Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Except for water, tea is consumed more than any other beverage in the world. People have been drinking tea for thousands of years as part of social rituals and for its medicinal effects. Tea is a drink with a long, rich tradition.
Not much has changed in today’s world. When hosting guests, we offer them coffee or tea. Friends meet for tea to study and catch up. Teas are used to treat anything from stomach pain to insomnia to even cancer. Tea is definitely here to stay.
Read on to learn what tea means to Greta and Lily in this English lesson about an internationally beloved beverage.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Greta: Lily, are you a coffee or a tea person?
Lily: Totally tea. How about you?
Greta: You know, I’m both, but if it’s after 10am, it’s tea.
Lily: Yeah, tea is a good staple to have in your beverage repertoire. Yes, exactly! Because it doesn’t get you all hyped-up like coffee does.
Greta: And I appreciate all the tradition around it. The “high teas”, and having tea and a biscuit, and teapots. There’s just so much more tradition surrounding it than coffee. The beautiful teapots and teacups, and the tiny little sugar cubes and all of that… it’s more fun.
Lily: And there are so many different varieties, too. No matter what, you can always find something that suits you, right?
Greta: That’s true. I wonder if that’s where the saying “It’s not my cup of tea” comes from. So, my favorite black tea is orange spice, and I also really like Lady Grey.
Lily: Lady Grey is good. I like chai a lot.
Greta: I also love the herbal teas, especially in the evening. I’m a big fan of Lemon Zinger, and peppermint is kind of my go-to, I-don’t-feel-good tea.
Lily: And chamomile is good if you want to get to sleep.
Greta: Yeah.
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Discussion
Lily and Greta are discussing what they like about tea. Lily appreciates all of the varieties of tea that she can drink. Greta enjoys some of the traditions of tea, like British “high teas” and using fancy teapots and teacups.
Greta drinks different teas at certain times of the day. She prefers herbal teas at night, for example. Lily points out that chamomile is helpful when you want to fall asleep. Their conversation shows some of the ways and reasons that people drink tea.
Is drinking tea a tradition in your family? Why do you drink tea? For your health, for the taste, or perhaps for other reasons?
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