原创
一、茶叶是怎么发明的
一项偶然的发明：an accidental invention
1、你知道茶，作为世界上最受欢迎的饮料（仅次于水），是一项偶然的发明吗？
did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world(after water), was invented by accident?
2、许多人都认为大约在5000年以前就开始了饮茶。
Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5,ooo years ago.
3、据说一位叫做神农的中国统治者最早发现了茶可以饮用。
it is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink.
4、一天，神农在户外的炉火上烧水。
one day shen nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire.
5、茶树上有几片叶子掉入水里，过了一会。
some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time.
6、散发出怡人的香味，于是神农品尝了这褐色的水
it produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water.
it was quite delicious
8、就这样，世界上最受欢迎的饮料之一被发明了。
and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.
9、数千年后，“茶圣“陆羽在他的茶经一书中提到了神农。
a few thousand years later, Lu Yu , the “saint of tea” mentioned Shen nong in his book Cha jing.
10、该书描述了如何种植茶树和泡茶。
the book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea.
11、它还讨论了什么地方出产最好的茶叶，而且应该使用什么样的水来泡茶。
it also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.
12、人们认为茶是在公元6至7世纪传播到了朝鲜和日本。
it is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.
13、在英国，大约知道1660年茶才出现
in England, tea didn’t appear until around 1660.
14、但不到100年的时间里，茶已成为国饮。
but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink.
15、从中国到西方国家的茶叶贸易始于19世纪。
the tea trade from china to western countries took place in the 19th century.
16、这使得茶树和茶叶传播到世界上更多的地方，使之深受欢迎。
this helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world.
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二、茶是谁发明出来的
1、茶是神农氏发明的,是神农氏在尝百草时所发现的,当时的神农氏无意间发现了茶叶,在饮下用茶叶泡的水之后,顿时感到生津止渴、提神醒脑,因此神农氏将茶叶当成了一味草药,随即又采摘了些茶叶带回家中,制成干茶以备储存。
2、茶是中华民族最早发明且享用的饮料，“始于神农时代，闻于周公时期，繁于唐代，荣于宋朝”。已有数千年的历史。无论最早发现茶的用途，还是饮茶、种茶、制茶，皆渊源于我国。
三、茶叶是什么时候发明的
发现最早人工种植茶叶的遗迹在浙江余姚的田螺山遗址，已有6000多年的历史。饮茶始于中国。
1、茶叶，指茶树的叶子和芽。别名茶、_(jiǎ)，茗，_(chuǎn)。泛指可用于泡茶的常绿灌木茶树的叶子，以及用这些叶子泡制的饮料，后来引申为所有用植物花、叶、种子、根泡制的草本茶，如"菊花茶"等;用各种药材泡制的"凉茶"等，在中国文学中亦称雷芽。
2、茶叶源于中国，茶叶最早是被作为祭品使用的。但从春秋后期就被人们作为菜食，在西汉中期发展为药用，西汉后期才发展为宫廷高级饮料，普及民间作为普通饮料那是西晋以后的事。
3、可以用开水直接泡饮，依据品种和制作方式以及产品外形分成六大类。依据季节采制可分为春茶、夏茶、秋茶、冬茶。以各种毛茶或精制茶叶再加工形成再加茶，包括分为花茶、紧压茶、萃取茶、药用保健茶、含茶饮料等。
