學好英語口語茶藝表演
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Laura: Do you think there will be a show of the Chinese tea ceremony?
Benjamin: Of course. It's a tea culture festival. So there should be many shows about that. Look, there is one over there. Let's go and have a look.
(They come to see a tea ceremony.)
Laura: He looks very professional. What's the most important thing about a tea ceremony?
Benjamin: Well, the Chinese tea ceremony emphasizes the tea, rather than the ceremony.
Laura: You mean what the tea tastes like?
Benjamin: Yeah. And also, what it smells like and how one tea tastes compared to the previous tea.
Laura: What do you mean by “previous tea”?
Benjamin: A good server can make a pot of tea serve 3 or 4 rounds and up to 5 or 6. The goal is that each round tastes the same as the first.
Laura: Cool. And I notice that the tea cups are very small. Why don't they use bigger ones which can hold more tea at a time?
Benjamin: Well, in China, tasting and serving tea is an art. Tea is the symbol of elegance. So people use small tea cups to taste tea which is different from drinking tea.
Laura: I see. Tea tasting definitely has deep culture meanings.
Benjamin: Yeah. In old times, tea tasting is the thing which could always inspire poetry. So there are many poems about tea.
Laura: Really? That's very interesting.
Benjamin: Last but not least, the water is also very important.
Laura: I know that. Some tea is ruined by boiling water. The best temperature is around 170~185 degrees F.
Benjamin: Exactly.
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羅拉: 這裏會有茶藝表演的展示嗎?
本傑明: 當然有。這是茶文化節。所以應該會有很多茶藝表演。看，那邊有一個。我們過去看看吧。
(他們來看一個茶藝表演。)
羅拉: 他看起來好專業哦。茶藝表演中最重要的是什麼?
本傑明: 這個啊，相對於儀式，中國的茶藝更加註重茶本身。
羅拉: 你是指茶的味道嗎?
本傑明: 是的。也包括茶聞起來的香味，以及先後品茶味道的比較。
羅拉: 你説的“之前的茶”是指什麼?
本傑明: 一個出色的茶藝表演者可以讓一壺茶葉泡3或4次甚至多達5或6次。關鍵是每一次泡的茶都和第一次泡的茶喝起來是一樣的味道。
羅拉: 好酷。我還注意到這些茶杯都很小。他們為什麼不用可以盛更多茶的大茶杯呢?
本傑明: 這個啊，在中國，品茶和泡茶是一門藝術。茶是高雅的象徵。所以人們用小茶杯來品茶，這和喝茶是不一樣的。
羅拉: 明白了。品茶一定有很深厚的.文化內涵吧。
本傑明: 對啊。在古代，品茶常常可以給做詩帶來靈感。這就是為什麼有那麼多描寫茶的詩歌。
羅拉: 真的嗎?那可真有意思。
本傑明: 還有一件重要的事就是沏茶的水也很重要。
羅拉: 這個我知道。有的茶會被沸水給燙壞的。最合適的水温是170到185華氏度。
本傑明: 完全正確。
