(单词翻译:单击)
Read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea.
快速阅读文章并匹配每个段落的主旨。
An Accidental Invention
一个偶然的发明
Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident?
你知道茶，世界上最受欢迎的饮料（水），是偶然发明的吗？
Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5, 000 years ago.
很多人相信近5000年前人们才第一次品茶。
It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink.
相传一位叫神农的中国官员首先发现茶可以喝。
One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire.
一天,神农正用大火煮水。
Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time.
一些茶类植物的叶子掉进了水里，和水一起煮了一段时间。
It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water.
发出了浓郁好闻的香味，于是他尝了尝褐色的水。
It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world's favorite drinks was invented.
非常美味，世界上最受欢迎的饮品就这样被发现了。
A few thousand years later, Lu Yu, "the saint of tea", mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing.
几千年以后，茶圣陆羽在他的著作《茶经》中提及神农。
The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea.
茶经》描述了茶类植物如何生长，如何用来制茶。
It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.
并论及上好茶叶产于何地，以及泡茶用哪种水合适。
It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.
据说茶传入韩国和日本是在第六、第七世纪。
In England, tea didn't appear until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink.
直到1660年茶才被引入英国，但是不超过100年后，茶竟变成了英国的国饮。
The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century.
中国和西方国家的茶贸易往来始于19世纪。
This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world.
茶的贸易往来传播了茶的闻名度以及广泛散播了茶类植物到世界各地。
Even though many people now know about tea culture,
虽然许多人了解茶文化，
the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.
但是中国人无疑是最懂得茶的品性的。
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