Most people in Britain like drinking tea. Britons drink a quarter of all the tea grown in the world each year. They are the world’s greatest tea drinkers. Many of them drink it on at least 8 different occasions during the day. They drink it between meals and at meals. They drink early morning tea in bed. Some morning tea drinkers have automatic tea-making machines connected to their alarm clocks. They also drink afternoon tea in their sitting room or in their gardens.
大多数英国人喜欢喝茶。英国人每年可以喝掉世界上生产的四分之一的茶叶。他们是世界上茶叶最大的消费人群。许多英国人一天至少喝茶8次。他们在饭前饭后喝茶，早上刚起床就喝茶。一些早上起床喝茶的人们甚至把自己的制茶机和闹钟设定在一起。他们在起居室，或者自己的花园里，也喜欢喝下午茶。