Lecture 5 Culture and History of Chinese Tea
l. Pre-reading Activities
Task 1
Watch the video “The History of Chinese Tea” from TED, and write down at least 1 tip you learned about Chinese tea from the video.
II. While-reading Activities
Task 1
Read the following passage.
III. Post-reading Activities
1. Answer the following two questions.
Question 1: What is the main idea of this passage?
Question 2: Can you list some benefits of drinking tea?
2. Watch a video of Hongya’s tea. Suppose you are the mayor of Meishan city, please design a slogan to promote Hongya’s tea.
3. Look up information about the benefits of drinking Chinese tea and coffee, and write down what you find in English. Every student is supposed to be prepared for the debate “Drinking Tea Vs. Drinking Coffee”in class.

