Traditional1 English Tea Losing Popularity2 in UK傳統(tǒng)的英國(guó)茶在英國(guó)越來(lái)越不受歡迎

喬雅

British people are big tea drinkers. It is a tradition in Britain to drink teafor different reasons3. People have it for breakfast， for when guests4 visit， andfor tea breaks at work. People even have a cup of tea when they talk abouttheir own problems.

英國(guó)人喜歡喝茶。出于不同的原因而喝茶，是英國(guó)的傳統(tǒng)。人們?cè)诔栽绮蜁r(shí)，有客人來(lái)訪時(shí)，以及工作時(shí)的茶歇時(shí)間里都會(huì)喝茶。甚至當(dāng)人們談?wù)撍饺藛?wèn)題時(shí)，都會(huì)喝一杯茶。

A new research shows that herbal5， fruit and other teas have become morepopular than traditional English breakfast tea. Researchers did a survey of morethan 2，000 tea lovers. Over half of people said their favorite tea was not thetraditional type. Over a fifth of people chose green tea as their favorite tea. Justover 20% said Earl Grey was their number one.

一項(xiàng)新研究表明，草藥、水果和其它茶比傳統(tǒng)的英國(guó)早茶更受歡迎。研究人員對(duì)2000 多名愛(ài)喝茶的人進(jìn)行了調(diào)查。超過(guò)一半的人表示，他們最喜歡的茶不是傳統(tǒng)類(lèi)型的。超過(guò)五分之一的人選擇綠茶作為他們最喜歡的茶。剛剛超過(guò)20%的人說(shuō)伯爵紅茶是他們的首選。

Sales of traditional tea in the U.K. have gone down. Three years ago， a surveyfound that 54% of British people loved English breakfast tea better. The newresearch shows that breakfast tea will keep going down in popularity. Theresearchers found many other things about tea-drinking habits in the U.K.

傳統(tǒng)茶的銷(xiāo)量在英國(guó)有所下降。三年前的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，54%的英國(guó)人更喜歡英式早茶。新的研究表明，早茶的受歡迎程度將持續(xù)下降。研究人員在英國(guó)發(fā)現(xiàn)了許多關(guān)于喝茶習(xí)慣的其他情況。

The biggest reason for drinking tea was to relax. A quarter of Britons drinkup to 10 cups a day. British people love drinking tea with milk and sugar6.Around 85% of people who drink Earl Grey and English breakfast tea put milk init. Nearly 45% of people sweeten7 their tea with sugar. People with a sweet toothput three teaspoons8 of sugar in their cup.

喝茶的最大原因是為了放松。四分之一的英國(guó)人每天最多喝10 杯。英國(guó)人喜歡喝加了牛奶和糖的茶。大約85%的喝伯爵紅茶和英式早茶的人在茶里會(huì)加牛奶。近45%的人在茶里加糖。愛(ài)吃甜食的人會(huì)在杯子里放三茶匙糖。

Notes

1. traditional 傳統(tǒng)的

2. popularity 流行；普及；受歡迎

3. reason 原因；理由

4. guest 客人

5. herbal 藥草的；香草的

6. sugar 食糖

7. sweeten 使變甜

8. teaspoon 茶匙；一茶匙的量