2021-2022学年度第39期总第869期
Creating art in a tea cup (page 4)
大连市23中学  韩爱华
Lead in
What is shown in the pictures?
 

 Fast reading
Read “Creating art in a tea cup” and find out what is dian cha.
    Dian cha is a tea art from the Song Dynasty. The art begins with pouring water over fine powdered (粉状的) tea, creating a paste (糊) and then adding more hot water, constantly whisking (搅动) it by hand with a bamboo whisk. It is believed that the art later spread to other parts of East Asia, including Japan. In 2019, it was listed as an intangible (非物质的) cultural heritage of Runzhou district, Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province.

Read carefully
Read carefully and answer the questions.
1. Why do people like dian cha?
To make drinking tea more fun.

2. In what way is dian cha different from traditional painting?
Traditional painting uses a soft brush against hard paper, while dian cha uses a hard teaspoon against soft froth.

3. What might Han Zheming agree with?
A. Dian cha is a waste of time.
B. Dian cha changes the essence of tea.
√C. Dian cha increases the beauty of tea.

Discuss
What does dian cha mean?
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Language study
1. It’s like adding bells and whistles to tea and giving people a stronger sense of occasion...
bells and whistles:华丽的点缀
a stronger sense of occasion：一种更强的仪式感
这就像给茶加上华丽的点缀，给人一种更强的仪式感。

2. When it comes to traditional paintings, it is about the soft brush against the hard paper, but with the tea, it is the other way round...
When it comes to:说到......
the other way round：反过来
说到传统绘画，它是软的画笔在硬的纸上作画，但是对于点茶而言就反过来了。

3. It was through trial and error that Han got the hang of dian cha.
trial and error：反复试验，不断试错
It was ...that...强调句，强调through trial and error
get the hang of：掌握窍门
正是通过反复试验，韩才掌握了点茶的窍门。