu.

2. Who is the writer of Cha Jing?

1. What is the video about?

Answer the questions according to the video.

3a 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

3. Who is called “the saint of tea”?

___________________________________

Read the passage again and

answer the questions.

1. When was tea first drunk?

___________________________________

2. How was tea invented?

___________________________________

It was first drunk about 5,000 years ago.

3b

It was invented by accident.

Lu Yu. n. 圣人，圣徒

4. What is Cha Jing about?

____________________________________

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____________________________________5. When was tea brought to other countries?

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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.

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 ___________ (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 inventedwas drunk

is saidcalled

to discoverwas boiling

n. 统治者，支配者v. 煮沸，烧开

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

was invented

tasted

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

1. One of the world’s favorite drinks was

_________ by accident.

2. Tea was first ________ by Shen Nong

5,000 years ago.

Complete the sentences with the

correct forms of the verbs in the box.

invent, drink, bring, produce, trade

invented

drunk

3c

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.

traded

produced

brought

invent, drink, bring, produce, trade

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。

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。

2. ruler n. 统治者；支配者

3. boil v. 煮沸；烧开e.g. Boil the potato for 20

minutes. 把土豆煮 20 分钟。

rule (统治 ) + (e)r → ruler 统治者

4. remain v. 保持不变；剩余

e.g. Only a few leaves remained on the tree. 树上仅剩下几片叶子。

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. The apples give off a sweet smell.

苹果发出非常甜的味道。

5. smell n. 气味

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

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。

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

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 ________ 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 . ℃

Nationalrulers

smells

remainedboils

二、根据汉语提示完成句子。1. I found the key __________ ( 偶然 ) when

I was cleaning the house.2. The May 4 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

by accident

without doubt

It is said that

was brought to

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