Chapter 2 Unit 4 Tea Classification Pu er Tea

Chapter 2 Unit 4 Tea Classification ——Pu'er Tea

Pu'er Tea • Pu'er (also spelled as Pu'erh) tea is a category of tea made using the tea leaves picked from Yunnan big-leaf tea tree species. This is one tea that is truly unique to China and has been around for more than 1, 700 years. It is named after its origin, Pu'er County in southern Yunnan of China.

• Work in a small group. Discuss these questions. • • What does Pu’er mean? • Is Pu’er tea the older the better? • Do all Pu’er tea have collection value?

砖茶 cake tea • 方茶 • mushroo 沱茶 饼茶 金瓜 茶 蘑菇 紧茶 m gold melon tuocha square tea brick tea

New Words & Phrases • post-fermented 后发酵的 post- 表示“后” 如：post-war（战后），post-position（后置词）， postmeridian（下午） • Judge by vt. 根据(由. . . 来判断) Translation: Never judge by appearances. 凡人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。 从他的口音判断，他一定是南方人。 Judge by his accent, he must be from the south.

• microorganism n. 微生物; 微小动植物 macro-与micro-是一对意义相反的前缀， macro-表示"宏、大"；micro-表示"微"。例 如：macroworld（宏观世界） macroeconomics（宏观经济学） macroscale（大规模）microscope（显微 镜）microworld（微观世界）microele- ment（微量元素）

• contemporary adj. 现代的 e. g. His lecture is on contemporary American novelists. • digestive adj. 消化的; 助消化的 • e. g. good digestive power; digestive system • soothe v. 使平静, 使缓和或减轻, 安慰; 起安慰作 用, 起抚慰作用 e. g. A nice cup of tea will soothe your nerves. 一杯好茶可以使你的心绪平静下来。

• nurture vt. 养育, 给与营养物, 教养, 扶持 e. g. nurture a young plant 培养植物幼苗 • effectiveness n. 效力 e. g. Lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness 缺乏活力、力量或效力的

Addtional Dialogue • A: Welcome, Can I help you? • B: Yes, please. Have you got some tea? • A: Of course, which kind would you like to ch oose? We mainly sell pu’er tea. • B: Would you please introduce pu’er tea? I known only a little about pu’er tea.

• A: Yes, I do. Judging by their different charaters, pu’er tea can be divided into two categories as raw pu’er and fermented pu’er. Raw pu’er, which is made of the tender leaves of the broad leaf tea tree in Yunnan Province, is the green tea dried in the sun. And Cooked (fermented) pu’er is fermenting with the useful microorganisms in the humid and hot condition.

• B: There are many different shapes of pu’er tea. • A: Yes. According to the different shapes, pu’er can be divided into two groups as loose-leaf pu’er and tight-pressed pu’er.

• A: Can I help you? • B: I’ve been told that Chinese pu’er tea is very famous and have collection value. We’d like to take some home. What would you recommend? • A: Pu’er tea is a modern tea in the contemporary era. It includes raw and cooked pu’er tea. • B: Do raw pu’er tea and cooked pu’er tea have the same effectiveness?

• A: Pu’er tea has effectiveness in reducing body weight and blood fat. However, the raw pu’er and the cooked pu’er have different characters and bring different effect. The raw pu’er helps refresh oneself and prevent digestive problems. The cooked pu’er helps soothe nerves and nurture the stomach.

• B: Oh, in a word, pu’er tea is good for health. I’d like to buy some raw pu’er. How much does this cake pu’er tea cost? • A: 1000 Yuan. • B: Can you give me twenty percent discount?

• A: You drive a hard bargain. Why don’t you get one more cooked cake pu’er tea? In this case, I can give you twenty percent discount. • B: It’s a lot of money, but the price is reasonable.