Warm Up

1. 🔊 What image comes to your mind when you think of England?
2. 🔊 What’s your favourite drink?
3. 🔊 Do you like tea?
4. 🔊 How do you think tea came to England?

Key Words & Phrases

1. 🔊 Nothing says Britain more than… a nice cup of tea.
2. 🔊 We know we have China to thank for introducing tea to the western world.
3. 🔊 cultural obsession
4. 🔊 She had just won the hand of…
5. 🔊 with the help of a very large dowry
6. 🔊 medicinal purposes
7. 🔊 Catherine continued drinking tea to her heart’s content.
8. 🔊 Was copied by other ladies desperate to be just like their idol
9. 🔊 Another thing Catherine brought to the table from Portugal was the idea of tea drinking experience
10. 🔊 aristocracy
11. 🔊 It remains a special daily pastime for the Brits

Discussion

1. 🔊 Did this change your impression of tea?
2. 🔊 Do you have any special daily pastimes or rituals?
3. 🔊 What is the significance of tea in Japanese culture?
4. 🔊 Do you have an idol or someone you would like to become like?