茶拥有5000年的历史。传说，神农氏 (Shen Nong)喝开水时，几片野树叶子落进壶里，开水顿时散发出宜人的香味。他喝了几口，觉得很提神。茶就这样发现了。自此，茶在中国开始流行。茶园遍布全国，茶商变得富有。昂贵、雅致的茶具成了地位的象征。今天，茶不仅是一种健康的饮品，而且是中国文化的一个组成部分。越来越多的国际游客一边品茶，一边了解中国文化。
Tea has a history of 5,000 years. One legend goes that when Shen Nong was about to drink some boiled water, a few wild tree leaves fell into the kettle and gave off sweet fragrance. He drank a little and found it very refreshing, which led to the discovery of tea.Since then, tea became popular in China. Tea gardens appeared everywhere, tea merchants became rich, and expensive and graceful tea set even became a symbol of social status.Today, tea is not only a healthy drink but also part of the Chinese culture. More and more international tourists begin to understand the Chinese culture as they drink tea.
结构
5000年历史
茶发现的传说——神农氏
茶园、茶商
地位的象征
如今的意义：1健康饮品；2文化
国际上：1品茶；2了解中国文化
sentence1
茶拥有5000年的历史。 Tea has a history of 5,000 years.
sth has a history of 数字 years。某物拥有多少年的历史。
sentence2
One legend goes that when Shen Nong was about to drink some boiled water, a few wild tree leaves fell into the kettle and gave off sweet fragrance.
传说，神农氏 (Shen Nong)喝开水时，几片野树叶子落进壶【kettle壶】里，开水顿时散发出宜人的香味【fragrance香味】。
短语：
One legend goes that···传说···
sb be about to do sth.某人准备做某事
boiled water开水
fall into 掉进
give off 散发
a few一些；【修饰可数名词】
sentence3
He drank a little and found it very refreshing【refreshing提神的】, which led to the discovery of tea.他喝了几口，觉得很提神。茶就这样发现了。
短语
drank a little喝了几口【a little副词】
lead to导致【to为介词】
sentence4
Since then, tea became popular in China. 自此，茶在中国开始流行。
Since then自此
sentence5
茶园遍布全国，茶商变得富有。昂贵、雅致的茶具成了地位的象征。【可以处理成三句话】
Tea gardens appeared everywhere, tea merchants【merchant商人】 became rich, and expensive and graceful tea set even became a symbol of social status.
短语：
Tea gardens茶园
tea set茶具
became a symbol of sth.成为某物的象征。
sentence6
Today, tea is not only a healthy drink but also part of the Chinese culture. 今天，茶不仅是一种健康的饮品，而且是中国文化的一个组成部分。
不仅···而且···not only···but also···
Chinese culture中国文化
sentence7
More and more international【international国际的】 tourists begin to understand the Chinese culture as they drink tea.越来越多的国际游客一边品茶，一边了解中国文化。
一边···一边···→处理成：时间状语从句
