Elise| 爱讲英语
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哈喽,大家好,我是爱丽丝and welcome to my program. I haven’t updated for a while. so did you guys miss me? 不知道有没有因为小小的离别,让大家更想念我呢?Anyway, so today I am gunna talk about a very British culture, the habit of drinking tea in the UK.
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English people have the habit of drinking tea. Tea in the UK is very important. There is a time for tea in the morning and the afternoon on that called Tea Break. During the Tea Break all the work is dropped.
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somone’s cup of tea某人的一杯茶。代表正中下怀,正中口味的意思.
例句: You are just my cup of tea.你就是我的那杯茶,你就是我喜欢的人。
cuppa=a cup of tea英式英语里常见的一种说法。
例句:Would you like a cuppa? 你要不要喝杯茶?
tea在不同地区代表不同意思。
早餐午饭和晚饭分别是breakfast, lunch and dinner
但是在英国的北部地区午餐叫做dinner, 而晚餐叫做tea
for all the tea in China所有在中国的茶。那这个短语的意思是说如论如何的意思。
not for例句: I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China. 我无论如何都不会做这件事的.
a storm in a teacup 小题大做的意思。
例句:The couple next door are always arguing but it is usually a storm in a teacup. 隔壁的夫妇经常吵架,但多数是小题大做。
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