2021-2022学年度第39期总第869期
Creating art in a tea cup (page 4)

Fast reading
Read “Creating art in a tea cup” and find out what is dian cha.
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Read carefully
Read carefully and answer the questions.
1. Why do people like dian cha?
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2. In what way is dian cha different from traditional painting?
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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.

Language study
Translate the following sentences.
1. It’s like adding bells and whistles to tea and giving people a stronger sense of occasion...
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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...
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3. It was through trial and error that Han got the hang of dian cha.
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参考答案
Fast reading
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
1. To make drinking tea more fun.
2. Traditional painting uses a soft brush against hard paper, while dian cha uses a hard teaspoon against soft froth.
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Language study
1. 这就像给茶加上华丽的点缀，给人一种更强的仪式感。
2. 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. 正是通过反复试验，韩才掌握了点茶的窍门。