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Read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea.
快速閱讀文章并匹配每個段落的主旨。
An Accidental Invention
一個偶然的發(fā)明
Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident?
你知道茶，世界上最受歡迎的飲料（水），是偶然發(fā)明的嗎？
Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5, 000 years ago.
很多人相信近5000年前人們才第一次品茶。
It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink.
相傳一位叫神農(nóng)的中國官員首先發(fā)現(xiàn)茶可以喝。
One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire.
一天,神農(nóng)正用大火煮水。
Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time.
一些茶類植物的葉子掉進了水里，和水一起煮了一段時間。
It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water.
發(fā)出了濃郁好聞的香味，于是他嘗了嘗褐色的水。
It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world's favorite drinks was invented.
非常美味，世界上最受歡迎的飲品就這樣被發(fā)現(xiàn)了。
A few thousand years later, Lu Yu, "the saint of tea", mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing.
幾千年以后，茶圣陸羽在他的著作《茶經(jīng)》中提及神農(nóng)。
The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea.
茶經(jīng)》描述了茶類植物如何生長，如何用來制茶。
It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.
并論及上好茶葉產(chǎn)于何地，以及泡茶用哪種水合適。
It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.
據(jù)說茶傳入韓國和日本是在第六、第七世紀。
In England, tea didn't appear until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink.
直到1660年茶才被引入英國，但是不超過100年后，茶竟變成了英國的國飲。
The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century.
中國和西方國家的茶貿(mào)易往來始于19世紀。
This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world.
茶的貿(mào)易往來傳播了茶的聞名度以及廣泛散播了茶類植物到世界各地。
Even though many people now know about tea culture,
雖然許多人了解茶文化，
the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.
但是中國人無疑是最懂得茶的品性的。
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